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Rrog

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Sounds like you're disrespecting the worm.

The bubbling, use of EM-1, vortex brewers, etc is not on my to-do list. It's a weed culture thing, much like hydro. Outside of weedville, gardeners and academics really don't do much of this. But it's quite fun for many, so carry on.
 
iHearAll

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Rrog said:
Sounds like you're disrespecting the worm.

The bubbling, use of EM-1, vortex brewers, etc is not on my to-do list. It's a weed culture thing, much like hydro. Outside of weedville, gardeners and academics really don't do much of this. But it's quite fun for many, so carry on.
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I do this for all of my crops with great success. I see it as a way of making my fruits and vegetables probiotic and high brixx. Vermicastings are quite useful I know. I do vermicomposting of my leftover aerobic composting. Anyway kimchi farming is my thing and can't really expect it to used or even attempted by others. I strongly believe in resourse recovery.
 
Rrog

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I did Bokashi, but all decomposition gets to the same place. So I let the worms make vermicompost. Not talking strictly poo

Well amended vermicompost is my #1 goal. Recycling the soil makes for better plant / microbe relations. Your BIMs are on their game. Fungal networks are expansive.

Drenches of nutrients are groovy. Brewed EM- not what I'm looking for
 
iHearAll

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Rrog said:
I did Bokashi, but all decomposition gets to the same place. So I let the worms make vermicompost. Not talking strictly poo

Well amended vermicompost is my #1 goal. Recycling the soil makes for better plant / microbe relations. Your BIMs are on their game. Fungal networks are expansive.

Drenches of nutrients are groovy. Brewed EM- not what I'm looking for
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Yep I see what you're saying. I apologize. The worm is an excellent composter! If I could only get them to eat the pine straw that got in their bed.... The one thing that's making it difficult to harvest vermicastings out here. I'm forced to use EM because I ferment everything I make. If I fed my crops in composted food scraps I'd be sick relatively soon after. And it's smell putrid. And for sake of spelling it out for others as well, feeding in composted vegetables to a worm bed is a great idea. The worms will break the food down into a low nitrogen fertilizer with lots of redily available organic matter. Seedlings can be planted directly into castings. And if you are a worm enthusiast you can put a couple vermi into a potted plant or raised bed to increase decomposition, microbe colonization, and fungle growt! Wew!
 
Chronikool

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I also like fabric sided pots to keep going with the aeration game
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1st run with the fabric potz...mine dry out quite easily..so i think itz making my microherd a bit more dormant...do you have this problem?

thinking of putting a drip line on them...as i have quite a few wormz in my potz aswell...dont want them making the mass migration.. :)
 
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No recipes yet! Gunna practice making the lacto serum first!
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Chronikool said:
1st run with the fabric potz...mine dry out quite easily..so i think itz making my microherd a bit more dormant...do you have this problem?

thinking of putting a drip line on them...as i have quite a few wormz in my potz aswell...dont want them making the mass migration.. :)
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the worms should be OK. I'd bet they at least left eggs. If you recycle your potting soil they'll have survived. Put them on same diameter trays. Itll probably give the adults a wet spot to rest every dry spell.
 
iHearAll

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Fermented banana peel extract is ready to use. I just fed the photo fem a dose of the burned banana peel potash diluted into water plus an organic mix of minerals rated at 3-4-4 as well as the homemade bonemeal extract. I added 30ml EMe and molasses. Pic is taken right after feeding more to come if I notice a negative change other wise ill pic way later with the used feeding schedule.
 

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the worms should be OK. I'd bet they at least left eggs. If you recycle your potting soil they'll have survived. Put them on same diameter trays. Itll probably give the adults a wet spot to rest every dry spell.
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Also I buried my fabric pot a while ago. I'd bet the roots have grown through.
 
iHearAll

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I've been using the manuer free compost. It is perfectly composted and put off lots of heat. Iv been using it since week 3 after turning 3 times (once a week turned with a pitchfork). I'm using it at a 1:1:1 ratio with peat moss and dirt from the ground with a half gallon of bokashi, handful of lime and a handful of gypsum. For solo cups.

If you were to use this for older plants in large pots I would suggest adding a mineral mix of a low npk value. Ie. Crushed bones/batguano/greensand/bloodmeal/etc.
 
iHearAll

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Use African night crawlers! I'll show you why.

