great post !! very good recipe you are making - use them there root packs myself - and Uncle Jims Worms can't be beat -- ever consider using any "innoculant" ? Must give it a try , my plant size and yield increased by at least 30% + Got mine from Dynomyco but Extreme garding also has one also Pro mix has one nut it's expensive. if youl live in canada you can get sample of pro-mix incoluant - also use King Crab, Great White, Orca and a myco based organic nutrient line (Elemental Nutrients) Also Hydrozyme (use with each watering) to eat all the dead roots, ect and there for increases nutrient up take . there is one product for hydro callled "SLP-100" (use 1x a week) very good Both can be use with any nutrient line -
Typically I use mammoth p and mycos /Azos. Mammoth p 3-4 times after plants take to final containers. Mycos only need one application in living soil. Azos for explosive veg growth snd cloning.
The only thing I feed is malted barley powder, aloe and coconut water.
If my soil is looking/feeling depleted on a previous run I will topdress the same nutrients used in first mixing soil. Not the minerals just the nutrient NPK load, about a teaspoon of that ratio meals per gallon of soil.
No bottles during my grows.
Recently been cloning with no hormones or even my beloved aloe.
Also I stay away from enzymes because the not only take out the dead roots but lots of my microherd as well.
I’m kinda a simpleton. And I also manage a hydroponic store as my day job. I’m pretty versed in most the industry “products” and try to use less and less. I’ve tried it all tbh.
Good soil, good organic practice. Good genetics. That’s all the plant really needs.
My main point Is that the
bottled nutrients - the ph chasing game - pk booster/flush - throw the soil out and do it all over again game doesn’t seem to work for me.