An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure

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Soil is underrated.

Healthy plants start in the soil.

The more we focus on the soil the less we will have to worry about our plants.

pH determines the plants ability to uptake nutrients aka plant health.

Having a proper C.E.C within the soil is one of the easiest ways to regulate pH.

Soil formed from the decomposition of Organic Matter has the highest C.E.C.

#Wormpoop
#Compost
#ForestHumus
#KaoliniteClay

I am here to help and answer questions.

Always learning :green_heart:

Thank you for bringing me here.

-SB420

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I agreed with that for awhile. But I’ve since gone to the dark side, soilless.

Welcome!

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Welcome @GrainFedEWC
“The more we focus on the soil the less we will have to worry about our plants.”
Nothing is more true. Sub cools soil mix for me w/ addition of pasta water and DTE
Stay away from the dark side here…lol

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Pasta water?? You have my attention

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Top Secret, Tell NO ONE
Stinks like hell for two days then bam, green that is mean.
Once in veg, once in flower, once in budding up.
Frikkin hippies are lazy.

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So… Italian??? Lol
What brand of pasta? Surely one trumps them all? Never heard of pasta watering.

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Most def it does, worms get funky faced.

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Roots love boiling water.

I’m a soilless guy (autocorrect wants to turn it into soulless which is essentially correct)

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Haha it did the same to me and I had the same thought! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Where can I get some of this prevention strain? Must be so dank if an ounce of it beats out a pound of cure

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We throw our pasta water in five gallon bucket in barn, sits one day, and into 150 gallon watering for the day. 144 plants, so there’s the ratios.

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This year @cadman has me convinced to use Neem Leaf composted.

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Soilless is in many ways easier than soil.

And bigger yields. And far more pH control. And cleaner.

You can grow a bigger healthier plant faster than you can in soil.

Pasta water can’t do what 5 cents worth of fertilizer can do, but if you’re comfortable with a bunch of bugs and rotten smells who am I to say don’t?

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Do you add the meat balls before or after the tomato sauce??? :pencil2::spiral_notepad:.

The pasta water boosts what now???

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You guys are so much fun!
astroch

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I personally believe there is something missing from non soil grown. Similar to the comparison between soiless and soil vegetables. One has less vitamins.

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Boiling too soon would actually inhibit the release of the starch by denaturing the enzymes. Google wtf is verment and I explain the process. I use malted barley but give or take a few degrees it’s the same with all starches.

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I bet it forms a pellicle?

Kahm yeast and then Lactic acid bacteria consume the starches ( polysaccharides ) ( long chain complex sugars that microbes consume in nature )

Definitely some great stuff you’re making.

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Lol The best out there.

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Polysaccharides are good :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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