Slowpuffer
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I bought 30 lbs. of wiggle worms today. And emilya, when i broke up the 10 gal bags, that last plants grew in, my root balls were even smaller than I expected. Lol !! No roots at edges of bags, none !! And very few at the bottoms. I think I'm going back to regular plastic nursery pots, for the organic grow. I'm amazed at how small the root balls actually were. I can see why yield was less. With your help, I'm ready to try again. Do you think 30 lbs of worm casting is too much for 40 gal. soil, I was going to mix in 20 lbs. and have some left for teas. 4 lbs. fish bone meal, 4 lbs 5-2-4 Stonington blend organic nutrients, which is lobster compost, kelp & worm castings. Actually, just looking at the size of those roots, tells me that very little of the original organic material was used the 1st. time around. My tap water (135ppm) has been sitting out for days. And that's my next question, how much water do I add, and how do I know it's enough. And do I ph, my tap is about 7.8-8.1. If need be, i'll go buy some water , but money is short at present. I 'm thinking water it, while it's still on the tarp, then mix it more, before putting it into 3 18 gal plastic tubs. then I was going to warm the tubs up with an elec. space heater, hitting them from the sides? Do tubs need to be sealed or vented? I'm a little unsure about how wet to make it ?
Great idea on the bucket. now i'm thinking a cooler. Lol !! Thanks hook !!cheap on the Zon...I bought a dual outlet with stones and tubing for under 50 Cdn. as I recall...I put the pump in an empty bucket, throw the lid on and run 1 or 2 hoses to my tea bucket/s...hardly know it's there...cheerz...h00k......