so I would like to learn more about no till. What is the process of reusing soil to prep it for another run.
I run No-Till methods in a multitude of containers that range from all different sizes. It is very possible to do in an Indoor setting as it is very simply put a way of allowing an ecosystem to form and establish over a period of time. I run No-Till in 1gal, 2gal, 3gal, 5gal, 7gal, & 25gal pots and have had amazing results with all of them! I use the smaller containers for Moms/Pheno hunting and my 25's are for my standard runs through Veg/Flower. All I do after harvest is replant a new clone just offset of where the harvested stalk of the previous plant was. Then top dress with high quality humus that has a bit of Kelp, Neem, & Crustacean meal mixed in and your off and running, simple as that!
Soil Fungi are very important as they secrete glomalin & 'glue' soil particles into aggregates allowing for greater porosity & water holding capacity of the soil. Every time you break apart these aggregates, not only are you actually fracturing the fungal hyphae themselves. But you are also increasing the surface area in which oxidation & evaporation can occur on the soil particles. Over time this decreases soil organic matter thereby decreasing the water-holding capacity of the soil. Now while you can plainly see with a microscope that fungi do recover pretty quickly after being fractured from soil recycling. But if you don't have to, then why do it? Populations of soil microorganisms are all about balance. As the soil ages, the colonies of microbes become more established & more efficient at cycling nutrients to the plants. Every time you mix your soil, it not only changes the physical structure of the soil itself, it also impacts the various populations of organisms with respect to each other. An undisturbed soil is constantly working towards an equilibrium of organisms, so to speak.
I will be starting a No-Till thread here soon where I will go over my soil mix and watering/foliar scheduling in greater detail, everything is 100% Organic. Just working on compiling all my sources and info at the moment. For now here are just a couple pictures of what I have going on currently.
Wizards Fire vegged for 50 days under a SolarSPEC-150 (150w), here she was before flipping her to flower:
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Moved her over to flower under a SolarEclipse-220 (220w) on the 20th of this month now on day 8. Here she was right after I moved her over:
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Kali Chakra vegged for 45 days, here she was before moving her over to flower:
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Here she is right after I moved her over to flower under a SolarEclipse-350:
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Both of them in flower, picture shows Wizards Fire on Day 5 and Kali Chakra on Day 1:
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HTH!