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I am starting an indoor grow (1st time). I am an organic berry farmer in my "outside" life and one of the reasons I'm growing is that I want organically grown weed.

I currently have one week-old plant set into a mix of sandy loam soil (from the berry patch!) and composted dairy manure (that's cow for the uninitiated). I will be starting a second batch (probably 4-6 plants) in a mix of the composted manure and potting soil with lots of vermiculite mixed in for drainage, as there are likely to be unwanted imports from the berry soil. For now the one plant is going strong however.

Anyone else out there growing organically? Had any problems? Also I'd be interested in talking to any conventional (i.e. fertilizer) growers that might be interested in trying organic. I know that with food crops you can get a much higher quality end product if you grow this way, and am curious to see if it pans out for our green friends.

Doobious

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Weed is... ahhh... a weed. It's very strong and can survive in some pretty crappy conditions... in your case, I think you're doing a great job and provided a good environment. I've never grown organically, but I do want to know updates to your grow... please keep us posted!

doob

wolfman

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I am starting an indoor grow (1st time). I am an organic berry farmer in my "outside" life and one of the reasons I'm growing is that I want organically grown weed.

I currently have one week-old plant set into a mix of sandy loam soil (from the berry patch!) and composted dairy manure (that's cow for the uninitiated). I will be starting a second batch (probably 4-6 plants) in a mix of the composted manure and potting soil with lots of vermiculite mixed in for drainage, as there are likely to be unwanted imports from the berry soil. For now the one plant is going strong however.

Anyone else out there growing organically? Had any problems? Also I'd be interested in talking to any conventional (i.e. fertilizer) growers that might be interested in trying organic. I know that with food crops you can get a much higher quality end product if you grow this way, and am curious to see if it pans out for our green friends.

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Organic, if you still out there, i'll be glad to discuss this topic...


wolf

organic

Hey Wolf,

yep I'm still here and still wanting to explore this topic

organic@hempcultivation.com

ButterflyDreams

Hola Organic. Welcome to HC.com

I too prefer to use natural grow styles, though lately I have been lazy and just went with the schultz.

If you look back through the posts here and maybe in the archives of MJ.com cult forums I have posted several pages and links to good organic info. Unfortunately I lost all of my info on this system when I moved.

What kind of berrys do you grow? I like blackberrier myself, can't forget granny's cobbler.

Live, LEarn, Grow.
BD

organic

Hey BD,

thanks, I'll poke through the archives and see what I can find. already looked around a bit without finding much, but now that I know it's there I should be able to track it down.

in the meantime would you be interested in describing your setup, methods, and any problems or benefits from growing au naturel? you mentioned using quite a few amendments, do you monitor you soil frequently? also have you had better finished product with the organic stuff, or does it turn out roughly the same or worse if you do it the lazy way?

have you used worm castings before?

I grow lots of berries! Blueberries, raspberries, and (thornless!) blackberries - also we have lots of thorny wild blackberries. the cobbler this year was the bomb.

grow!Organic

lilbuddie

For shame BD!! LOL! I also have a Black berry bush (thornless)

I have been trying to make different complete organic teas ...

And EWC casting just plain rock
I would advise them to all!

I'd like to hear what you have to say about different tea mixes

LB

organic

Hi lilbuddie

you have been having success with worm squeezins? cool...did you notice anything in particular that it affected?

for my berry fields this spring I'm going to try spraying the plants with compost tea to ward off fungal diseases. the place I'll be getting it from makes a tea out of worm castings, kelp, molasses, and water. the mixture is aerated in a special machine for a day or three. they have been having success with it combating fungal diseases like powdery mildew on flowers in their greenhouses, as well as being a foliar fertilizer. right now they are working on doing scientific trials on the stuff in conjunction with the county extension.
So anyway, I'll let y'all know what they turn up as soon as I hear. I can probably dig up quite a few links on the subject of tea mixtures as well.

For now I have 10 just-sprouted seedlings going in a mix of 70% organic potting soil and 30% dairy compost, with a half inch layer of perlite at the bottom of 4-gallon square plastic buckets. I am watering with a very weak solution of worm casting tea, and I'm keeping a diary to record the results.

If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them...growin berries is fun but this is even better


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