But foyst, consider using a parallel or sprayer heads with a ball valve on/off.

Turn the worm bed sprayer on wait 15 minutes. Turn it off and return the screen over top. If you have the screen stretched over top the container you will have the best results. Only use composted manure and not fresh manuer. Your worms hold the chance of quickly becoming sick and pathogens will grow.

Without a sprayer head to lightly water the bed, the castings will become compacted into the bed and make for a difficult harvest.

If you are using anything but African night crawlers the castings will be all through out the bed and you will have to wait for the bed to finish as well as having to bait or screen out the worms.

ANC leave their casting on the surface so I can go in with a scraper and top harvest weekly. I mature bed can produce a very rewarding amount of castings. I'm getting about a 5 gal pail every few weeks with this new bed. Soon I'll stretch it lengthwise and burry it in the ground to help the worms keep during the winter. The only downside of ANC is they don't handle freezing temperatures.

When feeding a bed, dig half of the bed and pile it on the other half. Fill this empty space with your compost or composted manuer.

The bed has a screen on the bottom that fold over top to prevent pests and debri. I also put a sheet of metal underneath to prevent roots from growing into the bed. Its happened
 

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The black compost is a small amount of the total of 3 pails fermented kitchen garbage after it has been buried and digested by earth. I then turned the soil with a pail of screened forest floor. (to recreate-- - - use peat, coco, carbonized grain hulls, etc.. )

I then planted 6 autos, 3 auto clones, and a photo period female. Next, I covered the turned soil with some of the surrounding sandy loam. I noticed some foxes had gotten into a raised bed doing the same thing. This soil has a fermented smell to it that is actually appealing to animals. Lastly. I threw some plants to break up the monocrop. They'll keep the soil humid when they resituate and I'll probably add a few more the help eat the nutrients. This soil was originally designed to fruit a papaya to its max potential in under a year.

All the autos are topped and 3 weeks in.
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The auto clones decided to start flowering and got a potassium deficiency. I wasn't really prepped for these clones to force back into auto flowering. There are two more, still runty, under artificial lighting.
 

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Use African night crawlers! I'll show you why.

But foyst, consider using a parallel or sprayer heads with a ball valve on/off.

Turn the worm bed sprayer on wait 15 minutes. Turn it off and return the screen over top. If you have the screen stretched over top the container you will have the best results. Only use composted manure and not fresh manuer. Your worms hold the chance of quickly becoming sick and pathogens will grow.

Without a sprayer head to lightly water the bed, the castings will become compacted into the bed and make for a difficult harvest.

If you are using anything but African night crawlers the castings will be all through out the bed and you will have to wait for the bed to finish as well as having to bait or screen out the worms.

ANC leave their casting on the surface so I can go in with a scraper and top harvest weekly. I mature bed can produce a very rewarding amount of castings. I'm getting about a 5 gal pail every few weeks with this new bed. Soon I'll stretch it lengthwise and burry it in the ground to help the worms keep during the winter. The only downside of ANC is they don't handle freezing temperatures.

When feeding a bed, dig half of the bed and pile it on the other half. Fill this empty space with your compost or composted manuer.

The bed has a screen on the bottom that fold over top to prevent pests and debri. I also put a sheet of metal underneath to prevent roots from growing into the bed. Its happened
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The top harvest method is easy if you have seen it done. I scraped the top down to where it doesnt look like black clay. The black clay is vermicasting. Your medium will determine what your looking for underneath. Pile up what yoi want to harvest on one side longways. Let it sit for a hour to allow anyone who was interupted in the restroom to promptly finish their job and go home below.KIMG0592.jpg
My bed/feed is a little high on the debri side. My compost got a lot of oak twigs and pine straw in it. So, I'll screen the casting. I'll still have se small bits but nothing really diluting my casting.
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For those who need a soil block recipe its quite simple. 1:1 carbon:vermicastings ... I usually use peat as my carbon and water retainer. And add a minimal amount of lime, like a pinch for a half gallon of block soil. For larger plants like cannabis and tomatos, squash, etc. You can press 100% castings without carbon mass.

I have planted 4 kush autos in the mixed recipe blocks yesterday and will post these in here whan they look nice.
 
