medium :indoors I go 100% coco for first stage pots ( want a huge root mass) than Iām using coco with rice hulls ( coco is a silica whore and rice hulls are very strong in that) than 10% (1.25 cups every 1 gal) of worm casting. Since I have a worm bed I even let the worms stay in the poop vs sifting it it, itās amazing to see every scoop in the medium thereās worms and they are eating the organic material and pooping all over , love it
if outdoors, I use soil/pestmoss but same methods. Thing was only reason I didnāt do both coco and soil this way (alive medium ) cause I couldnāt get a direct answer it was a good method, whatcha know lol
in coco living soil. I use grow beds (10 gal) and key is to never allow that medium to over dry out since itās alive and also .itās amazing to see h miles and rove beetles happy to be there cause thereās enough organics and stuff to eat they donāt die off or leave . After using a more heavy and retaining medium not only am I using 30%+ less water but when using a living mediumit only requires half the amount of nutes given (my rez teaās are less than 800ppm always ). Another benefit is the ease of not burning ur plants pnce u have a well feed medium , the plant will tell the microbes what they want and their circle of life is to be their Allie . People need to realize without this living relationship in organics wouldnāt be there but the benefit is I can add things that arenāt in the npk/nutes of current intake but the plant and microbe decide when itās wanted vs synthetics where itās there and now, I was using synthetics for many years and it never helped my yields and I always was playing scientist when a living soil u could water only water for such a big amount of time or tea em all the time and they will show happiness ethier way. Key is why so many think it sucks is they arenāt making a living medium or their setup isnāt allowing the colony become worth while. But once you have this alive medium not only are ur not throwing away ur medium anymore but awesome part is u have IPM for free .
city picker ( bed) really cool design cause u have 2 gals of water under the medium but it canāt touch no matter how much u water, than thereās a air tube to the water. making ur medium moist enough and the balance of having a soil but a water source under it. made a huge diff very even same size pot and not having that extra bonus. Shoot if u werenāt top dressing u could fuck fungus gnats by omly watering the bottom and keeping top dry ( not my method )
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tea compost: raw NPK Silica , Cal/mag, Epsom salt , Terp Tea Line , Pond zyme , Grow more bio-cozyme , Southern AG biological fungi (over 100x stronger than hydro guard, same species ), Regalia ( every 14 days), liquid BTI 8%, Raw grow microbe/Roots organic bio-force (every 1-2 weeks , stop week 6 of bloom), I re-add molasses ( raw dry molasses extract ) every 1-3 days to guratee microbes are feed. I try to use my teaās within 8hrs and make small batches aka 35-55 gal rez.
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back of label, itās always about the species and spore count
Top dress: worm poop sprinkled over (1-4 cups per 10 gal) + Terp Tea Line, Elemental , seabird guano ( week 1-5 , reason = boost only P vs PK for coco) , essential earth , neem meal ( 1-2 times per season) , crab/shrimp meal ( high calcium % and chitin ) or mealworm & raw grow microbe
my line sounds complicated but thereās nothing easier than adding a few scoops into a rez and topping em every 2 weeks ( I donāt even add any top dressing to flower room or final pot, just teaās every watering). Another thing and factor is I am ocd as fuck and I did math of all these things and use . this isnāt expensive what Iām doing , exp vs bottled vs lines and my broad modes make this sooo easy to use but also have so much proās and add onās for instant āhigh populations even on first round of using ur medium. Example a lot only use root based focused species of microbes but using drought resistant , defense and intakers. Ur biological benefits are such a game changer even if not organics, they work for both and these companies selected for use on both.
best tea brewer vs stones out there! It can be made but for the cash itās np for me, I have 3 are 3-5 years old and work perfectly!i let em run 24/7 and they are very durable. Key is having a good pump ( I use the 110 watts). nothing More annoying than cleaning or replacing air stones, exp for organics cause it def will happen more often. Having a good brewer makes all the differance and u can clean it np with some iso and a paper towel in seconds. Thing payed for itself first month and than some! Plus the bubbles are game changer
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