FreshCoastOrganics Growing this Roc Bud Inc., ROC’s Auto Mix Freebie No-Till style in the StealthBox!
CODA, a small company out of Colorado hand made this air pruning living soil bed to perfectly fit inside of the drip tray and dimensions of the growbox. Their name is CODA on Etsy shop. There is about a 2 in gap around the entire perimeter of the grow bed where the intake vent is located, allowing airflow to pass around the entire bed. There is a drip tray below that holds up to 3L of water so that I can feed from bottom if needed. The bottom of the bed is filled with 2 inches of 3/8in-1in Black & Red Lava Cinders & 3/8in-1in mixed river stones, this helps prevent the bottom of the bed from becoming anaerobic while also allowing the roots to find additional minerals and oxygen. The rock also helps wick extra moisture from the drip pan which maintains steady moisture at the bottom.
I filled the bed half way with soil and then laid down a light mid layer of; basalt, dolomite lime, oyster shell & kelp meal before adding in the remaining soil. I topped the bed off with a 1in layer of local vermicompost & Malibu compost. I added a generous amount of cover crop seed plus a light layer of barley mulch, cocoa bean shells, bokashi bran and some decayed wood full of IMO’s from a dense forest nearby. Once the cover started to become more established I put more barley mulch on top to finish the bed and prepare for 🌱.
Environment: StealthBox
Lights: StealthBox - Full Spec LED 100w 3000k + Amazon 10w Red/Blue LED.
Grow Bed: CODA - Custom made 17inx17in Living Soil Grow Bed (bed holds 1.75cubic ft/13gal of soil)
Soil/Growing Media: Homemade 1/3 Mix (Peat Moss + Coco Coir), (Local Vermicompost + Malibu’s Bio-Dynamic Compost), (Lava Cinders, Pumice, Rice Hulls, Desert Sand + BioChar)
Mulch & Cover Crop: Barley Straw, Coco Bean Hulls, Cannassiuer 13 Seed Cover Crop + Mini Dutch Clover.
Nutrients & Minerals: Organic Dry Amendments, DTE Bio-Live, Roots Organics Terp Tea Bloom, BioAg FUL Power, BioAg Ful Humix, Agsil16h Silica, MycoChum, Impello Bio Veg & Bloom Microbes, KNF & JADAM inputs.
IPM: Mammoth Canncontrol, BTI Bacteria & Yellow Sticky Traps.
Beneficial & Predatory Insects: Red Wigglers, Springtails, Oribatid Mites, S.Scimitus, A.Cucumeris, N.Californicus, P.Persimilis. and A.Swirskii, Predatory Nematodes & Rove Beetles.
Watering Style: Manual with pump sprayer and watering can.
Soil Recipe - 1 cubic ft
• Base •
- Peat Moss (4.28 dry qt)
- Coco Coir (4.28 dry qt)
• Aeration •
- Pumice (3 dry qt)
- Black Lava Rock 3/8 (2.57dry qt)
- Rice Hulls (2.57 dry qt)
- Bio Char (1.5cup)
- Desert Sand (0.5cup)
• Compost/Castings •
- Local Fungal Dominant Vermicompost (4.28dry qt)
- Malibu BioDynamic Compost - (4.28dry qt)
• NPK Amendments •
- DTE Bio-Live (0.5 cup)
- Neem & Karanja (0.5 cup)
- Alfalfa Meal (0.25 cup)
- Kelp Meal (0.25 cup)
- Powdered Diastatic Malted Barley (3 tbsp)
• Mineral Amendments •
- Basalt (3 cup)
- Oyster Shell (0.5 cup)
- Dolomite Lime (0.5 cup)
- Solution Grade Gypsum (1cup)
• Other Amendments •
- Yucca Meal (1tsp)
- Humic Acid (1/2cup)
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Used method
Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
4y ago
1/3
18 hrs
Light Schedule
6.4
pH
49.21 liters
Pot Size
68.58 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Fulvic Acid
3.963 mll
Agsil16h
0.326 mll
Ful-Humix
0.325 mll
FreshCoastOrganics This Auto Mix has received only foliar applications of Fulpower, Agsil16h & Microbes ph corrected to around 5.8-6.2ph. Since the soil is brand new it will need more time to develop before I can stop worrying about ph. For now I will correct foliar applications to 5.8-6.2ph and root drench 6.2-6.4ph. I am using TnB naturals ph adjusters which are naturally derived and safe for the microbial populations.
Environment: StealthBox
Lights: StealthBox - Full Spec LED 100w 3000k + Amazon 10w Red/Blue LED.
Grow Bed: CODA - Custom made 17inx17in Living Soil Grow Bed (bed holds 1.75cubic ft/13gal of soil)
Soil/Growing Media: Homemade 1/3 Mix (Peat Moss + Coco Coir), (Local Vermicompost + Malibu’s Bio-Dynamic Compost), (Lava Cinders, Pumice, Rice Hulls, Desert Sand + BioChar)
Mulch & Cover Crop: Barley Straw, Coco Bean Hulls, Cannassiuer 13 Seed Cover Crop + Mini Dutch Clover.
