Subcool's Super Soil

[chewbert]

just earthworms,they were in my worm castings originally, but i did find the seedling in the roots soil itself

 

[Hotsause]

one more question for someone knowledgable in this area.
will dechlorination of my tap water with sodium thiosulfate products kill my soil microbes/mycorhizae.?i heard that sodium thiosulfate is sometimes used as an antifungal.
i know that i can remove chlorine by bubbleing air through water and or letting it stand for 24 hours. but im not sure if my tap water is treated with the increasingly used and infamous (chloramine) which cannot be remove in that manner. and i know chloramine and chlorine will kill my microbeasts.any advice would be great. thanks

I think thats why you add Cal Mag is it a RO thing why not just let your water sit out for 24 hours with an airstone?

 

[MuntantLizzard]

I think thats why you add Cal Mag is it a RO thing why not just let your water sit out for 24 hours with an airstone?

(chloramine) which cannot be remove in that manner.

We need to figure this out with out buying water.

 

[chewbert]

thanks mutant lizard for actually reading the post.
no im not buying ro water and not buying an ro system

i know that i can remove chlorine by bubbleing air through water and or letting it stand for 24 hours. but im not sure if my tap water is treated with the increasingly used and infamous (chloramine) which cannot be remove in that manner. and i know chloramine and chlorine will kill my microbeasts.any advice would be great. thanks

if anyone has any info on the sodium thiosulfate treatment to remove chloramine and wether or not it will kill my soil microbes let me know thanks

if u guys think im posting this question in the wrong thread let me know. i just figured it was pretaining to the water thats goin in my supersoil

if anyone knows of a certain thread where i can find info on this type of subject let me know.just tryin not to fill the ss thread with un relavent jibberish

 

[jointed]

check out doc 111's thread Water the most essential compound in general marijuana growing sorry i could'nt post a link don't know how. also you can type in chloramine & click go hope this helps.

 

[Maximus cannabis]

When I used to work on saltwater tanks we would treat the water with a conditioner to remove chloramines. It didn't kill them (the fish) maybe it would work here?

Is there a test to measure chloramines? Are you sure they are even there? Is there any problems with your plant?

 

[mindphuk]

The amount of chloramine left in h2o after allowing chlorine to off-gas is not going to be significant enough to hurt the microflora. You are adding the water to DIRT!! The chloramine is there in amounts that will help if organisms find their way into the water system but it is by no means a sterilizing solution. If chloramine was that powerful and abundant, you wouldn't need to use disinfectants in your bathroom, just tap water.

Come on people, use some brains here. Any chloramines left in your water are overwhelmed by the amount of organic material in your soil.

The only reason you need a chloramine remover is because fish gills get irritated by the compound but no one thinks that there is enough to harm the biological filtration in the tank.

 

[ClamDigger]

The amount of chloramine left in h2o after allowing chlorine to off-gas is not going to be significant enough to hurt the microflora. You are adding the water to DIRT!! The chloramine is there in amounts that will help if organisms find their way into the water system but it is by no means a sterilizing solution. If chloramine was that powerful and abundant, you wouldn't need to use disinfectants in your bathroom, just tap water.

Come on people, use some brains here. Any chloramines left in your water are overwhelmed by the amount of organic material in your soil.

The only reason you need a chloramine remover is because fish gills get irritated by the compound but no one thinks that there is enough to harm the biological filtration in the tank.

good reasoning!
does this apply to chlorine as well?
+Rep

 

[MuntantLizzard]

Sounds like some cheap tap water conditioner form wal mart in the fish section will work.

 

[chewbert]

thanks mindphuk i guess im just overthinkin shit a bit. also im not even sure my water contains chloramine just precautionary measures i guess. my super soil is in the cooking stage so no plants in it yet ill just continue bubbling off chlorine from water as ive done before trying the organic thing. thanks fellas

 

[MuntantLizzard]

I think we pissed Subcool off cause we jacked his thread. Im sorry

 

[Hotsause]

I think we pissed Subcool off cause we jacked his thread. Im sorry

i think subcool is more tired of the repetitive questions over and over and over and over and over again when answers are a few clicks away im sure he doesnt mind the help with questions The Godfather of Seeds needs a rest to DAMN RIGHT I SAID ITS SUBCOOLS THE GODFATHER of seeds
Peace

PS: sry this querkles got me a little hyper

 

[nitrofish]

chloramine can only be removed with a carbon filter.

 

[R. Duke]

chloramine can only be removed with a carbon filter.

I was lead to believe the same thing. I use the small boy carbon filter and when i presented this question concerning chloramine killing my microbes to the guys at the local grow store. they had an aftermarket filter that you can use with your existing filter that eliminates any chlorimines.

 

[nitrofish]

i have the hydrologic r/o with their mac daddy carbon filter and have had no more problems. before i was having issues big time.

 

[Breeder]

Food grade de can kill good or beneficial insects as well as bad ones. Indoors I don't want any insects because I grow at home. The plants enjoy the de and it has kept problems like ants and gnats outta my garden. Outdoor I won't use DE

 

[chewbert]

so i was checking out the subcool seeds online the other day cuz i wanted to try the tga strains in my supersoil, but i couldnt find fem seeds. is there a certain reason why they dont come feminized. or are they meant for people to have the choice to breed ? am i just gonna have to take the extra time and seeds to sex them and what not?

 

[Snafu1236]

fem seeds have a potential for hermie. reg seeds do to, but chances are vastly minimized and typically dependent on the grower. imho, the best phenos and plants come from reg seeeds, not femmed.

 

[subcool]

Fem seeds are a Gimmick portrayed on the Lazy and limited space American Grower
Don't buy into crappy breeding practices that can and will possible one day destroy the gean pool.

Sub

 

[chewbert]

that makes sense sub. so i guess i will pik up one of your strains. im lookin for a heavy yielding and potent indica(not too tall) that will work good in supersoil and not burn what would u suggest. im a bit of a rookie. only a couple crops under my belt.