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Okay, yesterday I found my fan lying on a cola "to be"... worried AF but the plant now seems to have recovered.
Fungus gnats are developing even though I applied nematodes not too long ago. That said, the nematodes came by mail and had been sitting in their envelope for almost 2 weeks before I opened the package and read that they had to be stored in a refrigerator... my bad for sure. I ordered a new pack of nematodes and applied them yesterday. Hopefully that will be enough to contain the gnats issue within a week or two.
I also applied a sprouted seeds tea yesterday and saw how well the plant responded to it again. Definitely going to adopt this method.
My "micro cuttings" cloning experiment is on its way, we'll see how many clones will make it.
Maybe it'll end up being a quadline + SOG hybrid grow 😜
Thanks so much for choosing our Northern Lights # 5 x Haze!
I'm really looking forward to seeing your process in living soil, and wish you the best of luck!
Nice lookin' girl, and absolutely love the setup😻.
With a large soil bed like that, you might want to look into using a combination of slow release natural dry amendments for top dressing. They're a lot more forgiving, won't burn your plant and will keep the growth nice and steady. In a large bed you also want to be careful things don't go anaerobic from lack of water or too much. It's a balancing act you'll figure out over time and you want to be able to reuse that soil for several runs.
The fungus gnats 'should' mostly go away after your soil life starts to balance out. Mine were essentially gone after my first round in Earthboxes.
@ChiefBrody, Bokashi is killer if you mix it with some ground 2-row malted barley. If you do your seed teas right you get insane praying leaves. I used make them with mung beans and alfalfa seeds. But the barley does the same thing, only on a slower release.
If you're into the science or want to look into the art of compost, check out anything by Dr Elaine Ingham. I use locally sourced seaweed compost, too lazy to make my own=)
@NSCanna, Hey thanks for the tips! 😉
Before my next run, I'll cover the bed with a mix of home made vermicompost (worm castings) and vegetable waste compost. Might also add some EM1 and some bokashi juice. Resow some cover crops. Then feed the plant with seed sprouts tea every two weeks.
Meh, we'll see how it goes 😅
@dackjaniels, Hey thank you!
As purely cover crop I've been using dutch clover, alfalfa and buckwheat.
As companion crop (and food 😋) it was long white radish, spinach, pak choi, lettuce, garlic and coriander. I've heard basil was also a good one (on my next run).
There are a few pictures of them scattered around the diary 😉👍
2 strains
+1 strain
Amnesia Zkittlez Auto
