Index adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 17 aeration, 63, 64, 89, 184–85 air conditioners, 27 alfalfa meal, 50, 59, 60, 76–77 all-natural liquid nutrients, 110–18 aphids, 40 arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), 102 azomite, 75–76, 107 bark mulch, 51, 89, 97, 136, 148, 150 barley products, 194 bio control methods of pest control, 34 blood meal, 50, 59, 60, 69–70, 86, 87, 103, 150, 151 bone meal, 50, 71–72, 86, 87, 105 bulb food, 72 calcium, 17, 66–67, 106, 107–9 deficiencies, 161 cal-mag products, 111–13, 198 carbon, 17 carbon filters, 124, 125–26, 127 clones and cloning, 35, 79–80, 172 cuttings, 24, 25–26, 47 imported clones, 40–41 CO 2 , 27–28, 188 coconut fiber (coir), 51, 63, 89, 97, 198 compost, 65, 89–91, 209 composting (cooking), 50, 58–60, 134–36, 158 containers, 38–40 layering preparation, 146–51 mulch layers, 136–38 cot<strong>to</strong>nseed meal, 51 dehumidifiers, 27, 128–29 digital timers, 35 dolomite lime, 58, 66, 67–69, 195 and magnesium, 87 supply sources, 204, 207 types of, 105–7 drought stress, 196
dry additives, 100–110 earthworm castings. see worm castings EDTA, 28, 111, 119, 191 exhaust ventilation, 27–28, 35, 188–89 feather meal, 50, 70–71, 103, 168 feminized seeds, 40–41 finishing tea, 174 fire extinguishers, 35 fish fertilizer, 31, 113–15 flowering stage, 31, 44, 115–16 flowering tea, 171 lights and lighting, 22, 38, 97 overwatering, 196 spike recipes, 81, 85, 94 fluoride, 124, 127 flushing, 125, 127, 197 force-feeding, 110–11 freshwater fish tanks, 129–30 fungi, 68–69, 73–74, 134 genetics, 44–47 germination, 41–44 grape juice, 117 greensand, 50, 66, 107, 208–9 grow rooms, 20–21, 26–28, 35, 188 growing styles, 28–31 guanos, 31, 51, 58–59, 60, 62, 69–70, 87, 135 soil pH, 104–5 gypsum, 73–74, 207 harvests and harvesting, 115 hermaphrodites, 27, 186–87, 188 horticultural lime, 106 humic acid shale ore, 76, 111, 140, 207 humidity, 26–27, 34, 199 hybrids, 44 hydrated lime, 67, 106, 195 hydrogen, 17 insecticidal soap, 33 kelp meal, 50, 74–75, 97, 140, 168
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True Living Organics The Ultimate G
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To my soul mate, Maureen, in gratit
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Foreword If I have seen further it
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CHAPTER 1 What Is True Living Organ
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So what exactly is True Living Orga
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In TLO growing, the soil mix we use
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shelf marijuana that you will ever
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CHAPTER 2 Preparing Your Grow Room
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Lighting Options for TLO Indoors Al
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LEDs can be a great choice if you h
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There are almost as many ways to cl
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Temperature and Humidity are always
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efore turning to TLO, so I know the
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understand what true organics means
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A Hot Shot No-Pest strip is dangero
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common pastime for mold spores and
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CHAPTER 3 Starting Your TLO Grow
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Germinating flats and keg party cup
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REV’S TIP Don’t go too cheap wi
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This is pretty straightforward, so
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These little sprouts are so cute! I
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The seeds you can see in this gorge
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These KOS organically grown seeds a
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SOIL MIX ADDITIONS: QUICK REFERENCE
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CHAPTER 4 TLO Medium: Your Living S
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Just add water!
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things like freshly rooted clones,
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All natural additives, and especial
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¾ cup ground oyster shells (1 cup
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Cocogro is my favorite brand of coc
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These bagged earthworm castings are
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like the larger pieces for their ar
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Blood meal is a great soil addition
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I recommend Whitney Farms Unsteamed
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This granular rock phosphate has N-
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Down to Earth’s kelp meal needs t
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Peaceful Valley Farms’ powdered a
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too soon. Both of these actions wil
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To create a hole for spiking, use s
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Spikes, Layers, and Zones, Oh My! H
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Here you can see the perfect positi
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I use ground oyster shells by Down
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Alpaca Gold all organic earthworm c
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This organic cannabis matter is dry
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½ cup high N bat/bird guano ½ cup
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CHAPTER 6 Additives
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I like to use perlite in any soil m
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Be very careful using bat guano as
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can use it. This results in left ov
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dissolved minerals and other elemen
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lended with lime (calcium). Normall
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Humic shale ore makes nutrients ver
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General Organics CaMg+ works great
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according to the label instructions
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This isn’t something I use regula
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PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT TLO-FRIENDLY
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Water Sources and Filtering Options
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I love my tabletop reverse osmosis
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say, 150 PPM on a TDS meter, then y
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Better and Safer Composting Compost
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I make it a practice to sprinkle so
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A layer of bark mulch assists this
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CHAPTER 9 Building a TLO Container
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This is exactly how I build my cont
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good to add and roots will love it!
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2.1 Soil Mix I usually cut this wit
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This practice has come full circle
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Recycling set ups needn’t be expe
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TLO roots in a recycled soil mix ar
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What Is A TLO Tea? TLO teas are typ
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