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PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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3rd Monkey said:
I don't even consider their OF as a soil. It's more of a hot compost, whereas their HF is more soil-like.
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It's a little hot for sure. FFOF is peat based, and HF is coco based though, and I just prefer to keep it peat based. Here's a pic of a couple Chem 91 clones I got a week and a half ago. Left in the 1 gal is fresh FFOF mixed with a little pumice and EWC, and on the right in the 3 gal is old FFOF I converted to no-till. The messed up leaves at the bottom were already there when I picked up the clones, and I just started training them so they aren't the prettiest yet, but they should look pretty different in a few weeks.
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GanjaGreg.

GanjaGreg.

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PadawanWarrior said:
FFOF is hot. Just keep giving them plain water and they should be fine. My plants got a little burnt when I first put them in fresh FFOF. I've made my FFOF into a no-till living soil though now. They look great though even with a little burn. Nice job.
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How do you do that? Can you share the recipe?:mrgreen:
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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GanjaGreg. said:
How do you do that? Can you share the recipe?:mrgreen:
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After 3 rounds in the same FFOF using organics only I finally mixed in a bunch of good stuff. I added pumice, lava rock, biochar, Build a Soil's Craft Blend, rice hulls, EWC, and some vermicompost. And the second batch I mixed up I also added some insect frass I had. I have a few worms from the vermicompost in there, but have another 2000 red wigglers coming soon to add. Here's a couple pics of my first batch of mixed soil at day 25. It's day 30 now, so hopefully they keep going strong. And I use rice hulls as a mulch, but haven't put any on my vegging plants yet.
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Armyofsprout

Armyofsprout

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PadawanWarrior said:
After 3 rounds in the same FFOF using organics only I finally mixed in a bunch of good stuff. I added pumice, lava rock, biochar, Build a Soil's Craft Blend, rice hulls, EWC, and some vermicompost. And the second batch I mixed up I also added some insect frass I had. I have a few worms from the vermicompost in there, but have another 2000 red wigglers coming soon to add. Here's a couple pics of my first batch of mixed soil at day 25. It's day 30 now, so hopefully they keep going strong. And I use rice hulls as a mulch, but haven't put any on my vegging plants yet.
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I'm gonna reuse my soil as well. Does it matter if some of your plant roots are still in then soil that you reuse?
 
PadawanWarrior

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Armyofsprout said:
I'm gonna reuse my soil as well. Does it matter if some of your plant roots are still in then soil that you reuse?
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Funny, I actually just answered the same question for someone else, so I just copied it.

It's not ideal to have a lot of dead roots in the pot, but they will break down fairly quick if you have a healthy soil. I use Hygrozyme sometimes to help speed up that process, and it's better if you can let the pots or soil sit for a month or 2 before you use it again. After my first grow, I just reused the same pots and planted more. Then I let a few pots sit for a couple months and planted more. Worked out fine in my case. But I have turned my old FFOF into no-till living soil since then. I just don't want to have to keep buying soil or messing with it much.
 
Armyofsprout

Armyofsprout

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PadawanWarrior said:
Funny, I actually just answered the same question for someone else, so I just copied it.

It's not ideal to have a lot of dead roots in the pot, but they will break down fairly quick if you have a healthy soil. I use Hygrozyme sometimes to help speed up that process, and it's better if you can let the pots or soil sit for a month or 2 before you use it again. After my first grow, I just reused the same pots and planted more. Then I let a few pots sit for a couple months and planted more. Worked out fine in my case. But I have turned my old FFOF into no-till living soil since then. I just don't want to have to keep buying soil or messing with it much.
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Yeah I planned on putting all my old soil together with amendments and some fresh compost and letting it sit for a month.
 
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