3waygreatness
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I am going to prepare my soil with alfalfa cubes, worms and molasses. I am just wondering will the molasses kill the worms and how much molasses do I need to add for preparing the soil before he winter?
Couldn't have said it better.I'm not really sure what you're asking. Molasses pretty much needs to be diluted with water then added to the soil.
The alfalfa can certainly kill the worms if they are added too soon. It gets really hot breaking down.
Your best bet would be, add the alfalfa to the soil, water well with the molasses/water (1tsp-1tbl/gallon of water), allow the alfalfa to breakdown for a couple of weeks, THEN add the worms.
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Go easy with nutes, molasses is a chelating agent among many other things. If you use use too much, you'll lock-out N. Keep it simple, these are weeds, not orchids. Less is always better.I think I'll try that. This is my first time preparing soil for a grow and I'm stoked. I'm gonna grow 5 super Lemon hazes, 3 afghans, and 5 purple strains. I want to get it absolutely perfect this year and I want to make sure they have enough nutes for all year. I'm going to leave them all summer and see what I get so I need to come up with a recipe good enough to give them what they need. I think I'm gonna use subcools super soil but im not sure how to incorporate it into raised beds. Any suggestions?
Alfalfa is porous and thus displaces the soil and creates gaps that hold air. This is what is meant by aeration. For this to happen the alfalfa must be incorporated into the soil before hand.So are you saying I should add all my soil amendments first and then add the alfalfa bc the alfalfa breaks it down and gives the soil more oxygen?
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Molasses doesn't effect pH in soil... Chelation is a good thing, but unfortunately you won't get it from molassesGo easy with nutes, molasses is a chelating agent among many other things. If you use use too much, you'll lock-out N. Keep it simple, these are weeds, not orchids. Less is always better.
Good luck!