Free CO2 with Living Soil

greasemonkeymann

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I'll have to go find some biochar.
you can get a bag of cowboy charcoal and then just mash it up, add no more than 10% to the mix, works very well as an additional aeration tool as well as a "home" for all the microbes, further still being that it's charged it's also a slow release form of nitrogen
just make sure to rinse the small particles/dust off after crushing, as the dust can make your ph rise a lil alkaline, sorta how wood ashes work
so rinse before charging with whatever nitrogen input you choose
 

NaturalFarmer

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Slow start but recovered after a month. This soil mix is hard to maintain though in terms of Mag and K. Hoping the 6lbs of gypsum bodes well.

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NaturalFarmer

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I am back to using a tank again as I found that if six plants after a three month veg in 45 gallon bags with this minimalist mix uses up more CO2 than my soil can produce lately (Pushes to a high of 1500ppm at night but is quickly consumed once the lights go back on). I think this mix is incredible though and going to do only a small tweak to the mix. The oak leaves/litter is/are a true winner. My 45 gallon bags are solid root mass right now (like kicking drums) and just itching to flower faster and drink as much as they can.
 

NaturalFarmer

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Not sure why I cant get this to start at the beginning but a very good webinar for the true soil nerd and anyone interested in the rhizosphere
 
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I gotcha man, the primary reason i'm skeptical is because I knew a friend of mine that tried to incorporate his rabbit-hutch and his grow-room in the same room, and his 12 rabbits breathing non-stop didn't even come close to getting the ppms that high, so I am having trouble understanding how soil could outproduce co2 levels of 12 warmblooded rabbits.
that's what i'm saying
you follow me?
I’ve had living soil bump it to over 1000ppm with fans on
 
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