1 Bale sunshine mix #2 or promix
2 L Bone Meal - phosphorus source
1L Blood Meal - nitrogen source
1 1/3 cups Epsom salts - magnesium source
3-4 cups dolmite lime -calcium source & pH buffering
1 tsp fritted trace elements
1/2 - 1 bag chicken manure (steer, mushroom, etc) - nitrogen &
trace elements
- Mix thoroughly, moisten, and let sit 1-2 weeks before use.
Revised recipe - after several failures due to bad manure sources, I now use the following recipe. Results have been excellent and the clones seem to take off right away instead of having a slow growing settling in period.
1 Bale sunshine mix #2 or promix (3.8 cu ft)
8 cups Bone Meal - phosphorus source
4 cups Blood Meal - nitrogen source
1 1/3 cups Epsom salts - magnesium source
3-4 cups dolmite lime -calcium source & pH buffering
1 tsp fritted trace elements
4 cups kelp meal.
9kg (25 lbs) bag pure worm castings
- Mix thoroughly, moisten, and let sit 1-2 weeks before use.
Blood & Bone Meal - when trying to cut costs
Personally, I prefer to simply introduce fungus gnat predators (Hypoaspis miles). Once established, they not only control fungus gnats, but also thrips and mites. When there is no insect food available, they survive on dead plant material, so remain even after pests are gone to prevent future infestations. Actually, since they have been introduced, I've had no pest problems in over a year and I don't filter my intake. I got mine from Westgro (1-800-663-2552) and they have sales offices in Delta, Victoria, and Kelowna.
Update: they did nothing to prevent a mite infestation in summer of
'89 and were destroyed in the mite war. They will be re-introduced after
mite war is finally over.
I grow strictly organic and I've always reused my soil. I don't sterilize the soil between plantings as my soil is full of microbes and predatory bugs that keep the bad bugs under control. After each crop, I chop up the soil and root balls with the leaves, stalks, etc and let compost for about 3 months. I then mix it up and add about 2 - 3 cups of lime for every 50 gallons composted soil. I also add about 1/2 cup epsom salts, 2 liters bone meal, 1 liter blood meal, 1 liter kelp meal, 1 tsp trace elements, and enough perlite to regain the porosity of the original soil. I used to add a bag of manure, but I was getting fertilizer burn and so have stopped now. As I've been fine tuning this, the plants just keep getting healthier and I haven't had any real pest problems for quite a while.
I know this is a controversial approach and maybe even risky, but it allows me to keep my garden pretty much self contained. I don't attract attention by buying bales of soil every 3 - 4 months year around, or in the disposal of leaves and soil after each crop. It's definitely not for those who want sterile crops and those that use pesticides and chemical ferts. I believe in working with nature, not against it.
Update: After several generations, a nutrient
imbalance developed which was only solved by leaching the soil thoroughly.
My hunch is that one of the micro nutrients was building to toxic levels.
I guess farmers don't get this problem because they have the winter rains
to leach excess nutrients from their fields.
In Reply to: What kind of soil? posted by Darkman on November 07, 1998
at 07:12:01 PT:
40% composted soil
30% worm castings
20% perlite
10% dolomite, guanos, goodies, etc.. i've also heard good things
about "uncle
malcolm" brand soil from peaceful valley is good....
if you're mixing organics with chem ferts, the plant will use
up what the chem
ferts feed it first, then partaking afterwards in the organic
nutes. the beauty of
organics is it's almost impossible to burn your plants, and the
taste is superior to
chem. grown plants.
i use pure blend 1 - 0.5 -1 for veg and fox farm big bloom 0.8
- 3.0 - 1 for
flowering. they're expensive but the plants really like it. sometimes
i'll make a tea
out of worm castings & guano. peace
Blend these ingredients in a small cement mixer or in a
large barrel with a tight fitting lid that will let you
roll it around to mix the contents. If you have to stir
the ingredients in an open container, moisten them
SLIGHTLY with water to avoid breathing in clouds of dust
as you work.
Do not use more than a pinch of boron. It encourages root
growth, but its levels can quickly go from
helpful to harmful in the soil. Once you get the soil
all mixed you can add some manure tea (see recipe
below). The lime in this mix helps to neutralize the acidity
of the manure tea.
Manure Tea
10 to 15 gallons manure (combine horse, chicken, and cow
manure to get a nice balance of nutrients.
5 gallon bucket of chickweed and/or stinging nettles.
