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pretty much everything you purchase should have an npk rating, look up the alphalpha thread for the npk value of that, and the benefits of using it ;)

I'd add some kelp meal / seaweed extract to that myself. So far the teas i've made have been made of VermiCasts and alphalpha, but yesterday i bought bloodmeal (14-0-0) and bone meal (8-7-0) - all i need to complete it is the kelp meal which the store didn't have >:( - IIRC the kelp meal is...

Sounds kinda like what i'm doing, sans turtle poop. I'm running a continuous tea brewing with VC, bloodmeal, alphalpha and molasses. Whenever i take out a scoop, i replace it with fresh water, and i add a little of each ingredient now and then. You could do the same, but after a short while...

True, but - IIRC, then centipedes are predators. Kill them when you find them. Just wait till/if you get your first mite infestation :p (knocks on wood)

They are springtails - they usually have high numbers when conditions are on the dry side. They do no harm to living plants, they feed on dead plant matter :)

Worm-head here ^^ Had my bin for a year now. I also get live worms in my pots (noticed a few during last harvest) - think that means i ain't killing my plants :) - don't mind them nibbling on dead roots and whatever they find since they'll areate the soil a little bit. The worms i found when...

Super idea, will see if i can find one :) - My theory is that the algea sticks to the small pores in the paper and closes it. IIRC seaweed/algea has very weak cell membranes since they aren't fighting gravity as much, and therefore "slimes out" Fed all the goo to my worms, so i'll get the...

It takes ages to filter through the coffee filters though, FYI - i need something coarser to filter it through if i do this regularly >.<

Me and my gf spent a few hours at the beach today collecting seaweed actually. I blend it, and then filter it through coffee filters - Use it when watering, dilluted of course. Seaweed and algea comes in three flavours, red, green and brown - The green is high in Nitrogen, can't remember what...

Cannabis plants like calcium, which is what eggs are made of - the worms also secrete calcium bi-carbonate to help with their digestion. They have a gizzard for grinding down coarser particles and microbes to a paste. So adding some calcium is a good thing, will work as a ph buffer in the...

I keep mine in a rubbermaid'ish bin. Drilled holes for ventilation (lots of 5mm are fine - they wont escape) - and placed it inside an identical bin to catch leachate (this is not tea, can be anarobic) Organic matter from the compost heap is great, but can contain weed weeds, and critter eggs...

Hehe, kinda 'sperging it when i get into new stuff. ^^ Good site for vermicomposting is redwormcomposting.com - there are lots of videos on youtube on both worms and composting. Should cover all the basics

If you use a lot of soil, you could do with 2 wormbins - one you add vegetable scraps to, and one you remove VC (Wormcastings) from. I only have one, and do alternating sides - feed in one side, and dig out processed VC in the other side, works pretty well. I just feed my worms plant material...

I recently went through a poor period, and had just cut down a male and a hermie in my flowering closet. Mixed the dried leafs and flowers up with tobacco to make it last longer. Great taste and took away my nicotine urge as effective as a regular cig and even got a bit buzzed. Looking very much...

Flush. If you are 100% it's to much N. But, it could be a deficiency instead. Or a lockout. Post soil, strain, nutes, watering cycle, light, pics of plant and pics of hot sister.

I have something similar, and i *think* it's from overwatering causing a nutrient lock-out. I just put some chop-sticks into the soil to better be able to judge when they need water. At first i thought it was mag def, but after readin up a bit, i'm pretty sure it's due to overwatering (my...

Title pretty much says it all. I try to feed the soil as much as i can, and only feed the plant macro nutes (pee, rabbit pellets, molasses - soon seaweed extract as well) Pretty much counting on my soil being alive and feeding the plant all the micro nutes it needs. You?

Good idea with the grinder, but i wouldn't add cereal boxes myself. Black ink is soy based, but colour ink is another thing - No glossy paper either. I doubt the worms are harmed, but the heavy metals will eventually end up in you and they'll stay there :-/ Another thing they love are...

Another trick to make it easier for the worms is freezing the vegetable scraps (brakes down the cell walls) - thaw them up again in the top shelf of the fridge to conserve a little energy and then give the worms the sloppy, yummy goodness

Optimally, you do both kinds. Worms die due to the freezing weather in winter, but the eggs survive If the outside compost is hot enough in winter for them to survive, most likely it's to hot for them in the summer :-/ Also, no critters beside the worms, springtails and a few mites in an indoor...