I wanna be a farmer…
Haha! I really do, though. That’s kind of the dream, anyway. Hopefully one day in the not-too-distant future, my girl and I can make that a reality.
Thanks for the thoughtful answer. That’s interesting about how you were seeing early necrosis in your old ten- and thirty-gallon pots; I’ve got the same issue in my seven-gallons, using ROLS. Because I recycle and don’t do no-till, I actually do get to see my roots after every grow. I haven’t really noticed an “hourglass”-type thing going on, but I have noticed that the roots don’t ever really get much bigger than they were the day I transplant from my half-gallon veg containers, despite the fact that I always leave them in the flowering pots for 2-3 weeks (or longer) before I flip. It never occurred to me that it might be because of the amount of pumice in my soil.
I need to make a new batch, probably around 45 gallons, pretty soon, on account of the fact that I just tossed six pots after the last grow (aphids). I also only have access to store-bought compost (Bu’s) and EWC. Do you think it’d be a good idea to add less pumice when I mix up the new batch, even though I won’t be using compost I made myself? I also have a couple of 65-gallon bins already sitting in the garage; I’m not gonna pick out a bunch of pumice haha, but I wonder if adding more compost and peat might help for the next grow(s).