zmutt00
420 Member
Hello,
New to this site/magazine and have enjoyed reading thru and digesting as much as I can the discussions in the organic soil forum. I'm well in to flowering in my first truly organic soil grow and I have to say it has been a very positive experience that I owe entirely to someone at the hydroponics store here in So. Maine.
I'm using a local veg/boom soil in a 10 gallon fabric pot.
The grow is indoors with a Platinum LED 600W
The 2nd week of bloom I dressed with Hot soil from the same local source.
I did not know about compost teas at the beginning of the grow so it was late in veg that I started and it consists of:
compost - 1cup
molasses - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
Kelp Meal - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
Azomite - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
Alfalfa Meal - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
I brew 2 gallons each time ( using a 5 gallon bucket ) but only use one gallon for the cannabis plant and the remainder for the house plants.
I use clover as a cover and early on added composting worms ( about 15 worms ) to the soil but until recently never fed them. Just this week I saw one thread where someone mentioned adding banana or potato peels to the soil so i added a few banana peels and some of the worms still living seem to be thrilled. I'll continue to do that. I'm going to start another 10 gallon pot within the next few weeks for the next grow.
I see EWC mentioned repeatedly in these posts but have not seen any discussion around adding living worms to the living soils. It all seems so fundamental yet it took a kid at the hydro store to turn me on to it. Trained to think about bottled nutrients I guess.
Anyway, it has been a wonderful experience thus far and I would be curious if others are putting worms in their soils and if so, are there tips to care for them?
New to this site/magazine and have enjoyed reading thru and digesting as much as I can the discussions in the organic soil forum. I'm well in to flowering in my first truly organic soil grow and I have to say it has been a very positive experience that I owe entirely to someone at the hydroponics store here in So. Maine.
I'm using a local veg/boom soil in a 10 gallon fabric pot.
The grow is indoors with a Platinum LED 600W
The 2nd week of bloom I dressed with Hot soil from the same local source.
I did not know about compost teas at the beginning of the grow so it was late in veg that I started and it consists of:
compost - 1cup
molasses - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
Kelp Meal - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
Azomite - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
Alfalfa Meal - 1 tbl spoon per gallon
I brew 2 gallons each time ( using a 5 gallon bucket ) but only use one gallon for the cannabis plant and the remainder for the house plants.
I use clover as a cover and early on added composting worms ( about 15 worms ) to the soil but until recently never fed them. Just this week I saw one thread where someone mentioned adding banana or potato peels to the soil so i added a few banana peels and some of the worms still living seem to be thrilled. I'll continue to do that. I'm going to start another 10 gallon pot within the next few weeks for the next grow.
I see EWC mentioned repeatedly in these posts but have not seen any discussion around adding living worms to the living soils. It all seems so fundamental yet it took a kid at the hydro store to turn me on to it. Trained to think about bottled nutrients I guess.
Anyway, it has been a wonderful experience thus far and I would be curious if others are putting worms in their soils and if so, are there tips to care for them?