Nutrients & Minerals: Organic Dry Amendments, DTE Bio-Live, Roots Organics Terp Tea Bloom, BioAg FUL Power, BioAg Ful Humix, Agsil16h Silica, MycoChum, Impello Bio Veg & Bloom Microbes, KNF & JADAM inputs.
IPM: Mammoth Canncontrol & Yellow Sticky Traps.
Beneficial & Predatory Insects: Red Wigglers, Springtails, Oribatid Mites, S.Scimitus, A.Cucumeris, N.Californicus, P.Persimilis. and A.Swirskii, Predatory Nematodes & Rove Beetles.
Watering Style: Manual with pump sprayer and watering can.
Soil Recipe - 1 cubic ft
• Base •
- Peat Moss (4.28 dry qt)
- Coco Coir (4.28 dry qt)
• Aeration •
- Pumice (3 dry qt)
- Black Lava Rock 3/8 (2.57dry qt)
- Rice Hulls (2.57 dry qt)
- Bio Char Charged w/ FAA & Bokashi Microbial Solution (1.5cup)
- Desert Sand (0.5cup) - Micro Aeration + Grit Source For Worms
• Compost/Castings •
- Local Fungal Dominant Vermicompost (4.28dry qt)
- Malibu BioDynamic Compost - (4.28dry qt)
• NPK Amendments •
- DTE Bio-Live (0.5 cup)
- Neem & Karanja (0.5 cup)
- Alfalfa Meal (0.25 cup)
- Kelp Meal (0.25 cup)
- Powdered Diastatic Malted Barley (3 tbsp)
Total NPK Estimate 4-2-2
• Mineral Amendments •
- Basalt (3 cup)
- Oyster Shell (0.5 cup)
- Dolomite Lime (0.5 cup)
- Solution Grade Gypsum (1cup)
• Other Amendments •
- Yucca Meal (1tsp)
- Humic Acid (1/2cup)
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Used techniques
No-Till
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
4y ago
1/5
7.62 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
55 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
49.21 liters
Pot Size
68.58 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Fulvic Acid
3.963 mll
Agsil16h
0.326 mll
Ful-Humix
0.326 mll
FreshCoastOrganics She’s growing nicely and really seems to enjoy her environment. She’s received foliar applications of Agsil16h & Ful-Power along with a root drench of Ful-Humix & Tribus Grow microbes.
Environment: StealthBox
Lights: StealthBox - Full Spec LED 100w 3000k + Amazon 10w Red/Blue LED.
Grow Bed: CODA - Custom made 17inx17in Living Soil Grow Bed (bed holds 1.75cubic ft/13gal of soil)
Soil/Growing Media: Homemade 1/3 Mix (Peat Moss + Coco Coir), (Local Vermicompost + Malibu’s Bio-Dynamic Compost), (Lava Cinders, Pumice, Rice Hulls, Desert Sand + BioChar)
Mulch & Cover Crop: Barley Straw, Coco Bean Hulls, Cannassiuer 13 Seed Cover Crop + Mini Dutch Clover.
Nutrients & Minerals: Organic Dry Amendments, DTE Bio-Live, Roots Organics Terp Tea Bloom, Roots Organics Rain (saponin/wetting agent), BioAg FUL Power, BioAg Ful Humix, Agsil16h Silica, MycoChum, Impello Bio Veg & Bloom Microbes, KNF & JADAM inputs.
IPM: Mammoth Canncontrol & Yellow Sticky Traps.
Beneficial & Predatory Insects: Red Wigglers, Springtails, Oribatid Mites, S.Scimitus, A.Cucumeris, N.Californicus, P.Persimilis. and A.Swirskii, Predatory Nematodes & Rove Beetles.
Watering Style: Manual with pump sprayer and watering can.
Soil Recipe - 1 cubic ft
• Base •
- Peat Moss (4.28 dry qt)
- Coco Coir (4.28 dry qt)
• Aeration •
- Pumice (3 dry qt)
- Black Lava Rock 3/8 (2.57dry qt)
- Rice Hulls (2.57 dry qt)
- Bio Char Charged w/ FAA & Bokashi Microbial Solution (1.5cup)
- Desert Sand (0.5cup) - Micro Aeration + Grit Source For Worms
• Compost/Castings •
- Local Fungal Dominant Vermicompost (4.28dry qt)
- Malibu BioDynamic Compost - (4.28dry qt)
• NPK Amendments •
- DTE Bio-Live (0.5 cup)
- Neem & Karanja (0.5 cup)
- Alfalfa Meal (0.25 cup)
- Kelp Meal (0.25 cup)
Total NPK Estimate 4-2-2
• Mineral Amendments •
- Basalt (3 cup)
- Oyster Shell (0.5 cup)
- Dolomite Lime (0.5 cup)
- Solution Grade Gypsum (1 cup)
• Other Amendments •
- Yucca Meal (1tsp)
- Bokashi Bran (1 cup)
- Powdered Diastatic Malted Barley (3tbsp)
- Humic Acid (1/2cup)
• Water Source •
- Aerated Vortex Brewed Spring Water or Reverse Osmosis/Distilled Water Corrected With Sea90 or ConcenTrace Trace Elements.