Water to fill 55 gallon drum (you'll need a well ventilated
area to pull this off!!)
Dump manure(s) in the bottom of the drum. Add chickweed
and/or nettles, both of which are rich in
trace elements, then fill drum with water.
Once a week stir the "tea" and add water to replace any
that has evaporated. You'll need a brewing time
of at least 3 weeks before using this tea in the potting
soil mix.
Posted by High Dog on November 11, 1998 at 21:53:29 PT:
Howdy
I add blood meal, steamed bone meal, and rock phosphate at the
rate of 1 cup per cubic foot of
potting soil. I add fine dolomite lime at the rate of about 1
1/2 cups per cubic foot. I add kelp meal at
about 2/3 cup per cubic foot. I also like to add plenty of coarse
vermiculite. I use plain potting soil to
germinate in and transplant into this mix after about two weeks.
Once transplanted and established, I
only give my plants plain water for the duration of the cropping
period without suffering any nutrient
shortage.
High Dog
Re: Bone Meal/Blood Meal/Lime/Epsom Salt...How much?
Posted by anon on November 20, 1998 at 21:29:18 PT:
In Reply to: Bone Meal/Blood Meal/Lime/Epsom Salt...How much? posted
by sleepless on November
20, 1998 at 14:38:45 PT:
i don't grow anymore but here's a formula that worked VERY well for me...
6 parts potting soil
2 parts perlite
1 part vermiculite
1 part chicken manure
1 small handfull lime
that is the basic organic mix. plants are watered daily... every
third watering use fish emulsion 5-1-1
at 1 tbsp. per gallon. continue this until the second week of
the flowering cycle when stretching
stops. then mix fish emulsion 5-1-1 with alaska more bloom 0-10-10
at a ratio of 1 teaspoon 5-1-1 to
two teaspoons 0-10-10. this will give you a 5-21-21 ratio. use
this every third watering until the last
week and a half of flowering... for the last week and a half
use plain water. right at the beginning of
the flower period (sometimes) add a small amount of lime to your
water for one watering to counter
any acids that may have built up during the vegetative phase.
also sometimes i used to substitute the
5-21-21 mix with chemical 10-60-10 (schultzes super bloom) at
1/2 teaspoon per gallon for two
waterings at about week 4-5 of flowering. if there is any yellowing
before say week 5 1/2 simply use
more 5-1-1 and less 0-10-10. this method resulted in hightimes
centerfold plants.... very vigorous. in
three gallon grow bags NL#5 vege'd for 30 days yield 1 1/2 ozs.
of smooth sweet potent smoke.
some strains did closer to two ounces per plant. 2x250w MH. 1
plant per 1 1/2 feet sq.
bottom line is you really don't need exotic ingredients to grow
killer weed. i'm sure that wormcastings
etc. will do the trick for you... but don't feel bad if they're
not available in your area... or are beyond
your budget. this simple mostly organic set-up will give you
EXCELLENT results with common,
easily obtained cheap ingredients.
peace all.
Posted by Orchid man on January 11, 1999 at 18:24:30
In Reply to Soil reaction (pH) nutes lock up posted by Orchid man.
When small quantities of inorganic salts, such as the soluble
mineral matter of soil and commercial fertilizers, are added to water they
dissociate into electrically charged units called ions. The positively
charged ions (cations) such as hydrogen (H+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca++)
magnesium (Mg++), ammonium (NH4+), iron (Fe++), manganese (Mn++), and zinc
(Zn++) are absorbed mostly on the negatively charged surfaces of the soil
colloids (microscopic clay and humus particles) and exist only in small
quantities in the soil solution. Thus, the humus-clay colloids serve as
a storehouse for certain essential ions (cations). The negatively charged
ions (anions), such as nitrates (N03-) phosphates (HPO4--), sulfates (SO4--),
and chlorides (Cl-), are found almost exclusively in the soil solution
and can therefore be leached away easily with overwatering. The roots and
root hairs are in intimate contact with the soil colloidal surfaces, which
are bathed in the soil solution, and therefore nutrient uptake can take
place either from the soil solution or directly from the colloidal surfaces
(cation exchange). The soil solution is the most important source of nutrients,
but since it is very dilute its nutrients are easily depleted and must
be replenished from soil particles. The solid phase of the soil, acting
as a reservoir of nutrients, slowly releases them into the soil solution
by the solubilization of soil minerals and organics, by the solution of
soluble salts, and by cation exchange. A more dramatic increase in the
nutrient content of the soil solution takes place with the addition of
commercial fertilizers. As plants absorb nutrients (ions) they exchange
them for other ions. For example, for the uptake of one potassium (K+)
ion or one ammonium (NH4+) ion, one hydrogen (H+) ion is released into
the soil solution or directly into the soil colloids by the process of
cation exchange. Similarly, for the uptake of one calcium (Ca++) or one
magnesium (Mg++) ion, two hydrogen (H+) ions are released by the root.
