i agree, i should have added perlite, i had some but i used it for one of my other plants. Im going to be picking some up in the next few days and ill be using it in my future transplants.
sprayed a light watering of diamond black and seaplex. they perked up ready to stretch toward the light.
nice recovery kush. they're looking like they should nowDay 21 and the soil has FINALLY dried to the point where i can water it. 7 days after transplant! sheesh .ok lesson learned. MORE PERLITE!
thanks mannice recovery kush. they're looking like they should now
its a learning process, but im getting my method down so i can pull off a good harvest this time.That mushroom compost is Ok for compost tea, but *I* did NOT have good results the one time I add it to my soil mix. Just sayin.
Yeah, the ingredients are not all mushrooms, its probably mostly forest material which is already in my soil in a good amount. So yea ill just use it for tea, figured it was worth 4 bucks.
Mushroom compost is the left overs from a mushroom grow. They don't reuse their substrate because the mushrooms leach out everything they need on the first go round. They usually use "composted forest products" (which could be pretty much anything...) When they are done with the grow, they harvest the mushrooms and sell the used growing medium as "Mushroom Compost". It's not going have as many nutritional benefits as regular compost, but it's a decent source of cheap organic matter and it usually helps make the soil more loamy. Do a Google search for mushroom farms in your area and start contacting them. If you buy direct from the farmer, you can save big time. There's a farm about an hour from me where I can get a whole truck load for $40. Same goes for compost. Some local municipalities collect yard waste and compost it for residents. There are also facilties that make commercial compost. I can get awesome organic compost direct from the source for $30 a yard. You just have to do a little extra leg work.
so i dont know if youve seen this guy jon kohler, growing your greens.com, hes kind of a wierd dude but he knows a lot about organic growing.he did a review on some composts and soils. He showed this compost called eco-scraps.he recommended that over the others in the bunch. Have you guys heard of it or used it? Looked like it was a decent product from the review.
lol it's always good to see living things in your soil. don't panic! and don't even think about throwing it away....
that thing measures your soluble nutrition just fyi. so you likely have stuff that is stored in your microbial populations and/or amendments that are not in soluble form.
Right, i know that this is measuring the available nutrients and not stuff that hasnt been broken down by microbes yet.like the soybean meal that will break down and release nitrogen slowly. At first i was worried about there being too much nitrogen to begin with, but i realize that the nitrogen isnt even available to the plant until the microrganisms process it. So ill be making just a little bit available until the mycorizea network is established, using happy frog jump start 3-4-3.
