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Organic inputs, compost tea?

millerman543
millerman543started grow question 2 months ago
I’ve recently achieved 1.6g/watt 478g/light 2.1Oz/soft in a 2 x 4 tent, as an amateur grower is this type of yield achievable using all organic inputs? Basically meaning using gia green dry organic amendments, and compost tea. Also are teas that beneficial if done corectly?
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 2 months ago
The environment can be divided into 9 main parameters called the nine cardinal parameters: CO2, temperature, humidity, light, wind, oxygen in the roots system, nutrients, water, and root-zone temperature. If even one runs 20% they all run 20%. Plants produce their own food. So we don't feed them anything. They mix nutrients with sugars to form 20 different amino acids. The same way you don't build a building faster by giving the builders unlimited building supplies. Focus directly on feeding enzymes/amino. A large part of a plant's total energy is used to create the amino acids and the enzymes it needs. This is a high energy consuming process. If we free up all this time consuming process all the more energy can be used for actual growth. Think of enzymes like production multipliers. It requires a vast amount of knowlwedge Genetics represents potential.
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Seedler
Seedleranswered grow question 2 months ago
Sure. There isn't much difference in yield if you know what you do, but you need to do some research
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Lerome
Leromeanswered grow question 2 months ago
You can get same results using organic. I have found compost tea is not that effective, especially comparing the benefits to the time and effort it takes for brewing. Its good for inoculating media with life for the first time without having the risk of adding fungus gnats or other pests, but its not very high in NPK & minerals so youre better with other methods in my opinion like topdressing and watering soluble nutrients.
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001100010010011110
001100010010011110answered grow question 2 months ago
Sure, just a matter of providing critical levels of plant-aviable nutes at the root... just a different path to getting there. A few more moving pieces in regard to fertilizer you add and microbes to break it down at the proper rate etc... until then, expect a bit slower growth with any non hydro/soilless fertilizer. They may start differently, but they enter in similar ways and used in the plant the same way.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 months ago
There are plenty of better organic alternatives to Gaia Green, there always seem to be questions on this forum from people having issues when using Gaia Green products. Dry amendmants are too vague in their application in my opinion, use quality, organic, cannabis specific liquid fertilizers instead. B.A.C and Bio Canna are two lines I can wholeheartedly recommend, but there are many others. Teas feed the soil microbes, not necessarily the plant and are more of a tonic or "stimulant" rather than fertilizers. Seaweed extracts (kelp) is another fantastic soil stimulant, but the biggest benefit I have found in recent years is the addition of mycorrhizae to the soil, the plants just grow better and fertilizer efficiency goes off the scale. "Mykos" from Xtreme Gardening is my favourite, but there are others, like Great White Shark. After discovering the benefits some years ago, there is now no way I would ever grow without adding mycorrhizae ever again! Yes, monster harvests are possible with organics, something I have been achieving for over 35 years already.
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