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Incredible selection!!! Are you doing a pheno hunt? That's going to be a very colorful and 'smelly' grow room

@greenkushThat plant looks great!!! Nice I grew for many years using synth nutes and coco on a drain to waste program. Once dialed in, it's where I grew my biggest and most potent bud to date. Nothing wrong with synth nutes and results are great if used correctly with the right parameters and technique in place. After watching a few YouTube videos and seeing what some of the more organically experienced members on the forum where doing, I decided to give it a try at the beginning of the year. It's been a very educational and informative transition, as I've learnt so much more than just growing dank. Still honing my skills in with regards to this growing style, so I'll reserve my opinion on which I prefer until I have accumulated more experience.

@SkunkPharmYour plant looks great and ur results speak for themselves. I have also had good success with the soil in the past but the last batch was problematic for me. Below is a pic of my GDP that was grown in FF soil but I BOMBED it with biobizz @BurlyTry not over water the plants either and let them dry in between waterings. Sometimes over watering can manifest itself as a lockout. Hope they bounce back and grow some fat kolas.

Now that's how u grow organic Really solid looking plants, will have my eyes fixed on this thread

That's perfect, as long as it's unsulphured and organic it should be hundreds @Burly

@BurlyOnly a pleasure bud, that's what this platform is here for. If u are feeding biobizz at every watering, then have u halfed ur dosages as recommended by them? I know they recommend feeding at every watering to maintain a consistent root zone EC but ul b surprised how badly the plants want a plain drink from time to time. When using biobizz make sure not to water till runoff but saturate the medium properly and try break up the feeds with a plain ph watering. U can add the Biodyne to ur biobizz or u can use it separately in conjunction with the molasses. Give them a big whack of microbes and lower the ph and see how the girls respond.

My GSR genetics run on the soil mix mentioned above and compost tea. No bottle nutes and girls seem proper happy so far. Also, trying square to round long pots for this run

@BurlyTry dropping ur ph to 5.5-5.9 and see if the lockout subsides. As mentioned above, that soil is aggressively buffered so ul have to follow their ph regime to get the right ph in the medium. Try measuring ur runoff or medium ph to give u an indication of where you are. Get the Biodyne and black strap molasses if u can. I have personally used biobizz and I am not crazy about their macro nutrient offerings.

@Burly As @GGGhas rightly said, the microlife is a fermented molasses and fish hydrosolate that feeds the microbes. It is enriched with Em1 but you'd be better off supplementing with a proper consortium such as ExploGrow. I personally use EmPro soil as it is affordable and has worked great for me so far. @Burlywhat are your rh and temps? How often are you feeding them Biobizz?

@Live CannaThanks for the insert,i also popped them an email a while back and got the same info. I totally agree that their soil is aggressively buffered and their ph watering regime has to be followed to obtain optimum results - in my limited experience that is How often do u feed them biobizz and what's ur dilution ratio? Ml/l?

@GGGThanks for the informative info above. Based on the advice given in the thread by other members, I started supplementing with microbes and also dropped my watering PH. I have been using Microlife to adjust my ph as I discovered it's very acidic and a few ml's/l seems to do the trick. After persisting with the microbial consortiums and the lower ph, the plants bounced back and made a full recovery. I have since then starting mixing my own ammended coco using a version of @Totemic recipe that I found on the forum. I noticed that I suffer from COWS(chronic over watering syndrome) and that traditional soils held moisture too long for the manner in which I was fertigating. I don't think I will ever consider procuring store bought soil again, as it has made a tremendous difference for my application. I now run a ph of 6.5-6.8 and I have moved away from using Biobizz for the veg cycle and instead I use a type of compost tea/extraction that I have experimented with and it works great. On the soil front I use the following : The mix is per 15l pot so adjust if necessary for ur applications: 15l 90/10 coco perlite 15 tablespoons medium perlite 8 tablespoons vermiculite 8 tablespoons of worm castings 6 tablespoons of turbo grow rock dust 4 tablespoons of powdered kelp meal 2 tablespoons of kelp flakes 2 tablespoons of bokashi 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts 2 tablespoons of Bio Ocean pelletised fertilizer I do not add any lime or gypsum to buffer the medium, and results have been great so far. For the compost extraction/leachate I use the following : 7l dechlorinated water 2 tablespoons earthworm castings 2 tablespoons bokashi 2 tablespoons Bio Ocean fertilizer 1 tablespoons Gromor Accelerator fertilizer 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses 10ml EmPro soil microbes After 24hrs I have a good layer of foam on the surface and my ppm is around 1000ppm. Ph comes in a little high at around 7.2. I know some growers don't consider ph crucial when growing organically but I add a little Microlife to bring it down to around 6.7-6.8. Not sure if this helps, but it has been working great for me so far and I thought I would share it for anyone else who wants to give it a shot.

@SkunkPharmThanks for your advice, I have just given the plants a feeding of Efficient Pro Soil, not sure how much I was supposed to use as the directions for application on the bottle are more suitable for commercial agriculture. I applied 4ml/l and did not ph the mixture. Do you water till runoff or not? And how much do you let your soil dry out before watering again? Thanks a mil

Hi guys, Thanks for the replies. I am using FF Microlife, Fish mix, Bio Grow, Root juice, Top max and Bio Bloom. After mixing the biobizz with my dechlorinated tap water the ph sits at around 6.7-6.8. I am adjusting it further using GH PH down to around 6-6.3. I have also added EM Pro soil microbes too, in addition to the FF Microlife which is a product I really enjoy using. I was applying one biobizz feed and then a light FF Microlife feed at every other watering. One feed, one micro. I have been quite zealous using the microbes, should I inoculate the soil further with additional microbes? Thanks for the help

Hi guys, I've been growing in FF Premium classic for a while now and I can't help but notice a pattern in deficiencies across various plants snd strains. I've been using the soil in conjunction with the Biobizz range, and I've been trying to utilize the ammended organic nutrients fortified within the soil before applying the bottled nutes. I have been watering with a ph of 6-6.3, as Biobizz recommends a range of 6.2-6.3. This is where my problems begin and I would greatly appreciate any feedback or advice....... My plants have started showing discolouration across the leaves, a yellowing of the leaf edges accompanied by a reduction in the intensity of the green coloring too. I did a runoff watering today and discovered that the soil ph was at 7.1, which based on my rudimentary research leads me to believe that it is out of 'range' for organic growing. After a bit more reading I discovered that FF recommends a watering ph of 5.5-6.0. Would this not be too low to stimulate microbial life? Also, why is the medium ph so high if my fertigation is at a far lower ph? I will attach pics below of the deficiencies, but I would greatly appreciate any input from fellow members who have experience with this soil and the correct ph required to unlock its full potential. Thanks