Glad to hear it mang. Yeah the organic legion is growing (dark laugh).. The veganic gardening method is a system brought forth by Rosa O'Brien, Kenneth O'Brien and May E. Bruce. The grammar was used to make a large distinction between the modern chemical and animal fertilizers/compost that have been used in the near past. They have the idea that animal fertilizers are doing more harm then good to the soil. Then you have the other side of their arguement that animals are being exploited and inhumanly kept\treated(I agree to an extent depending on the source, so I dont use blood meals, or bone meals, feather meal etc. when there are much much better options for npk, minerals etc.).
There have been many sub-methods that have sprung up from this type of method I.E kyle kushmans veganics(lol, another pitch to get you to a garden store near you*hydro store*), among others. I stick more to Bill Mollisons methods I.E. permaculture. Then you have subdivisions of permaculture i.e Vegan permaculture and it avoids the use of any domesticated animals.It is essentially the same as permaculture except lacking the animal care. I love my animals. They love me. I love their fertilizer. I use there poo in my thermal compost which i add "green manures" dandielion, alfalfa, kelp, etc. I then use the thermal compost on my garden and plants. I use the compost to feed my worms as well, that give me some of the best worm castings around. Its an all around circle jerk called permaculture that keeps me from lining other peoples pockets and keeps me from being dependant on any one system. I can take my system and set it up anywhere, produce great food, cannabis etc. Thats my goal, yours maybe to setup a garden in a apartment building, growing differs person to person as will results. That being said. You can still mix a great mix in a crowded living condition or apartments.
BIOCANNA products have been deveopled on the hydroponic theory in which the plant is fed directly, precisely, and to the roots. BioVega, BioFlores and BioBOOST are vegetable-based (vegan organic) nutrients, I.E watered down concentrates. Again this theory is playing into feeding just the plants roots. This is why there is a need for a veg and a bloom formula that is like liquid gold for them. This is the re-invented wheel part that lines their pockets and they drill in peoples heads. Bioboost( what bio-logy is it boosting? Oh yeah the microbes they left out of there products on purpose to sell you something else) is nothing more then a fermented plant extract with some bacteria. It contants naturally occuring delftia acidorvorans. These are plant growth promoting rhizobacteria(PGPR). Bacteria are commonly referred to as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). These are the same biological bacteria, fungus, etc you get out of a healthy live ORGANIC soil mix.They use it as a soil inoculant...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_inoculant. But hey while your here I got some advanced nutrient tarantula and advanced nutrient piranha, oh hey and dont forget this bottle of great white shark. Your buds will be donkey dicks. Oh yeah and over here is...bs
You can do the same thing with just a cup or two of worm castings(high quality). 1-2 tbps of molasses and a bucket of water. Soak as needed, spray your plants etc. They will love you for it. Since you starting into FPE(fermented plant extracts) I would check into EM1 from teraganix. Its one of the few bottled grow items I use, alongside dynagro protekt. Great for compost piles.
EM·1 Microbial Inoculant is a naturally fermented live microbial product. Using EM-1 and a type of plant meal (alfalfa, kelp, etc) to make a fermented plant extract will extract all of nutrients, enzymes, carbs, minerals, etc. through anaerobic fermentation and basically makes them all readily available to the plant to use just like you would make a nutrient tea. Minus the fermentation.
30% peat moss, 30% coco fiber, 20% EWC, 10% perlite, 5% kelp meal, 5% compost is a good mix. The reason your having nitrogen issues is a few reasons, you need to up the soil microbes, and get some real food in there. You have a great mix, I would just add some type of mineral source, azomite or glacial rock dust. Topping with ewc will help get any nutrients that have been pulled out back in there and be readily avaliable to the plant. I use a variety of items. For Nitrogen I would use Neem Seed Meal - (organic *5-1-2*obviously has many other uses besides nitrogen just like all the ingredients I try to utilize) or Fish Meal (organic *10-4-0*). Stick with organics. She will reward you.
Good growing
DG