Thus, as the plant absorbs these essential cations, the soil solution and
the colloidal particles contain more and more hydrogen (H+) ions, which
explains why the removal of cations (ammonium (NH4+) nitrogen is a good
example) by crops tends to make soils acidic, i.e., having a low pH. Also,
as the plant (absorbs essential anions such as nitrates (NO3-) and phosphates
(HPO4-), the soil solution is enriched with more and more hydroxyl groups
(OH-) and bicarbonates (HCO3-), which explains why the removal of anions
(nitrate (NO3-) nitrogen is a good example) by crops tends to make soils
alkaline, i.e., having a high pH.
TOPIC - IMGC, Mirage, Sugar&acid mix(nestaa juice)
DATE - 03/12/99 11:22:03
FROM - Blazer
*Very simple mix that will blow You away if you strive for optimum flavor
in your
buds. Most Brewery shops have powdered citric acid, then you need the raw,
unprocessed cane sugar(the brown rock sugar that still contains molassis).
Mix 1 dry
ounce of each into 500ml's of warm h2o and mix well. I add 5ml's per gallon
of res.
every res. change. It drops PH considerably the 1st day or 2 then stabilizes.
Citric
acid is a good ph down, but it doesnt last as long as phos. acid. I feed
it to them
always and switch to a clearing solution the last 7-10 days of flower.
I have never
had buds so tastey and "odoriforous", I'm sold big!
LUMIE I'd be happy to help pay for that bottle of Avid Bro! I'd like some
in the
chamber, locked and loaded, ready for the bastards to show there ugly heads
again.
How's that reefer tea coming? I wonder if breaking it down w/ aerobic bugs
would be
the best way to extract the goods? My wheels are turning big, Talk w/ ya
soon I
hope.
G'day all, Blaze
TOPIC - NL, casting ratio
DATE - 04:37:26 5/06/99
FROM - ~shabang~
Hey man, I've gotten the mix down to the height of simplicity.
Put on a good dust mask. Take 1 bag of fine dry castings, 25 pounds.
mix with 1 bag, 8 dry quarts, Scott's perlite
and 1 bag, 8 dry quarts, Scott's vermiculite
add in a liter to a liter and a half of dolomitic or agri lime
and two to three liters of hydrated polymer crystals
Water and plant.
DATE - 07:26:38 5/06/99
FROM - 180
shabang (no more tildes, sorry), i've gradually changed my media too; no
castings in
my cloning mix, for better nutrient control and lower N levels. i now use
a packaged
"seed starting" mix (gen'ly just milled verm and peat) + perlite, watering
and misting
with a very mild fish emulsion(s)/ molasses/ EJcatalyst/ superthrive solution.
i still use plenty of castings in my grow/flower pots, but <50%. base
of
pro-mix+castings, add organics and minerals. seems like where you've gone
for less
ingredients, i've gone for more. my dry mix has pro-mix, castings, perl
& verm,
pelletized fish, bat guanos, PSG, chicken manure, trace minerals, kelp,
etc, plus the
watered-in component, which includes numerous additional ferts and supplements
(not using the mycorhizae, though). i've simplified my procedures but gone
toward
"diversity" in my mix. the caveat is, ideally this mix needs time to activate,
though it
works well enough "fresh". castings have the advantage of being already
activated,
which is why i keep them in there...
did you see my description of the new Alaska product below? no mention
of chlorine
anywhere on the label ;-) plus humic acids from leonardite ore, woohoo.
the kelp is
the usual ascophylum nodosum.
Re: Home-Made Organic Liquid Recipe?
Posted by GGreen on June 13, 1999 at 22:18:27
In Reply to Home-Made Organic Liquid Recipe? posted by Curious George.
I add a few ingredients to my soil in a solution that is comparable to
EJ Catalyst.
