SomeGuy's LED & Other Grows. 2014-15 Season

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hyroot said:
No top watering. It will over saturate the soil
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I read not to top water in general. But there are several i read who say a quart of tea top fed is no harm. Just should be a as needed thing I read.

I haven't needed to fert at all really though so I doubt I will "need" to if the soil mix stays strong.

Working on garden after work tonight. Excited to add airstones and see how.that does.
 
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SomeGuy said:
I read not to top water in general. But there are several i read who say a quart of tea top fed is no harm. Just should be a as needed thing I read.

I haven't needed to fert at all really though so I doubt I will "need" to if the soil mix stays strong.

Working on garden after work tonight. Excited to add airstones and see how.that does.
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Make your own castings and throw the castings in the pots and you won't need teas. For sst's you can just topdress malted seeds instead of making sst's.


Get a worm bin going in your yard. I got worms like 15 minutes from you @Andrew2112 hooked me up with the worm farmer. I have both her numbers so hit me up you want them or Andrew.

These are my newest indoor bins

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Those are the down to earth boxes all cut up on top.
 
indianajones

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if you have a bin that still has material outside, you don't need more worms. just bring it in (or otherwise assure it is at a decent temperature range) and feed it and they will repopulate.

hyroot is right, the worms really like cardboard or something else as a mulch on top, coco chips also worked for me. i feed my worms the spent mushroom substrates from the farm, they go crazy for mushroom protein. the protein causes them to reproduce super fast, coarse wheat (or any grain) bran has the same effect.
 
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well.. for a while we were putting kitchen scraps in a 35gl can. but I didnt really have enough worms to deal with that much. They are making progress but its slow. I stopped adding to it some time ago to try and let them catch up. LOL I think I need more worms and will move bin into sunnier area of yard. I have a drain on the bottom of the bin to keep moisture right also. is a hose bib so it can be drained and shut.
 
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indianajones said:
if you have a bin that still has material outside, you don't need more worms. just bring it in (or otherwise assure it is at a decent temperature range) and feed it and they will repopulate.

hyroot is right, the worms really like cardboard or something else as a mulch on top, coco chips also worked for me. i feed my worms the spent mushroom substrates from the farm, they go crazy for mushroom protein. the protein causes them to reproduce super fast, coarse wheat (or any grain) bran has the same effect.
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great tip! I will have to get them some grain!

I have been planting stuff like sunflower in the worm bin, (with mycos and bennie bacteria from down to earth) then tilling, and replanting, would using a grain in that method work as well, or would it be better to get wheat bran? I like to have the roots going in there, that way the mycos have something to attach to, but certainly can do both if needed :)
 
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adding sprouted whole grains (or sprouting in your bin if it gets light) wouldn't hurt your bin, but be aware if the grains are sprouting or not. adding too much un-sprouted grain or bran can cause your bin to go sour or heat up. bran is something you can use to breathe some life into an old bin fairly quickly, and it breaks down fast because it's been ground to some degree. i'm positive the grains will have other species of fungi and bacteria that are not present on the sunflower so you will be adding more diversity as well.
 
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indianajones said:
adding sprouted whole grains (or sprouting in your bin if it gets light) wouldn't hurt your bin, but be aware if the grains are sprouting or not. adding too much un-sprouted grain or bran can cause your bin to go sour or heat up. bran is something you can use to breathe some life into an old bin fairly quickly, and it breaks down fast because it's been ground to some degree. i'm positive the grains will have other species of fungi and bacteria that are not present on the sunflower so you will be adding more diversity as well.
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awesome ty for the info.
 
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Well... Home. No one's here. They would be asleep anyway but still miss them. Miss my little boy. Man it's crazy how my entire life is wrapped up in my family. I love the hell outta my wife and kids.

Drinking my beer and having dabs before starting work in the garden. A few 9lbs are done already. 7weekers on the one pheno. (Done w that pheno now lol). Probably pull those out for chop tomorrow before work.

Love all you guys and gals out there in Internet land! :-)
 
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