Darth Vapour

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clones planted May 24- 26th and what they look like as of today
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just wanted to show everyone how that soil is doing plants have only got rain water, and 3 times i added fresh grass clippings on top of soil ,,
As well only one hand watering from me as 1.5 months of drought while back and they were drooped bad i had to I really wanted to just let mother nature take care of them ...
Anyways as for health of the plant i am super happy such a simple soil mix has taken her 4 months of veg and now she is in flower ,, again with no nutrients nothing I would say going into 2nd week and this is with 0 nutrients only rain fall
The reason I know she is way above healthy is 0 insect issues i mean not nothing usually i would see 10 -15 percent leaf damage i got nothing very impressed
she stand approx 10.5 - 11 feet tall and easy 12 - 14 feet wide the bushes in front of plants are 5 footers and apple tree is 30 - 40 feet tall lol
So pics are deceiving i tied back one portion of plant to take a pic of lower inside canopy where i noticed some yellowing Note the yellowing is lower deep inside rest is nice lush green this tells me lack of light possibly ???
she has since been untied just wanted to take a pic of inner canopy ...
So now heading into 3rd week and start of full blown flower this is where the test really lies i she will fade off to quickly or not at all Who knows right
So i can say the first part of my new soil recipe has passed with flying colors lets wait and see how second stage takes it
Hope you all enjoy cheers


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iHearAll

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Darth Vapour said:
just wanted to show everyone how that soil is doing plants have only got rain water, and 3 times i added fresh grass clippings on top of soil ,,
As well only one hand watering from me as 1.5 months of drought while back and they were drooped bad i had to I really wanted to just let mother nature take care of them ...
Anyways as for health of the plant i am super happy such a simple soil mix has taken her 4 months of veg and now she is in flower ,, again with no nutrients nothing I would say going into 2nd week and this is with 0 nutrients only rain fall
The reason I know she is way above healthy is 0 insect issues i mean not nothing usually i would see 10 -15 percent leaf damage i got nothing very impressed
she stand approx 10.5 - 11 feet tall and easy 12 - 14 feet wide the bushes in front of plants are 5 footers and apple tree is 30 - 40 feet tall lol
So pics are deceiving i tied back one portion of plant to take a pic of lower inside canopy where i noticed some yellowing Note the yellowing is lower deep inside rest is nice lush green this tells me lack of light possibly ???
she has since been untied just wanted to take a pic of inner canopy ...
So now heading into 3rd week and start of full blown flower this is where the test really lies i she will fade off to quickly or not at all Who knows right
So i can say the first part of my new soil recipe has passed with flying colors lets wait and see how second stage takes it
Hope you all enjoy cheers


DV

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Looks awesome!
 
iHearAll

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Darth Vapour said:
just wanted to show everyone how that soil is doing plants have only got rain water, and 3 times i added fresh grass clippings on top of soil ,,
As well only one hand watering from me as 1.5 months of drought while back and they were drooped bad i had to I really wanted to just let mother nature take care of them ...
Anyways as for health of the plant i am super happy such a simple soil mix has taken her 4 months of veg and now she is in flower ,, again with no nutrients nothing I would say going into 2nd week and this is with 0 nutrients only rain fall
The reason I know she is way above healthy is 0 insect issues i mean not nothing usually i would see 10 -15 percent leaf damage i got nothing very impressed
she stand approx 10.5 - 11 feet tall and easy 12 - 14 feet wide the bushes in front of plants are 5 footers and apple tree is 30 - 40 feet tall lol
So pics are deceiving i tied back one portion of plant to take a pic of lower inside canopy where i noticed some yellowing Note the yellowing is lower deep inside rest is nice lush green this tells me lack of light possibly ???
she has since been untied just wanted to take a pic of inner canopy ...
So now heading into 3rd week and start of full blown flower this is where the test really lies i she will fade off to quickly or not at all Who knows right
So i can say the first part of my new soil recipe has passed with flying colors lets wait and see how second stage takes it
Hope you all enjoy cheers


DV

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What's your predicted nutrition available at this stage?

Iv been doing small crops all year. Heres probably my last 4 sprouted cannabis for the year. It should take me through November. There also some squash in there.

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