Two weeks before transplanting seedlings into larger pots I mix the soil
and add
(per gallon of water) 1 tsp Molasses, 1 tsp Lipton Iced tea mix(main ingredients:
sugar, citric acid), 1 tsp brewers yeast, 1 tsp fulvic acid, 1/4 tsp humic
acid(Gumate), and 1 tbsp liquid seaweed. This concoction will give life
to your
zillions of thriving soil microbes which will help break down your other
soil
amendments and/or watered on guano teas. The nutrients in the teas may
not
break down evenly, but that is the beauty of using organics... the plant
uses the
nutes as they are broken down. I would never use Milorganite on anything
other
than ornamental plants, but that is me. I swear by PSG for veg, and Budswel
for
flowering. I use many different guanos but those are the best(IMO)! BTW,
worm
casts don't have that much Nitrogen, at least not enough to use them alone
for a
high metabolism plant like cannabis. For Potassium I use Kelp meal(1-0-2),
liquid
seaweed(0-0-1) and Greensand(0-0-.1) I don't know how much of the greensand
gets broken down by the time the plants are flowering, probably not much,
but I
use it anyway. Also, the guano's have a bit of P in them also, but not
enough to
use them by themselves, IMO. It seems that different ingredients break
down
more rapidly at different PH's, that is why I like to use a bit of peat
moss fortified
with dolomite lime, so that the medium doesn't have an equal ph throughout...
I
think it is varied between 5.8- 7.0 throughout the mix, and becomes a little
more
acidic towards the end of the grow, Phosphorus is more readily available
when the
medium becomes a bit acidic... this is good considering the plant needs
the most
phosphorus when it packs on its flowers at the end of it's life. That's
been my
observation thus far. Any questions or comments are welcome.
More in store for Budley...
Posted by t ThE c on June 16, 1999 at 22:01:44
Basic
Soilmix:
1 quart perlite (keeps the mix light and helps drainage, does not break
down.)
1 quart vermerculite (same as above)
2 quarts wormcastings 1-0-0 (slow release nitrogen, a ton of micronutrients)
1 quart potting soil (regular $2.50 a bag is ok, should be almost black
in color,
smell
like dirt, not rotten. a little sand and verm. or perlite is ok.)
1/4 cup bat guano 10-3-1 (quick release nitrogen and more micros)
1/2 cup horticulture lime or agriculture lime (for PH and also contains
calcium)
During flowering, add 1 teaspoon epson salt(magnesium) per gallon of
water.Combined with the pour in ferts posted earlier, this would make an
excellent
mix. ~s uses 1/3 perlite, verm, wormcastings. Keeping it simple. Itís really
up to
you and whatís available. Donít freak when you see the low NPK ratios.
The
organic ferts have plenty of power. 300 to 400 ppm per watering is max.
Any more
is overkill.
In addition to the above mix, mine contains:
1/2 cup greensand 0-0-1 (soil conditioner, makes things happen that aid
in
nutrient uptake)
1/2 cup alphalfa meal 7-2-5 General purpose organic fert(rabbit food)
1/2 cup horticulture mulch (slightly acidic, breaks down and becomes food)
The breakdown process is criticle to organic growing. There is a whole
other world
under the surface. Microorganisms break down organic matter into the basic
elements. Opinions differ about how long it takes to get the process started
but
IMO about a month of being watered and breakdown will be in high gear.
Using
third
generation soil and its tweekiní. You can and should reuse the soil. Add
more of
the powder ferts and your back in ëbinness. If your soil is alive with
micros PH will
not be
a problem.
Watering: In my grow the plants need water about every third day. I donít
water
so much that water comes out of the drain holes. I think its wasteful and
unnessasary.
They get plenty of water though...all they can use.
Misting: Everyday,with 6.0 water. I add 1/4 teaspoon of orange oil to a
pint of
water and the plants love it. The buds get bigger and tighter. Definitely
a
worthwhile
procedure. Plain 6.0 water is OK too. Kindaí dry where I live.(humidity
wise)
It may be a misconception that soil is less hassle than hydro. I guess
itís what
you get used to. I know hydro rocks, but organics are Powerful.
Power to grow Gigantic with organics!!!
later,
tim
Re: MrSoul's organic soils & teas
Posted by MrSoul on June 18, 1999 at 10:35:16 PT:
In Reply to: Soul - organic soils & teas posted by Vic High on June 18, 1999 at 08:17:15 PT:
Sure Vic, I'll recap my experience in organic soil:
1. My soil mix is (by volume) 50% worm castings, 25% Pro-Mix, and 25% perlite. Simple as that.
2. I feed with tea at EVERY watering of my plants & since
they're flowered in 2-gallon containers - that's usually every
day!
