Joint Monster
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@Skybound420 Your solo cup is all RW? Did you just take cubes and cut them into tiny pieces? Or do they sell mini RW pieces like that?
DWC Root Slime Cure aka How to Breed Beneficial Microbes
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athomegrowing
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scissors...
rkymtnman
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my buddy uses them and he calls them RW croutons. pretty sure he buys them, not cut them.
Skybound420
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I used to only use croutons (1cm sized) cubes, but now also use Grow Chunks which are about 3cm sized. They come in 2 cubic foot bags, each for about $40. I start them in solo cups in the smaller croutons, and I think the next size says 2.7L pots I also use croutons, but the pot after that is about a gallon in size and that's when I start using the larger grow chunks. After that, I put them in the 7 gallon air pots also with chunks to bloom in. That usually gets me a pound every harvest.
Skybound420
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I been reading up on using fulvic or humic acids in ACTs and as it turns out, both are fine. This page has it that Humic Acid is a food source for microbes, but I will keep looking for more info to determine if it would be wise or unwise to discontinue using molasses. That's good reading out there though.
http://www.compostjunkie.com/brewing-compost-tea.html
http://www.compostjunkie.com/brewing-compost-tea.html
athomegrowing
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Sugar feeds yeast... yeast turns sugar in to alcohol. Plus, mold...
Skybound420
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In 36-48 hours?
athomegrowing
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.3130/jaabe.15.133
It's been observed to happen in less than 36 hours.
There's a wealth of information here for anyone that reads it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610267/
Skybound420
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So are you saying that compost teas should not use any sweeteners?
athomegrowing
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You're supposed to use it before the need for additional sugars.
Skybound420
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Can you elaborate? What do you mean by use "it"? FWIW, the only sweetener I referenced was molasses.
athomegrowing
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You're supposed to use the compost tea before the living organisms due from starvation. Hence no need for sugars.
Skybound420
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You're making less and less and less sense. If you are not able to use more than 10 words, perhaps it's best to make no effort at all.
athomegrowing
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You're the problem, not me.
Skybound420
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Perhaps I should have first read everything you've ever read on the topic so I could've made sense of the many blanks you left in your super abbreviated explanations? I'll learn my lesson one day I'm sure.
athomegrowing
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Normal people would say thanks, since I already spent longer than I should've with you - but you're a dumb cocksucker so you'll just whine.
Skybound420
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Why the fuck would someone thank you for information that they cannot comprehend? You shared brief one line replies that explains nothing. What exactly is it that you gave to me that I should be thankful for? Quit eating your own dick!
athomegrowing
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If you read those links, you'd understand a lot. If you can't understand it, then you have a learning disability. If you have a learning disability, or you didn't read the links I posted - I can't help you. Beyond this, you need a basic understanding of biology, what do yeasts, funguses, and bacteria eat? Helps to know that. Go read.
Skybound420
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How about I don't, and write your theory off as another wild goose chase offered to me by another stranger on the internet?
I seek your guidance as i have no DWC tutor irl.
1) How should i keep these alive until my HBT ingredients come in the mail - 1-2 weeks to go... these are only about 4-5 weeks old... i've sprayed off as much as i could as per your original post.
2) I've heard people say using h2o2 will temporarily prevent rot but will make slime worse!
3) I am sure it was a light leak issue and I am working on fixing it - my white buckets are not exposed to light, it was because i had too thin of a layer of clay pebbles in spots.
4) wtf ive never seen green dots on roots.. any notes on green dots?
Thank you!
1) How should i keep these alive until my HBT ingredients come in the mail - 1-2 weeks to go... these are only about 4-5 weeks old... i've sprayed off as much as i could as per your original post.
2) I've heard people say using h2o2 will temporarily prevent rot but will make slime worse!
3) I am sure it was a light leak issue and I am working on fixing it - my white buckets are not exposed to light, it was because i had too thin of a layer of clay pebbles in spots.
4) wtf ive never seen green dots on roots.. any notes on green dots?
Thank you!
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