So who here is growing in true organic living soil?

st0wandgrow said:
Well, you're in the right thread then. Rrog is the grand-master organic guru! :bigjoint:

If you can source some quality compost/vermicompost (or better yet make your own) then you're golden. The rest is a piece of cake.
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Can anyone post the website that was referenced about 100 pages ago for worms? It's time for the worm farm. Hope it goes better than the hey, lets get some chickens experiment.
 
gladstoned said:
2 Worm Factory 360s.
2 spring special 2000 ct wigglers.

Thank You again Rrog. :hug:
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What are you planning to use for bedding? I'd get a jump on things before the worms get to you. Just take a rubbermaid tote and put some bedding in there (coco coir, shredded news print, cardboard, etc) and then add some kitchen scraps to it. Let the microbes get to work on breaking that down before the worms arrive. The worms can't eat anything until the microbes have done their thing first.

Do you have any dead leaves laying around the yard? If so collect a 5 gallon bucket of them and lay them down on top of the bedding. Wigglers don't really burrow down in to the soil much like earthworms do. They prefer to be more towards the surface, but under a layer of leaves or something similar.
 
Good advice guys.Do any of you ever get the worms to lay eggsupload_2014-6-6_12-7-52.jpeg I had some worms living in my soil but I don't think I got them to lay eggs.
 
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st0wandgrow said:
What are you planning to use for bedding? I'd get a jump on things before the worms get to you. Just take a rubbermaid tote and put some bedding in there (coco coir, shredded news print, cardboard, etc) and then add some kitchen scraps to it. Let the microbes get to work on breaking that down before the worms arrive. The worms can't eat anything until the microbes have done their thing first.

Do you have any dead leaves laying around the yard? If so collect a 5 gallon bucket of them and lay them down on top of the bedding. Wigglers don't really burrow down in to the soil much like earthworms do. They prefer to be more towards the surface, but under a layer of leaves or something similar.
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Thank You st0w! I have no idea wtf, when it comes to worms, so the more advice the better.
Is it possible to feed these worms differently and have castings better for veg and early flowing,
and another for later in the flowering stage?
 
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gladstoned said:
Thank You st0w! I have no idea wtf, when it comes to worms, so the more advice the better.
Is it possible to feed these worms differently and have castings better for veg and early flowing,
and another for later in the flowering stage?
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To a degree. Worm castings certainly add nutrients to the soil, but that's not it's primary purpose. Look at it like this: The worm bin is going to innoculate your soil. Those castings coming out of your bin will be absolutely loaded with beneficial microbes. Once those microbes hit your soil, they will go to work eating whatever it is that you have chosen to put in the soil. Kelp meal, alfalfa meal, crab shell meal, neem seed meal, etc. Once they ingest those organic inputs, they will either shit them out, or be eaten by microbes further up the food chain and that is when those organic goodies become available to the plant as nutrients.

Don't get caught up with NPK growing organically. You are no longer feeding the plant. The plant works in unison with the microbes in the soil. The plant will secrete exudes (sugars) from it's roots to attract various microbes to the root zone, which bring with them specifically what the plant needs/wants during that particular phase of it's life. You can supplement with teas, fish hydrolysate, etc but for the most part you can put it on cruise control. The billions of bacteria and fungi in your containers are going to do the heavy lifting for you.
 
Long, long weekend. Tomorrow afternoon I'm getting on this. I have lots of cardboard behind the garage that's been there all winter. I have a brick of coco in the basement. I'll have belle get more coco tomorrow. Lots of leaf piles around the tree lines here too. Great advice, thank you everyone.
 
I love it up there,I spent a week on Lake Leelanau years ago rewiring a friends cabin for him and I had some friends north of Traverse City.
 
Hi Brother Rrog! Just popping by to say HIGH, how are YOU mate?! Third generation LOS now and still going strong, we are now using only home-made compost and 'pesticides'... Everything is now sourced from within 100 steps of where my ladies are... It keeps getting better. Once again, THANK YOU SIR!

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