The expensive stuff is for brewing beer and making bread. You want the cheap 2 row. I bought a big bag for $35 at a local brew store.
Ok thanks! I thought 6 row was supposed to be better, guess I’ll save some $$&!
Clackamas Coots talks about it on this podcast. He has 3 podcasts on this show and it's worth the time to listen.
Awesome stuff! I've got to listen to the last two still, but seem well worth it!
I hear that you can use any of them, but rye has too much phosphorus. What you should do next is find Wheat/Rice Bran and start making bokashi bran. Wheat bran has Mn, one thing that I am always low on. Plus, bokashi bran is a good compost accelerator that the worms LOVE, it makes a good topdressing with barley, and I've been using it to "Cook" my soil. I've been adding about 1/2gal of bokashi bran to 2cu.ft of soil and it cooks in about a week. My plants really respond to this too! Some don't want to hear me about it, but my plants are super happy after getting soil aged with bokashi bran. Here is what Grokashi does in my Earthbox. I get a good mycelium mat and then add compost. That's the shower cap around the plant, it covers the pot.
What about just buying the wheat/rice bran and adding that along with the malted barley, etc, either as a top dressing or to the worm bin? Or both?
I used to be the same way about bokashi, but I am only using the bran and not bokashi compost. Wheat bran has a lot of Mn along, then just add EM1 inoculant. Adding 'kashi to compost and the worm bin has been working pretty well for me. It really got my worm bin composting and the worm population really exploded. However, I was following a Grokashi recipe and it had stuff like Youngevity(multivitamin), azomite, beet juice, and sea salt for minerals. I also started adding greensand with a touch of Mn sulfate. I started adding my own trace minerals based on the soil tests that I have been getting.
The wheat by itself really didn't compost very well and the worms didn't really seem to be attracted to it. Barley in the worm bin is good, also adding it to the mycelium mat from a 'kashi top dress. I add barley as a soil amendment and top-dressing and that huge bag that I have is going to last for a while.
I will look into it some more, just don't have a ton of room and my growing supplies/equipment are already taking up too much space lol
https://www.homehardware.ca/en/1kg-culture-mix-for-pet-waste-composter/p/4435649
Comfrey is not a god companion plant you for sure dont want it growing with your MJ. It is a great bio accumulator but it grows big and fast. Should be planted in a well thought out place in a yard roots will reach down about 15 feet and bring minerals and nutrients up into the leaves. Be sure to get Blocking 14 comfrey which means it doesn't produce viable seeds so it wont take over your yard. Once established you just keep cutting it down once it grows about 16 inches tall , then shred the cuttings and use those to top dress the cannabis plants. Some folks also make a comfrey tea and use it as a foliar spray. Clover makes a good cover crop and the seeds are quite a bit cheaper then alfalfa seeds. But yeah you will have problems trying to grow comfrey with cannabis in the same container unless it is a really big ass container.
I'm just using the bran right now, but I have made bokashi compost and I'm using it on my outdoor garden. Also, I'm not sure how much soil you are running because that will determine if making your own 'kashi is worth it or not. I usually have to mix up 250gal at a time, so I make my 'kashi 10gal at a time. For making the bran, I found this old bucket that pool chemicals came in. It's a nice sturdy bucket and it's been empty for a few years before I found it, so no chem smell at all.
Thanks! I’ve definitely have a lot more reading to do on this subject!
How long should I freeze it for? I already threw some in the worm bin as is, only about a cup or so...
