First shot using teas from worm compost high in P and K for BLOOM BOOSTER side/side

Hi everybody. I'm starting a new project, so I thought I'd start a journal. I believe with all of my heart that I can get through veg and flower with worm compost for NPK, and by get through I mean CONQUER!

I am, however, talking about more of a "designer" compost. Cannabis is a special plant that requires special care, and I think that there are enough of out here using plants that are good for Cannabis plants that we can figure out the best things to compost.

For months now I've been into worm-composting, I now have to stackable units and I'm going to build something bigger soon to start composting on a larger scale. This is what I'm using now.
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The original plan was to use some high PK compost in the soil mix as well, but the worms couldn't make it in time. They'll have enough to make teas however. If I don't get the results I'm looking for I will do another journal using compost in the actual mix, and then so on from there until I figure it out. Worm compost is VERY rich in NPK, depending on what you feed them of course. Here's the tea recipe I'm going to use all throughout flowering (feed/tea/feed/tea) until the final week.

4 gallons of rain water
2 cups of high PK worm compost
1 cup of worm castings from bag
1 cup of worm leachate
1 cup of Alaskan Forest Humus
1/2 cup of Alfalfa
1/2 cup of Humic
3 TBSP of unsulphered Molasses
2 TBSP of Agave



I just flipped them last night, so today is the first day of 12/12. I also tried something kinda new, LSTing it right before flipping by tying down the longer branches to the bottom ring of the tomato cage to hopefull encourage some more growth before flowering starts. Here's a pic.
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I had a little N def with them in veg, ran out of Nature's Nectar N and Vega at the same time and had to wait for them to ship...it was a bummer. But they're doing better. I fed them last night, they'll get AACT in a couple days, then another heavy feeding with some N....and then I'll start feeding with the high PK teas for the rest of flower.

Oh, did I mention this is a side by side?? Two side by sides to be exact.

I've got 5 OG Kush in this room, and 4 White Rhinos. So the OG in the middle is just extra.

2 OG Kush are going to get ONLY the high PK tea for Phosphorus and Potassium...aside from what may be in my base nutes. But they will be getting no additional seaweed, guano, manure, rock phosphate, or any other P product. And 2 OG Kush will be getting Humboldt Natural Bloom 0-10-0 for P

In addition to this side by side, 2 White Rhinos will be getting the high PK tea for P, and 2 White Rhinos will be getting just the ASHES from high PK food scraps. These ashes should be immediately available for nutrient uptake as well as the compost tea.....but we'll see huh?!?

What else....oh yea. They're under a 600w HPS covering a 4'x4' area.

Nutes: Bio Flores is my base. Also using Bio Root and Bio Bud. I think that's it except for stuff I throw in the teas...

Thanks for checking this out, I'll continue to post pics and updates over the next 2 1/2 months.

EDIT: Forgot my mix!

Soilless Mix= aprox. 40 gallons

Dolomite lime –1 cup (I use Epsoma)
Neem cake – 1 cup (http://www.neemresource.com)
Karanja cake – 1 cup (http://www.neemresource.com)
Mykos – 1 cup (I use Xtreme Gardening Mykos, awesome and cheap. I also reapply with their Mykos WP early flower the feeding after a good P dose. I also use Roots Oregonism on rooted cuttings.)
Coffee/tea grounds – 1 cup
Greensand – 1 cup

¼ bale of compressed coco chips (I’m using HydroFarm Planting Chips, but I’m looking for a better chip product that’s still OMRI. I just the chips instead of Perlite. Maybe you can find a better brand of chips)
2 bales compressed coco coir fibers (GO CocoTek OMRI coir)
2 gallons peat (Home Depot, which I hate but is far closer to me than any other store, has 3 cu. Ft. bales of OMRI peat for 10 bucks, but it’s seasonal.)
3 gallons EWC
1 gallons worm compost (I’d have used 2 gallons or more if I had enough)

Can you give me more info on the support cages you have? I really like how the vertical supports are straight up and down but they kink out on the bottom to hold a larger plant all within. This would be great for me as I like to rotate my plants daily. Angled bamboo can make this a pain when they are in a tight canopy/big.

Question on your mix: Have you considered upping the amendment dosages? I add similar amounts to an already hot bagged mix (FFOF, Roots) and the veganic ladies seem to handle it well. (Matt is convinced all bagged mixes need amending except cannas BT plus which is a phantom in this country). Wish I had my own worm farm to boost any mix tho!