I think the EWC (or compost) is the key ingredient here. I don't think just Gaia Green + coco would work, because there's no source of microbes to break down the nutrients in the GG. But GG + coco + EWC (or compost) is basically a standard recipe for living organic soil...
nice plant. How much and how often do you add Gaia in flower? I am considering it. Have you used several organic nuts with this being best?
Thanks!!
Thanks, I may try it in a few weeks. Ive been doing this a while. If you havent' yet I highly recommend air pots and I found a close knock off as well on ebay thats working great. My side by side grows air pot vs reusable bags can't remember name was airpots increased yield 25 percent min. Plants love it. put em in saucers and about week 4ish in flower i leave a bit water in the tray and roots go get a drink. by grow end roots all over saucer. try it. reusable.
I've tried fabric pots but I didn't like them because they don't work to well with blumats. I fund hard OTs work better. With fabric after the grow there is pockets dry soil that doesn't have roots, whereas in regular pots the whole thing is moist and has roots.
The point was to try Air Pots. DAm sure wasnt fabric
With blumats I think the airpots would have dry spots like the fabric pots.
Right? One bad grow and there goes your reputation..
That was always my issue when it came to blumats with the topdressings. So you put the amendments in a hole right under the dripper... but how much, 10-20 grams at a time? Have you tried adding more like 50- 100g?? Isnt it too concentrated?
It depends on what youre topdressing with. Something like worm castings can be applied very generously, id be more cautious on something with a uneven NPK rating as it may throw things off
Im talking about guano mostly. It would never fly like that. It pisses me off. Gotta change my P source if i want to make blumats work
ah i see. i ditched guanos when i read into how unethical the harvesting process is. even the ones advertised as sustainable seem shady. To each their own though best of luck figuring it out. Out of curiosity, why wouldn't it work?
I found out about the unethical bit after i bought the 5kilo box. Hope by the time it finishes ill figure out the P from another source. Bone meal prevails so far. Hopefully ill be able to do it in the oven?! But then again which bone part? Im missing those details.
Yep I just put Gaia green all purpose or power bloom in a hole right under the drip line. Works pretty good for me, I try and top dress a week or two before I think they need it.
i use a pre mixed solid amendment mix, Dr Earth Flower Girl. Or the all purpose if i dont have any flower girl. I also use Neptunes Harvest Fish and Seaweed liquid.
Plants need Phosphorus..don't they?
Are you referring to synthetic nutrients that use mined phosphate? You can also use bone meal as a source of phosphorus, that's actually probably more common in organic fertilizers than crustacean meal which is I think what Coots mix uses...