MustangStudFarm
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Well, you are probably right about it!
My first organic live/super soil, advice and tips needed
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DonTesla
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You bet dude! Always learning .. The only way to go
Me, I would probably take about 2 cups alfafa and toss it in about a gallon of compost blend then add that compost to your topdress game in a while, say when they're a few wks old
Oh btw, I forgot to mention.. Not bragging but I get told a lot that i have the meanest (water only) dope around and i find it interesting its been getting meaner and tastier, while i cut my recipe from using 21 ingredients to using just 11.. This is probably why I like to push them a bit more individually - not trying to give you risqué advice dawg!
Some guys play it safer when building and then they topdress a lot more. That's cool
.. i was short on time and eager once, so i did a round with totally plain base and relied 100% on teas once.. but now?
Now I try nail a compost recipe for a strain ill focus on, and all meals and amendments would go in there, see greasemonkeys thread for ideas
if i dont have a year to plan before planting or any soil free, then i build a nice soil fully amended directly.
either way tho i will have a goal to not topdress at all unless absolutely necessary .. Especially during the last 4 weeks..
Same goes for foliar. My Cut off is day 14 of flower basically for anything
Personally, I would say fuck it, unless its a pest issue obvs, you know what to do better next round, jus water that plant and let her ride.. Crazy that I barely try fix mistakes anymore, but yea- its not out of laziness.. I do this cause I'm competing now and.. Well I find this - surprisingly - has provided me with smoother, stronger/more expansive, cleaner smoke, with whiter ash (less bud perhaps, just on those ones, but i learn for next time what they love, & try again, and dude, my runts are surprisingly super super strong/tasty due to the extra stress- all you gotta do is topdress with ice and let frost triple up and she'll fkn floor you) do try it for the last 48 hours before harvest!!!! You will thank me I promise
Forgot to mention I am gonna try use coconut foliar twice now per round instead of alfafa.
Once when 10 days old, and again at the flip
As for your ball- damn, a 20 year old python, I didn't know they lived that long - crazy man !!
I expect a pic down at the Dons thread once u got an update - you're practically armed and dangerous now!!
(With knowledge)
PeaceOut,
DT
Wellllllll today sucked! I 
dumped half of the 2 composts i got into a bin to break up all the chunks by hand.. I noticed the Coast of Maine bag had some aeration/perforated holes in the bag and the mushroom one didn't. This concerned me.. And low and behold the Lobster compost is full of critters.. They look to be tiny beetles? About a millimeter in length, a few spiders, and saw a few beetle larvae as well. Not sure what to do at this point.. I don't want to introduce those into my soil. Should i stick the container in the sun sealed up for a few days to try and cook them? I included a pic.
Don, I will definitely keep you posted and throw some pics up.
dumped half of the 2 composts i got into a bin to break up all the chunks by hand.. I noticed the Coast of Maine bag had some aeration/perforated holes in the bag and the mushroom one didn't. This concerned me.. And low and behold the Lobster compost is full of critters.. They look to be tiny beetles? About a millimeter in length, a few spiders, and saw a few beetle larvae as well. Not sure what to do at this point.. I don't want to introduce those into my soil. Should i stick the container in the sun sealed up for a few days to try and cook them? I included a pic. Don, I will definitely keep you posted and throw some pics up.
greasemonkeymann
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don't sweat them man, they wont hurt your plants, there isn't any harmful bugs that eat lobster compost AND cannabis.
compost, in it, of itself, IS chock full of critters.
Thanks for the quick reply, and a that's a relief. I was about to go back to the garden center and see if i could exchange bags, and see if the others had the holes in them. I guess my only concern now is having these guys free roam unchecked in the tent and my room... Guess I'll start collecting spiders to toss in there lol
greasemonkeymann
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I keep hearing interesting techniques regarding the roots and the last couple days at harvest
boiling water, adding freezing water/ice, etc.
do you do this to start the fermentation process?
and I use the bejesus out of alfalfa in my compost pile, TONS
greasemonkeymann
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don't worry man bugs go to food, after you mix that in, they'll go look for other food, or simply die.
insects are fairly lazy in that regard.
mostly
I mixed in 2 quarts of biochar today, 3 cups of neem, and 3 cups of kelp, and did a half cup of Alfalfa. Which really seems to cover alot of soil compared to the others, maybe because its a bit coarser?
Good to hear about the Beatles not being an issue!
How should i go about composting the Alfalfa? Should i grt another bag of the mushroom compost and just toss the Alfalfa in there to break down over time?
Good to hear about the Beatles not being an issue!
How should i go about composting the Alfalfa? Should i grt another bag of the mushroom compost and just toss the Alfalfa in there to break down over time?
DonTesla
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Are they red?
I thought I had a black striped beetle infestation turns out their lady bug youngsters! They're actually way bigger and meaner looking then they lose their shell and become cute and round.. Had no idea til now tbh but turns out totally beneficial!
Chances are you'll be safe, but you can test a quick spouter like a corn seed (any dried kernel that's fully intact) and check the leaves out after the cotyledon stage !
Remember you can block all bugs from going up and down (blocking life cycle) by using 2" sand and 2" happy rocks but grease is right compost is crawling with centipedes millipedes and millions of little creatures.
Many dig for theyre preferred decayed food/fav smaller pest snack and make canels for water to flow and roots to grow and leave a bene biofilm
I put some compost in a clear bin and watched the crazy show
greasemonkeymann
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you say added, to the container, or the soil mix?
and alfalfa covers a lot because it's fluffy.
alafla takes about a month to cycle in a soil mix,a lil less in a compost
in a compost it's gone pretty quickly
Welp i dumped in now so i guess we'll see, I'm moderately severe red/green colorblind... Sooo yeah not sure on color. They appear to be a dark brown? Have any of the pics I uploaded worked?
My one soil bin before i amended it further today had a few sprouts of something growing in it as well as what looked like some Myco web starting
My one soil bin before i amended it further today had a few sprouts of something growing in it as well as what looked like some Myco web starting
Yep, i added it all to the soil mix, i just figured I'd add a dash of the Alfalfa since i don't have all that long to wait for it to break down.
SG420
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What's a top dress my dude
SG420
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So does this mean that I can't water from start to finish I have no experience with this at all.
greasemonkeymann
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no of course you can, I've been doing that for yrs.
but you gotta make a mix that has slower release nutrients, not water soluble ones.
for example, fish bone meal, neem meal, crab meal, kelp meal, steer manure, fish meal, etc, etc.
typically for a water only you must have a very healthy microherd, or you simply can't get the nutrients to be bioavailable.
humus is key.
cycling times to be varied, slow, medium, and fast releases.
greasemonkeymann
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that's where you mix in nutrients on the top of the soil, typically mixed with wormcastings or compost, watered in
SG420
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Thanks for the reply man great info. Much love
DonTesla
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GreaseMon brotha mon
I do it to kickstart the fluid reallocation process .. Temps don't stop the curing process eh, its when humidity drop below 45 and all her nerves being cut into segments that halts that
Chlorophyll and carbs and water molecules can actually convert into more THC THC-A and other compounds for days, even after "death" or removal from growing medium and environment
Here's gramps way of explaining it, and all I know is I tried his method and couldn't believe the potency spike
Like fkn crazy, I smoked all my iced herb wayyy before my same phenos that were un-iced
Grease, Can't wait for your next compost I'd fkn buy some of that stuff!
Tes
MustangStudFarm
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I think that he plans on selling it one day, after his mechanic days are over lol...
DonTesla
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I would bump it Canada for him at the stores here in my city
for sure