FreshCoastOrganics Top Dressed the bed with 4tbsp of Roots Organics Terp Tea Bloom, 1tbsp Diastatic Malted Barley & 1tbsp Bokashi Bran.
I’ve introduced more red light to encourage stretching and have continued to tuck the tops, stems & leaves under the scrog net.
I have stopped all foliar treatments and will now use Ful-Power & Agsil16h in root drenches. This will most likely be the last application of Agsil16h as I typically stop feeding silica after the flowering stretch has finished.
My other tents with normal pots are dealing with major fungus gnat issues while this guy has almost zero. Anytime I take a closer look at the soil surface I see tons of mites & rove beetles & rove beetle larvae zooming around doing their thing. The no till environment really allows these predators to flourish while conventional style does not support them the same way. My infested pots have rove beetles and mites in them but with them being so small it only encourages conditions for pests to breed and not the beneficials.
Environment: StealthBox
Lights: StealthBox - Full Spec LED 100w 3000k + Amazon 10w Red/Blue LED.
Grow Bed: CODA - Custom made 17inx17in Living Soil Grow Bed (bed holds 1.75cubic ft/13gal of soil)
Soil/Growing Media: Homemade 1/3 Mix (Peat Moss + Coco Coir), (Local Vermicompost + Malibu’s Bio-Dynamic Compost), (Lava Cinders, Pumice, Rice Hulls, Desert Sand + BioChar)
Mulch & Cover Crop: Barley Straw, Coco Bean Hulls, Cannassiuer 13 Seed Cover Crop + Mini Dutch Clover.
Nutrients & Minerals: Organic Dry Amendments, DTE Bio-Live, Roots Organics Terp Tea Bloom, Roots Organics Rain (saponin/yucca and quillaja), BioAg FUL Power, BioAg Ful Humix, Agsil16h Silica, MycoChum, Impello Bio Veg & Bloom Microbes, KNF & JADAM inputs.
IPM: Mammoth Canncontrol & Yellow Sticky Traps.
Beneficial & Predatory Insects: Red Wigglers, Springtails, Oribatid Mites, S.Scimitus, A.Cucumeris, N.Californicus, P.Persimilis. and A.Swirskii, Predatory Nematodes & Rove Beetles.
Watering Style: Manual with pump sprayer and watering can.
Soil Recipe - 1 cubic ft
• Base •
- Peat Moss (4.28 dry qt)
- Coco Coir (4.28 dry qt)
• Aeration •
- Pumice (3 dry qt)
- Black Lava Rock 3/8 (2.57dry qt)
- Rice Hulls (2.57 dry qt)
- Bio Char Charged w/ FAA & Bokashi Microbial Solution (1.5cup)
- Desert Sand (0.5cup) - Micro Aeration + Grit Source For Worms
• Compost/Castings •
- Local Fungal Dominant Vermicompost (4.28dry qt)
- Malibu BioDynamic Compost - (4.28dry qt)
• NPK Amendments •
- DTE Bio-Live (0.5 cup)
- Neem & Karanja (0.5 cup)
- Alfalfa Meal (0.25 cup)
- Kelp Meal (0.25 cup)
Total NPK Estimate 4-2-2
• Mineral Amendments •
- Basalt (3 cup)
- Oyster Shell (0.5 cup)
- Dolomite Lime (0.5 cup)
- Solution Grade Gypsum (1 cup)
Paramagnetic Mineral Blend, Supplies: Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur & Trace Elements.
• Other Amendments •
- Yucca Meal (1tsp)
- Bokashi Bran (1 cup)
- Powdered Diastatic Malted Barley (3tbsp)
- Humic Acid (1/2cup)
Water Source: Aerated Vortex Brewed Spring Water or Reverse Osmosis/Distilled Water Corrected With Sea90 or ConcenTrace Trace Elements.
@Hemporio_Afghani, Thanks mate! I couldn’t agree more! I was considering getting a couple bluemat carrots for this bed but have to figure out where I could mount a reservoir…. So hand watering for now but plan to go automatic in the future! Thanks for stopping by growmigo! 🙏😎
@UKPersonal420, Thanks growmie! 🙏 There is actually a pretty awesome company in the UK that caters to people who make their own soil! If you’re ever interested in trying this style check them out or contact them I’m sure they have some great tips! https://www.indoororganics.co.uk/
@FreshCoastOrganics, it's funny you mention that as a few days ago I ordered some of their soil, grass roots pots & live worms and they also sell ecothrive stuff so I got some of that too😁 I've already got plenty of dry ammendments from livingsoils.co.uk already which are feeding my current plants really well. I find it all alot better than liquid ferts.
I'll be watching your grows, they look amazing 😎
