Nutrients
Are bio365 medias buffered?
All bio365 growing media has our patented dual biochemical buffer. The biological and chemical components of bioCHARGE® work together to maintain soil pH balance and allows plants to access nutrients as needed and provide a wider “sweet spot” - ...
What's specific to the bio365 biochemical buffer?
Our dual biochemical buffer is created as part of our bioCHARGE® process. The bioCHARGE® process transforms our input materials to enhance the chemical (cation and anion exchange) properties of our media. Cation and anion exchange is responsible for ...
Do I need to use Cal Mag with BIOCOCO?
Our coir is buffered. We recommend an initial feeding with your normal Cal Mag product, followed by dry down. See our BIOCOCO quick start guide attached below for more details.
Do you use manure? What about poultry litter?
We do not use compost or manure as a source of nutrients in our media. Poultry litter is a fertilizer that provides a good source of N, P, K and Ca. The litter has been heated and pelletized during manufacture by our vendor. Our choice to use poultry ...
Do your soils help with silica nutrition?
We believe that silicon is a “beneficial element”. Silicon helps strengthen plants against insect and fungal attack and improves the permeability of root cells to water and minerals. The challenge is provide silica to the plant in a way it can ...
Do I need to fertilize when growing in bio365 media?
Overall, we do recommend additional amendments. We recommend fertilizing to match the needs of the plants you are growing. Recommendations will depend on many factors such as plant type and container size. Our nutrient light blends (BIOBLEND, ...
How do I know when to fertilize my plant?
Most fertilizer manufacturers provide feeding schedules for light, moderate and heavy feeding. We recommend following the guidelines that come from the manufacturer. An alternative approach is to use plant sensing such as a chlorophyll meter to ...
Should I fertilize like coco or soil?
If you were using a more coco-heavy blend, such as BIOCOCO or BIOLITE, we recommend a coco nutrient line that includes Cal/Mag. With our other products, a soil-based line of nutrients will work best.
What should I do if I think I over-fertilized and burned my plants?
Over-fertilization is not always the cause of distressed-looking plants and is less common than some may think. You should be very careful to rule out other causes, such as transplant shock, lack of root growth, plant disease, or simply overwatered ...
The EC / pH of your soils seems off. What should I be expecting?
If testing fresh soil we highly recommend the 1:2 slurry method. You should expect the pH to be within the stated range on our technical specs. To find the tech spec of our products, please visit: https://bio365.zohodesk.com/portal/en/kb/products If ...
What nutrient lines do you recommend?
We have customers using many different nutrient lines! Generally speaking, we stay fairly agnostic when it comes to recommending brands of nutrients to use with our product. We are confident that whatever brand you choose will work well with our ...
What do you guys mean when you say "BIOBLEND is more forgiving than BIOCOCO with a wider sweet spot"?
BIOBLEND is a blend of BIOCHARGE, coir, peat and perlite. BIOCOCO is a blend of BIOCHARGE and coir of different particle sizes and fiber length to achieve the desired air filled, water filled porosity. In general it is the blending of peat that ...
Should I use compost teas?
Compost teas can provide a wide range of plant health and soil benefits. Given the robust microbial population in our products there is no need to use teas to influence the biology in your bio365 media. However, you may wish to use them as part of ...
What is a chlorophyll meter?
A chlorophyll meter is a handheld device used to measure the chlorophyll content or chlorophyll concentration in the leaves of plants. It is used to assess the health, nutrient status, and photosynthetic activity of plants. The chlorophyll meter ...
What is an electrical conductivity (EC) meter?
An EC meter is a device used to measure the electrical conductivity or the ability of a solution to conduct an electric current. In controlled environment agriculture, EC meters are used to assess irrigation water quality (salinity and other ...