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The photos were before watering today. I have at hand: Gypsum, lime, leonardite, ewc, compost, alfalfa pellets, kelp meal, fish meal, malted barley, General Organics Grow, Bloom, Root Booster, Bloom Booster, Fulvic Acid product of GO, Rhizotonic. These havent been used for a while except that...

New question time! I have read about finding quality compost with a diverse microbe population, making extracts and applying it to a soil with a good recipe with some plants and in time that ecosystem will balance itself out. I cannot do that right now but I can order some types of nematodes...

Can I add rock dust later bit by bit over time by putting it on top and water it down? Or will I have to take the soil out and mix it in and put it back in at the end of cycle 1? It will be pretty detrimental tot he system I put in in cycle 1, will it be necessary? I would rather do this if it...

@Northwood Hey man, everything that I listed in my last post arrived and is ready, except basalt. I have been waiting a long time and want to start to be honest, yet the basalt will arrive in a month. What would happen if I used no rock dust? Can I add other stuff such as semi decomposed...

I am convinced, no vermiculite but all my research shows that pumice would be better than perlite. What am I missing? Also, how am I to use the alfalfa pellets when mixing the soil? Should I just get alfalfa meal and mix into soil? EWC...

So no neem meal in the mix for me then. I will try to keep everything healthy and balanced and that is my preventative measure to pests, not neem meal. What are the ingredients and gadgets I should have laying around that I will need to use to fight against pests in case of them appearing?

Best I can do is up the %15 pumice %5 vermiculite to %23 pumice and %7 vermiculite. I do not wish to use perlite. Your growing style is very close to how I want to grow @Northwood . What do you say? You said vermiculite is expensive and unnecessary but I dont mind, is it ok if cost is ignored?

Also @Northwood , do I understand correctly: The product I shared here isn't devoid of neem oil. The neem meal people put in the soil as an amendment has the oil taken out? Or do some people also put neem meal with oil as an amendment but you find that stupid? And that is because yes neem...

sphagnum peat %35 ewc %20 compost %25 pumice %15 vermiculite %5 Some composted sheep manure ------------------------------------------------- 16 cfeet total base+ 8 cup kelp meal 16 cup malted barley powder 64 cup basalt dust 8 cup leonardite 8 cup fish meal ? cup gypsum ? cup lime (not...

What are some other things I can do for pest prevention other than mixing neem meal in and or neem oil foliar spray? I do not have a worm compost bin. Is it safe to just go to a forest or a field, pick up soil and mix it into my beginning soil? Would processing it through the worms prevent...

Will my soil be inoculated with microbes fungi protozoa mematodes predatore nematodes and mites if I use quality compost and ewc when mixing it? I dont think I can find specific critter products in my country, I hear people saying I had this pest problem and introduced ths strain of bug and it...

So neem meal counters all arthropods? Or are you talking about the pest deterrent plants I mentioned? One thing that confuses me is: some people have rolly polies (pardon my spelling) and springtails and stuff chowing on mulch. Perfectly fine for me if none will make it our of the tent. But what...

I searched a lot online but all I found were either peat substrates or shady indistinguishable online store items.

The peat I could find is: https://www.sab-germany.com/downloads/sab_substrates.pdf Substrat 2, not 0 or 1. I will have 16 cubic foot of soil. Just like you, I am planning 1 cup/sqfoot of malted barley. Let us say I do 2.0 cup/sqfoot amendments total. That makes 32 cups total. I am putting 8...

@Rrog Hello, I remember learning a lot from you also. Do you have any recommendations?

So I will add the basalt. I will get some rock phosphate. How much rock phosphate? Do you have any suggestions on the amounts of stuff I wrote or do they seem fine? I only have access to the trace mineral product I shared, does that seem replacable for azomite? I cannot find dolomite lime as...

I have heard that clover attracts some pests such as green aphids. I want something to act as an accumulator so that no nitrogen is wasted and then that plant can be pressed down and be mulch. I also want something to penetrate deep into the soil to aerate and condition it. I hear everyone say...

@Richard Drysift @Northwood You guys helped me in the past and a lot of what you said made sense to me. Now that I am taking steps towards a better beginning soil mix with my new bed, I would like to ask you to help me once again if you have the time and feel like it. Thanks

I am starting a new grassroots 4x4 fabric bed. I mean it to be no till living soil. I will be using cover crops and companion plants. No clover, while dichondra and hairy vetch for sure. The rest to be researched further and determined. I will be using straw mulch along with the cover crops. I...

So as I understand 1) I need a different mycorrhizal product and need to apply it. 2) I need to fix soil ph, how can I do that. 3) Worms break down compost and I need more. 4)The soil eight now has lots of ewc, some sheep manure compost, perlite, a bit of coco to help drainage and bagged organic...