Aloha thumbs and friends. I am back to give one of my biggest secrets away, it is my own homemade root inoculate or EM™/BAM(beneficial active microorganism) made with rice water, milk and sugar. There are many shelf bought version for ridiculous pricing, for those with the little know how to make ones own. House & Garden makes Root Accelerator,Hygrozyme, Sensizyme, [...]
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Ohana Greenhouse Discount Cards
Aloha friends and thumbs I am back again letting you know that the folks down at Ohana Greenhouse are now offering us growers some new things. Not only are they now carrying a much more affordable organic ingredient line Dr. Earth which now includes alfalfa meal and they got 25lb bags Finally. This will be a big help when building [...]
Labor Day Sale
Aloha friends just giving you a heads up on a 3 day Labor Day Liquidation Sale out at Hawaii Grow on the east side( Kapaa Quarry- behind All pool ). Sept 3rd, 4th and 5th go get some savings.
Advanced Nutrient
Aloha friends and thumbs I am back with another review and recipe for using canadian fertilizer, Advanced Nutrients. Advanced Nutrient can be confusing if your not ready for it, but the do make it easier on a first time grower with an online nutrient calculator on their www.advancednutrient.com which breaks down your mixing needs very precisely. With the addition to [...]
Benificial Bacteria- Myccrohizea
Definition from wkipedia: A mycorrhiza (Gk.,: fungus roots[1], pl mycorrhizae, mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic (generally mutualistic, but occasionally weakly pathogenic) association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant.[2] In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plants’ roots, either intracellularly as in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), or extracellularly as in ectomycorrhizal fungi. They are an important [...]
Cutting Edge Solutions
Aloha friends I am back with some feedback on Cutting Edge Solutions 6 part. Well I tried first to use CES (plant amp, mag amp, uncle johns blend) additives to GH 3 part during flowering and I found that they do not mix well if the plants are not accustomed to this mix.
General Hydroponics 3part
General hydroponics Aloha friends! Since I teach General Hydroponics as a base feed and boost for your plants I need to put some of my mixing instructions up. I will put an advanced feeding chart up soon. And remember our best ph levels are 6.4-5.8 for growth in our plant. Mixing instructions and sequence for optimal growth and flowering General [...]
Green Light Products Rooting Powder Vs. Clonex
Aloha again with a revised article and breakdown of a side by side test of Rooting Powder and Clonex, I also use Olivia’s but not in this experiment. Well I did a 10 day experiment with 3 different strains( Blue Mystic, Vortex, Gods Gift ) and all using 3 different propagation methods( aero-cloner, GH Rapid Rooter plugs in soil, and [...]
Beware Growers! Root Aphids!
Root Aphids Growers beware Hawaii is being plagued this summer with an outbreak of root aphids. Due to the long travel time and close storage areas most every soil mix being sold in stores are culturing many bad things such as root aphids and other Bacterial soil contaminants.
Hum Tea For Summer
Humtea for all those organic gardeners cheap easy and done simply for the benefit of all your plants, you can strain or make a teabag, so you may use it in a sprayer for foliar feeding. Use rain water or let ones tap water aerate for at least 48 hours to bring down chlorine levels so as mycorrhirzae (beneficial bacteria) [...]