I see I just thought that you start the seedlings in a Rooting soil first like Promix BX I hope I got the name right, and then move it on too the forever home with the kind soil, one more question mate how much off the soil did you use at the start and in what size pot’s, @SilentHippie I hope I’m not asking to much.
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@Johnzy81
No worries my friend. My seedling pots are 4" diameter. Not sure of the actual volume but I put about 1/2 cup of Kind Soil in the bottom of the seed pots and then promix bx on top. The promix bx does have mycorrhizae in it to help root development.
Edit: I only used 1/4 cup of Kind Soil in the seedling pots.
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Thanks! I can’t help but think as they get a little larger they’ll eat more, and wondering if the plant won’t deplete the soil a little early.
On the other hand, could play very well into harvest too.
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@dbrn32
That is a concern of mine also. One thing I noticed during transplant is the roots weren’t dense in the kind soil. The bottom third in the 5 gallon pots is kind soil so I’m hoping it will sustain them. Here’s another couple pics from the website.
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There’s nothing I want more than for this to work out amigo. I’ve just been a little skeptical since I started hearing about it.
Hopefully like you said the roots just didn’t get into the loaded soil, and will be on cruise control in the larger pot.
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@dbrn32
I’m with you. The grow journals I read on other sites were impressive and I had to see for myself. This is just an experiment for me. I’m not opposed to using amendments and fertilizers but reducing variables seems like a better path to success. If this is successful, I hope that others that might be a little intimidated by all the fertilizers, soils, amendments, and nutrients can use this method to grow quality medicine.
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I’m with you guys. I really hope this works. I’d love for you to get a great grow out of it. Good luck and thanks for letting me follow. The posts have been cool!
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Thanks Johnzy81, I was just reading the KindSoil website again and it did say to put the kindsoil under the coco…don’t know how I reversed that.
The plant has been going nuts lately, will be week 10 this Friday the 6th. I added some fox farms happy frog guano a few days ago. The curl and browning looked just like the pics in the phosphorus deficient plants. I didn’t follow the directions because kind soil is a water only soil. I mixed a fraction of the recommended amount of Happy Frog with my Fiji water and watered my plant. So far so good.
I also recently purchased a Roleadro 2nd Generation 600W LED Plant Grow light. I currently have the plant under 6500k CFL lights.
I think I may go to 11 weeks then switch over to LED with the 12/12 light schedule (currently 18/6)
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That’s no problem @budsnopain from the research that I have done on the Kind Soil recommends that you use either a Rooting soil or a Coco coir so all should still be just fine, but will the nutes in the bottom keep feeding enough for all off the growth I really hope so this could be a game changer 
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@budsnopain I just noticed that this is @SilentHippie thread so just to make sure that we don’t get anyone confused and I’m sure that @SilentHippie can give us both the information we need it’s just so the thread’s all stay tidy and on point which your questions were mate and I’m more than happy to help at this moment I’m along for the ride for sure it is very interesting.
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@budsnopain @Johnzy81
No worries guys. I’m interested too.
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Quick update:
I’ve noticed the upper leaves one both plants are tacoing. Mostly on the Blueberry. I’ve read that a fan blowing warm, dry air on them can cause this. While my temps are around 70 degrees in the tent, the Rh is 35 to 40%. I’m going to change the position of the fan and see if it’s something as simple as that. In the meantime if anyone has any thoughts, please.
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I’ve heard that’s associated with higher temperatures too but since your temperatures aren’t high I’m thinking, from my beginner mind, could the lights be a little too close to them? Maybe double-check that? If it’s not that I’m thinking like you maybe a fan is a little too close to them or something? One other thought I have is could you be under watering? I’m not 100% sure if taco leaf is due to under watering or not though I’m sure one of the pros have encountered this.
Good luck I’ll be watching to see what the pros say and what ends up correcting your issue. Thank you have a good morning
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It could be the lights. They’re at about 30" above the plants and I have 6" or so that I can still go up. It can’t hurt.
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Exactly. I don’t think it can hurt at all. I guess that’s a good idea just to raise them for now until you hear what some of the more experienced growers have to say. That way if they think you should raise the lights you’re already on it. But if not you really aren’t hurting anything you just lower them back down.
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Thanks SilentHippie, I think this thread is about Kind Soil so I’ll try to keep it about the soil and not about MEEEE.
So far, the only thing I’ve added is the happy frog bat guano. So far, no curling or browning. I’m going to be adding the Diotamaceous Earth on Monday when I get it to cut down on the gnats. The yellow sticky pads are collecting 1-2 gnats a day.
I’m at 10 weeks now and the plant is about 18” tall. I’m going to switch from CFLs to the 600w LEDS and go to a 12/12 schedule tonight.
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Good morning growers! It’s time for our weekly update in our Kind soil grow.
Not really a ton of growth over the last week but they were recovering from the transplanting and topping. They are bouncing back. Both plants have a little tacoing still even after changing fan position and raising the lights to 35". I think it’s getting better but with this week’s slowed growth, it’s hard to tell. I figure that after a week, the roots should be into the hot soil and they should start taking off again.
Thanks for stopping by and feel free to comment!
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looking great @SilentHippie i’m really interested in seeing how this works out…
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@SilentHippie this is only my opinion but the way that your plants seem to be hanging over and doesn’t look right, I think that your lights are to high they should be set at 18"- 20" when they are in veg , I would think that the leaves will look a lot more perky, your plants are looking good and healthy beautiful colour green on the leaves may be @dbrn32 will offer you an opinion if around and not to busy.
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Color is awesome. I was going to say they look over watered but then I read u just transplanted and topped that could be the reason they look a little droopy. Just be careful not to overwater. Probably the #1 reason people damage their plants when starting out. Loving them to death. And I agree with @Johnzy81 that the light is too high but that would cause them to stand and reach not droop. Good luck they will come back beautifully they look super healthy.
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