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@cropduster, thank you much:)

@Lacrima, Thanks, you as well!

@Professor_Chaos, I’ve never grown in coco and have no experience to speak of. But I’ve also heard that 7 gallon pots are good and can hold more nutrients (Gaia if you like but you can mix your own Gaia using individual inputs) to break down right off the hop. I was going to use 7 gallon pots on this grow but had 5’s on hand and used them, wishing now I didn’t. Next run I’m just going with huge pot(s). Because if you go big then it’s easier to achieve a living soil and more of it. In smaller pots then the sides dry up, and top if left un mulched between waterings. Then you are left with just a tiny area of actual living soil. If your soil is healthy then you shouldn’t even need AACTeas. This is my first organic grow with no teas and won’t use any if my plants maintain good health, see how it goes. You shouldn’t have to create microbes through tea, they should already be in the soil and should multiple if they already have a good source of bacteria in the soil (EWC), and I believe top dressing EWC will serve the same benefit as a AACT. But I’m confident in larger pots and “no till” that teas won’t be required. From my understanding is that you can’t overdue it as you are feeding the soil and the soil feeds the plant, as long as the soil isn’t too hot you shouldn’t have a problem. Microbes break down the nutrients and the plant takes what it need to flourish. And yes EWC in the mix and top dressed, which add good bacteria for microbial growth and living soil. EWC have all kinds of good stuff in it including calcium, along with the dolomite lime I put in the mix as well, which helps stabilize the pH around 7. I don’t pH my water anymore because it has nothing in it and comes out the tap with a pH of 7-7.2 and the microbial life puts the pH right where it needs to be for the plants to suck up the nutrients as required. I just aerate for 24hrs. I was fighting pH and gave up adjusting it because just a grain of organic pH down would drop it way low and if the soil has everything required then the microbes can easily swing the pH to optimal levels. Your soil could have all it needs but not available if you don’t have good microbial life to break it down to make it available, that’s where the EWC come into play. Now again I’m no pro and learning everyday and this is just how I understand my research on the subject! I use Fox Farm Ocean Forest and Happy Frog because it has all the same inputs that is in Gaia Green dry amendments and Gaia Living Soil. It’s easy I guess is why I use Fox Farms but regardless I’ll be reusing it and re amending it for my next “no till” run. Sounds like you pulled off that hydro to coco run even though it was stressful…nice work! I’ve only tried hydro when I first started thinking no problem…I was mistaken and it was a problem. I completed the grow but results were not great. Then I tried synthetic nutrients in pro mix with decent results but felt that pH’ing and my water was a battle but wasn’t educated enough and always ran into calcium and magnesium issues. I eventually figured it out but just found soil easier for me and went that way. Requires less time. Don’t get me wrong I not afraid of work I just want to give my family more time then my plants. Another long post…sometimes I get carried away lol 😆

@OrganicPower, Yeah I really wanna try organic in coco.. A bigger pot is better to have from what I heard when I was just about to attempt my first organic.. They even said 5 gallon pots are kinda on the smaller side but will work.. But 7+ gallons is where its at.. I haven't gotten into much about "no till".. I really wanna try hydro too.. See which is easier for me to maintain but still get tasty, quality flower.. Coco with synthetic nutes is just easier for me at the moment.. And my past hydro attempts, I couldn't get to harvest without the pH doing something weird and making my plants look hideous.. I ended up just putting them in coco/perlite just to get them to finish.. Awful experience and thats what scares me about trying anything new.. Maybe when I got enough bud stocked up to where I can play around a couple times and not run out.. Do you pH you water? I think I read when you use EWC that it will correct the pH automatically at the rootzone as long as you are in an acceptable range

@Professor_Chaos, my water comes from the local water shed underground spring. People travel here to fill up on water it’s so good. I drink it right from the tap🤪 Mr Canuk lol, I’m not him but I love watching his 30 min videos lol. His buds turn out so yummy looking 🤤 especially his Square One Genetics grows! I can see how it looks and when I started watching his videos I noticed the same thing and was thinking he’s got to be near by me lol with all the same gear. I struggled for years using bottle nutrients, ph, calcium & magnesium issues due to my water, and just didn’t have the time between work and family to keep it all dialed in. Once I seen Mr Canuk and his grows with easy to use Gaia Green I figured that his method was for me and once I tried it I haven’t looked backed. And now after intense research and the thought of only using organic amendments makes me feel better about the end product and results! I also quickly realized I had to much light with all the TS lighting I had going so I took out the 2 smaller 600’s and just got the 2-2000’s in the flower tent. Now with the heat wave peaking I’ve had to turn down the lights to 50%, and now today at 25% incase I’m not home from work in time. The a/c blew the surge protector it was plugged into yesterday and even with the tent wide open the temps still climbed to 86f 😧 Not for long as I was home and was checking frequently. I’ve seen Mr Canuk grow in coco and 3 gallon pots even but typically I think he uses 5 gallon, and seen him use both hard and fabric. I like fabric and at the beginning of the grow I have gone 10+ days between waterings. But I think as the plant gets older and drink more water, they drink so much that I don’t think the material of the pot will make a difference on how fast they dry up. I now have to water everyday with the heatwave and them packing on weight. Now with a few grows using Gaia I was thinking 7-10 gallon but now have decided to go large like 30-45 gallon and “no till” method of growing still using Gaia. I feel larger pots will be better to achieve a living soil and water less frequently, and reusing the soil. Also top mulch I’ve found now helps with the top of the soil from drying out also helping with fungal growth. I feel if I got good microbial life, bacteria, fungal, that a guy shouldn’t even need to brew teas. I mix in soil and top dress with a lot of EWC! I’m still learning but that’s how I am understanding. I love the grow room glow…makes me happy!

@OrganicPower, thnx my friend. You as well....

@GMSgrows, thank you! You have some outstanding grows!

@OrganicPower, Good grows deserve praise....Cheers

@Professor_Chaos, thank you! You as well, and you grow some beautiful looking buds! Hope mine turn out as nice!

@Growin_it, Thank you! I’ve been able to give this grow a bit more time:)

@Ner0z, so far so good, thank you!

@weed__mee, gonna try my best and give them all I can, thank you!

@spyder, Thank you! 🤞

@Cannabeast40, thank you much! 🙏

@GreenAutoConsumo, thanks for the view!

@DoDrugs420, thank you!