howzit Gangy,
v I was a bit curious as to what everybody is using theses days for their plant medium & food. For instance, myself I'm growing organically. My medium is soil of course. I use 'Down to Earth' pre-mixed soil as my base. I like 'Down To Earth' because they are the only commercial soil I've found in Hilo with Green Sand already mixed in. From there I add all kinds of organic goodness to the mix, worm castings,bat guano, seabird guano, Humic, epson salt(small amount), Blood Meal, Bone Meal,granular Azomite,humic acid, lime, and last but not least Granulated or powdered Phospahate Rock. Plus, can't foret the Perlite. This mix is waaaaaaaaay better than any soil mix from Fox Farm, and that includes 'Ocean Forrest' too!!
I was feeding my girls a nice bubbly tea every week that I made at home with organic goodness. But have decided to take it one step even further in the path of organic perfection. I'm now using IMO(Indiginous Micro organisms) on my ladies. These are thousand of year old micro organism from here! So think how our plants benefit from that? Right now there is a sale here for the IMO. $15.00 for 50 pound bag of IMO. One bag shound last me for months if used just for feeding teas.
So what about you other Hawaii growers? I wanna hear from both indoor & outdoor growers what you use on plants. For indoor growers I'm curious about your setup. Is it organic, or hydroponic? Ebb & flow, or DWC, or whatever. Are you using Advance Nutrients, or General Hydroponics to feed your plants?
Why I wanna know is because on another web site they(growers) argued which setup was best and why. Myself, I'm just curious because almost daily something new is coming out to better the growing experience for all of us.
v I was a bit curious as to what everybody is using theses days for their plant medium & food. For instance, myself I'm growing organically. My medium is soil of course. I use 'Down to Earth' pre-mixed soil as my base. I like 'Down To Earth' because they are the only commercial soil I've found in Hilo with Green Sand already mixed in. From there I add all kinds of organic goodness to the mix, worm castings,bat guano, seabird guano, Humic, epson salt(small amount), Blood Meal, Bone Meal,granular Azomite,humic acid, lime, and last but not least Granulated or powdered Phospahate Rock. Plus, can't foret the Perlite. This mix is waaaaaaaaay better than any soil mix from Fox Farm, and that includes 'Ocean Forrest' too!!
I was feeding my girls a nice bubbly tea every week that I made at home with organic goodness. But have decided to take it one step even further in the path of organic perfection. I'm now using IMO(Indiginous Micro organisms) on my ladies. These are thousand of year old micro organism from here! So think how our plants benefit from that? Right now there is a sale here for the IMO. $15.00 for 50 pound bag of IMO. One bag shound last me for months if used just for feeding teas.
So what about you other Hawaii growers? I wanna hear from both indoor & outdoor growers what you use on plants. For indoor growers I'm curious about your setup. Is it organic, or hydroponic? Ebb & flow, or DWC, or whatever. Are you using Advance Nutrients, or General Hydroponics to feed your plants?
Why I wanna know is because on another web site they(growers) argued which setup was best and why. Myself, I'm just curious because almost daily something new is coming out to better the growing experience for all of us.