3. The teas I use are made by soaking a "tea bag" (got mine at
Worm's Way) in a 5-gallon bucket of pH = 6.2 water.
Agitate and manipulate the bag a LOT to release as much of the
"goodies" as possible - the water looks like it came from a
mud puddle when you've got it right. I do one thing I've never
heard other growers mention doing - I measure the ppm of
my tea.
Here are the contents of the tea bag, depending on growth stage:
Vegetative => 1/2 cup each of PSG & worm castings. I also
add a 1/2 cup of Maxi-Crop liquid seaweed, plus two
Tablespoons of Alaska fish emulsion to the water.
(I shoot for a ppm = 1000)
Flowering (weeks 0-4)=> 1/2 cup each of PSG & High Phosphorus
bat guano. I also add a 1/2 cup of Maxi-Crop to the
water. (ppm 1250 - 1500 )
Flowering (weeks 4-7)=> 1/2 cup each High Phosphorus bat guano and worm castings. (shifting ppm from 1500 -> 1000)
During the final week of flowering, many folks choose to use plain,
pH-adjusted water for "clearing" but I don't. I haven't
noticed any difference between when I have & when I haven't
"cleared". This seems reasonable when growing organically -
why clear? Clear WHAT? They're living in the medium in which
they've evolved for millions of years!
A few other hints:
SOAK the pots thoroughly when watering, then allow them to become
"light" when lifted before watering again...the plants
LOVE a short drying out period. The amount of time it takes for
the plants to dry out is constantly getting SHORTER as
they grow...be AWARE!
Water BY HAND! At least get an accurate feel for how much the
average plant needs by hand-watering before setting up
a drip system or whatever.
Transplant you clones into the container you plan to flower them
in & veg them until their roots systems are FULLY
established before flowering them - this will MINIMIZE stretching...check
this out for yourself, it works!
Results From a Facinating Experiment Just In !!!!
Posted by Brother Herb on June 11, 1999 at 01:50:08 PT:
I just preformed a little experiment to see what organic nutrients
grow the tastiest,best looking ,smelling ect... The
experiment in volved a few popular strains like Shiva Skunk,
Big Bud, White Widow and skunk#1*Hash plant. The
organic components that I experimented with
were all used the same during the flowering cycle. I tested
high P bat&sea bird guano, bone meal, composted steer manure,
rock phosphate and high P fish emulsion. Each plant was
placed into a three gallon container from a one gallon pot upon
forced flowering. Every pot is mixed with commercial "
Super Soil " perlite, peat moss and oyster shell. Then the individual
special ingrediants were blended in the mix and the
plants were planted., I did three of each blend, of each varaiety.
The results varaied widely. The guano's produced very
nice sticky huge buds but there was a little lacking in the smell
dept. The best of the guanos was the Shiva Skunk. All the
guanos had a similar base taste thats kind of bland but not that
bad. The bone meal did very well. The buds were smellier
than the guano and had a slighter earthier taste. The best one
was Widow. The resin content hasn't changed much between
the same species with different mixes. Next was the rock phosphate,
it produed the biggest buds, with the fewest amount
leaves and the plants smelled the strongest yet. The Big Bud
was the best performer with rock phosphate. The Fish
Emulsion pellets preformed the worst out of all my mixes. All
varaieties looked and smelled fine but they all had a fishy
base taste.
I once dropped a dead gold fish into a pot with a flowering plant,
the buds tasted like striaght fish! The last of my mixes
was Composted Steer Manure and it turned out to be the best.
The plants were a little leafy but they had nice buds
and smelled out of this world. Every strain smelled better under
manure, the Shiva had that grape orange smell going on,
the Widow had the sweetest skunkiest smell, Big Bud reeked of
mangoes, and the SK#1*Hash plant reminded me of
pelling on orange. The best part about manure, I had yet to find
out until I cured my weed. WOW, even the best weed in
Amsterdam couldnt compare with this tasty stuff. The flavor of
the weed would explode in your mouth with every hit . The
smell of second hand smoke if so overpowering, it makes you got
to have some if your not smoking it already. Does
anybody else out there swear by manure for taste like I do? Please
feel free to respond with your opinions on what makes
weed taste great!
