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Reply With QuoteKeep it simple, maybe. 1/3 sphagnum, 1/3 pumice, 1/3 EWC. I'd forget about the tea brewing initially. Just top dress with the EWC. Are you new to organics? Were you growing hydro before or is this your first grow also?
First organic grow
I'm a first time grower and have decided I wanted to grow completely organic. I've done a lot of reading and I think worm casting tea is what I will use to fertilize when ready to receive nutes. I've read that it is good to brew the worm castings with molasses in panty hoes or a sock for a couple days. Are there any other nute that can be added to this tea that would be beneficial? And also how often should i feed the plants with that tea and is it good for vegetation and flowering or just vegetation?
Keep it simple, maybe. 1/3 sphagnum, 1/3 pumice, 1/3 EWC. I'd forget about the tea brewing initially. Just top dress with the EWC. Are you new to organics? Were you growing hydro before or is this your first grow also?
This is my first grow ever. So I should just use the nutrients you listed above in my soil mixture before planting? Or you're saying I need to put that mixture directly on top of my soil in its solid form? Sorry for any questions that may sound dumb but just trying to make sure I get everything right.
I think questions are great! Good for you for asking-
I would really suggest you start the first grow simply. You will be exposed to so much for the first grows that you should maybe limit the variables. No worries, you will grow dank, assuming you have good genetics to start. You can always look at teas and other techniques but initially, I'd look to build a simple soil and have a go with it.
That above mix I mentioned is a basic starting point for a soil. Could use some additional N.
I have some perlite and some bone meal..would that be okay to add to this mixture as well?
Do you have access to pumice? Medium and large, not small particles. Better than Perlite. If you mixed up the combo I mentioned above, then to each cubic foot of that mix you could add:
2 cups biochar
1/2 cup epsom salt
2 Cups Kelp Meal
2 cups fish meal
2 cups fish bone meal (or the bone meal you have)
Do you have access to crab shell meal? Neem meal? These will get the microbes going that will eat larvae we don't want.
Let the soil "cook" for a month. That just means let is sit and the microbes will start to break down these nutrients, storing them safely so as not to burn the plant.
Let soil cook for a month? Meaning if I was planning on transplanting my starter pots to my soil a month from today I should create the mixture now?
Yes. The new amendments are not safely locked away by the microbes yet, and so can easily burn a young plant, especially.
I read that composite contains a lot of humus..is that what you were referring to? If not would that do?
Oh and what is EWC?
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