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1. do NOT water with tap water! If it has chlorine in it (99% chance it does), it will kill every living thing in the soil, rendering it useless. 2. Read the sub-thread on super-soil. No, it's not compost

Thankfully there's a strict difference between the offering of correct knowledge vs. "really can't believe" and "studies that contradict them" (even though no such link has been provided.) Good on ya Madoddah, if the man is content spending 6x the price, let him be :)

A point that you may want to consider.... "What IS a very good argument against mushroom compost, is that it has been sterilized. Adding microbiology to your soil is one of the primary advantages to compost, and that microbiology is vital to the disease prevention and and supplying nutrients...

Anyone else care to differ? It makes sense that only using 1/2 to dilute the concentration of nutrients by 2x. I was confused because I read from numerous threads to avoid anything higher than a P of 10-12. Thanks Wetdog

Hey all, A quick question concerning a bird guano that I purchased over the weekend. The npk levels in it are 8-26-1.5. I've read in many threads here that this is WAY too high, that P should only be as high as 10 - 12. Can't I just make my AACT with 1/3 or 1/2 the amount of guano so...

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Plants were grown outside for about a 4-6 weeks now. Foot and a half tall. Yes, I can either put them inside or outside. Will I have to flower them now? I wanted to leave them outside until September, hoping for 4-6ft, but if flowering now is the only option then I'll have to take it.

Help guys! One of my friends was transporting plants, and they were left in a period of darkness for a full day. It's day 2 of the darkness (approximately 36 hours, getting dark in 5-6 hours). Should the plants be put outside for the last 5-6 hours of the day? Should they be artificially...

'Part' just refers to a fraction of the total. If you have three ingredients, one part A, two parts B, and 5 parts C, just vary the amount of each 'part' to ANY AMOUNT, keeping the additions equal. Since there are 1+2+5=8 parts total, If you were to mix a 16gallon container, you'd add 1/8 A, 2/8...

I acknowledged that the acidic boggy soil will need to be buffered, but was instead curious as to what other preparations would need to be done to the soil in order to make it workable. The site is outside and thus the plants will be grown straight in the ground. I guess my new question is...

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A quick question about growing medium. If one was planning to grow in a peat-based medium, very similar to bog conditions, what would be the best way to prepare the site? Would it be best to dig a hole into the peat, fill it in with the usual type of growing soil, but then control...