Easy as organics water only soil mix.

[Richcomingfromyou]

That mulch looks like nothing but trouble. Over watered, all the signs are there. Growth seriously impacted bro.

Super soils can be a tad hot and excess watering can result in fungal/bacterial issues in the root zone. Any zeolite or perlite in your mix. I like zeolite, increases CEC.

 

[Defsnotacop]

No, no perlite or anything in it. It seems, I was actually under watering them, and some of the soil went hydrophobic. All re potted now in the final pots, unless they are male, and they seem to be doing much better. I chopped the mulch up properly and it doesn't look quite as shithouse. Check my growlog man for newer pics.

That mulch looks like nothing but trouble. Over watered, all the signs are there. Growth seriously impacted bro.

Super soils can be a tad hot and excess watering can result in fungal/bacterial issues in the root zone. Any zeolite or perlite in your mix. I like zeolite, increases CEC.

 

[Michael J Foxtail]

My seedlings are in the easy as water only mix, and a few are moving along, with a couple being really slow. Been growing since 1st of April for ease of memory, some a day or 2 before, a couple a day after. And 2 zskittles one a week old, 1 a day old.

The growth is pretty slow compared to coco and nutes.

Am I doing something wrong? Getting 18 /6 of 600w hps. The light is about 600-700mm above the plants.

Someone suggested root droids from Dr green thumb, but easy as says no amendments needed.

Bought some of this from local shop as a lazy problem solver thinking I won't have to worry about anything.....
Repotted em put back in tent nec morning they in lockout and at the start of their not so good almost deadly acid trip. Checked pH it was well under 3 straight out the bag.
Not happy! They were the only 2 Critical 2.0 cuts left and were already a week turned. Have now lost strain.
'Easy as' a root at a convent!
1 month later and are finally coming back to life

 

[frankreynolds]

It's the same with any organic based potting mix, how long it's been sitting on the shelf can have a large impact on it's performance. Same things with bags on the shelf at bunnings. Nutrient leech and general breakdown from sitting there.

Probably a large reason people have such bad times with bunnings bought pottings mixes and why i always finger the bags

 

[Michael J Foxtail]

It's the same with any organic based potting mix, how long it's been sitting on the shelf can have a large impact on it's performance. Same things with bags on the shelf at bunnings. Nutrient leech and general breakdown from sitting there.

Probably a large reason people have such bad times with bunnings bought pottings mixes and why i always finger the bags

I hate to say it but have checked every bag from bunnings for this reason and always 6 or there abouts and these aren't called Easy as. I didn't check this thinking it would be fine. Only got myself and Easy as to blame

 

[Michael J Foxtail]

I couldn't fined a date bagged onit either the sneaky foks

 

[Billygoat]

It's the same with any organic based potting mix, how long it's been sitting on the shelf can have a large impact on it's performance. Same things with bags on the shelf at bunnings. Nutrient leech and general breakdown from sitting there.

Probably a large reason people have such bad times with bunnings bought pottings mixes and why i always finger the bags

Interesting, what sort of shelf life would you expect Frank?

 

[Defsnotacop]

Easy as does tell you to water the dirt mix a few times before planting in it. Get it activated so to speak.

 

[frankreynolds]

Largely depend on ingredients and conditions there exposed to, I check the bags that i buy make sure the structure is there and that is hasn't broken down too much (as that will lead to ph dropping) and it's not too wet (if it's been outside) or too dried out.

Other than that I've jsut stuck to same brand over the years which is made consistantly.

 

[Michael J Foxtail]

DWC problem solved.

 

[Michael J Foxtail]

It should have said before use water with 5ltrs of lemon juice and sprinkle daily with 1kg of baking soda

 

[Billygoat]

Largely depend on ingredients and conditions there exposed to, I check the bags that i buy make sure the structure is there and that is hasn't broken down too much (as that will lead to ph dropping) and it's not too wet (if it's been outside) or too dried out.

Other than that I've jsut stuck to same brand over the years which is made consistantly.

So in a typical coots type living soil mix, the only ingredient that would be "alive" would be the compost component, yeah?

 

[frankreynolds]

No idea what coots type is, but all of these supoer soil mixes are organic based, they aren't soils. Organic components break down over time. Compost you add to the soil takes about 3 months before it will be majority gone.

 

[Billygoat]

No idea what coots type is, but all of these supoer soil mixes are organic based, they aren't soils. Organic components break down over time. Compost you add to the soil takes about 3 months before it will be majority gone.

Coots Soil Mix | Organic Soil & Compost | Growing Organic

This Coots soil mix is not our own, but it is what we have found to work best for most plants. All credit for this recipe goes to Clackamas Coot.

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[frankreynolds]

oh i misinterpreted what ya wrote, technically it will all be 'alive' there will be micro organisms.

 

[Billygoat]

oh i misinterpreted what ya wrote, technically it will all be 'alive' there will be micro organisms.

So the mineral additives e.g. Oyster shell flour, degrades over time?

 

[frankreynolds]

Yeh they will need to break down in order for the nutrients to become available. Rice hulls will break down slowly over time as well affecting the amount of air in the mixture as well if they are used.

 

[Billygoat]

Yeh they will need to break down in order for the nutrients to become available. Rice hulls will break down slowly over time as well affecting the amount of air in the mixture as well if they are used.

ok, I mean when not in a mix. Will a bag of pure rice hulks break down over time?

 

[frankreynolds]

if stored dry should be fine, no personal experience using them though.

You gonna buy bulk mix your own? seems like the best idea.

 

[Billygoat]

if stored dry should be fine, no personal experience using them though.

You gonna buy bulk mix your own? seems like the best idea.

Yep, what I’m thinking.