Posted by Chillywilly on June 23, 1999 at 15:21:35 PT:
In Reply to: Re: Chilly Willy posted by Plutonium on June 23, 1999 at 15:00:06 PT:
Well Plutonium, the peat pots are actually 4(four) inch,
and the type of pots are the ones that look kinda like
paper mache'. Some of the pots have 1/4 inch thickness to
an inch thick. I would say that the use of up to 3(three)
gallon pots, but last time I used those rectangular
strawberry baskets( 8"x5"x1 3/4" ), actually a baby carrot
basket lined with black weed fabric laminate to hold moisture
was used in the mighty mite/mango/humboldt(male)
cross with purple skunk or shaman(female).
by the way try Home Harvest.com and you can get up to
15(fifteen) gallon size wood fiber pots. Everything I've
seen grow in these pots do very good.
Re: Wood Fiber Pots to Pluto
Posted by Chillywilly on June 23, 1999 at 16:33:41 PT:
In Reply to: Wood Fiber Pots to Pluto posted by Chillywilly on June
23, 1999 at 15:21:35 PT:
Oh yeah, forgot to say about the fertilizer and medium.
Basically I use 40% worm castings, 5% greensand, 30% perlite
and vermiculite mix 1% azomite aka bentonite clay the rest
is either pure sphagnum moss or a wood/peat/sphagnum mix.
For fertilizer, I like working with energy savers unlmtd or
ESU bloomjuice, brewed peru sbg and fossilized sbg and I'm
trying the hummus powders by Gardener Supply in Vermont
the booster and the seedling start. I just started using
prehistoric compost. But most of the watering I do is mostly
subirrigation, wick, or flood and evaporate. I have an
mychorizae fert mix that caused some stunting of some of the
plants which is my fault for learning to use this stuff.
I'm gonna try the straight mychorizae in the liquid form
next time, because this fungus is mainly used outdoors.
I would have to say that those days a few years ago toying
with that...Phototron piqued my miniature plant love and
that guy who sold them included mychorizae fugus cultures.
Then, at that time I had a pure strain from Belize. Awsome!
I had a full tree of about 5 or 6 inches tall and as many
as 10 heads on it and a full tree shape and hard stems and
that wood bottom. I lost the whole entire strain experimenting
with a spray of teas and guanos I brewed. I'm still crying
now as I type this. (wipe, wipe)
Not Worthy! Not Worthy! Alright..get up...get up..
Posted by Plutonium on June 23, 1999 at 18:11:05 PT:
In Reply to: http://anon.user.anonymizer.com/Re: Wood Fiber Pots to
Pluto posted by Chillywilly on June 23, 1999 at
16:33:41 PT:
Jeez! Why/where have you been lurking! You have some great info
to share! Your experiences with the mychorizae fungus
are very interesting... being an old shroom cultivator I can
relate.Now I know what kind of pots you mean - the local
nurserys toss em away, and I've recovered ones that were outdoors
for 2 years and still good, though never used em.
Whats the deal with your "magic rod"? What is the "scientific"
principle behind it and does it really work? Sounds to me
you ( like I ) prefer the organic soil route. I use a modified
Cali Super soil. I don't care for Peat Moss ( Sorry Canada!) so
I use Earthgro 1881 composted cow manure,50 lbs. as the base.
I don't know where they bag this stuff, but it is CHOCK
FULL of crumbly Mica Schist.(read trace element rich), and 25
lbs. EGrow potting soil. Next goes in 30% Pearlite, 5lbs
Bone Meal, 5 lbs. pure Kelp, 2lbs.Sulfate Potash Magnesia, 3lbs.
Blood meal, 3 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal, 2lb. hand-ground
pumice (Lava Rock),Dolomite Lime to neutral, rainwater. This
is composted for a month, then Red Earthworms added so
the whole thing ends up being Castings! Nothing else really needed
- the NL took to it like a NFL star to steroids!They
were rootbound in a 10" pot under Flouros in a month! Tears,
tears over your lost strain. I cry over a Morrocan strain that
was Ashphalt Black; 3 tokes and you were exploring Alpha Centuri;
seeds were perfectly round. Such is life........
http://www.newleafmarket.com/eco/organic/10reasons.htm
http://www.agri.upm.edu.my/jst/resources/links/complete.html
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/b472/fertile.html
http://www2.ncsu.edu/bae/people/faculty/sherman/vermiculture/webworms.htm