Black Sugar in an Earthbox

Almost a new year and I've made some upgrades to the setup. I now have 2 Earthboxes (14gallons each) I have been experimenting with, and holy shit these things are fantastic. I've grown some of the healthiest plants I've seen and with the extra size on the Earthboxes I can throw a ton of stuff at them. There are next to no purple stems, nothing but pure green all over. The soil has a ton of life in it, predator mites, worms, a ton of nematodes and microbes, and fungi. Needless to say, I probably won't be using smaller pots again. *This thing is an absolute beast. The trunk is almost three times as thick as the Super Skunk and I had to low stress train it to keep the canopy level with the Skunk. Could do with a little trim on the skirt but I'll probably wait until next week.* Had a lot of fungus gnats for the first little while but I hit them a few times with BTI(Mosquito Dunks) and EM1, which pretty much destroyed them. Still get the occasional few but they're very much under control now. I also have a new grow light, the Viparspectra P4000. Puts my old Mars Hydro TSW2000 to shame. I highly recommend the grow series by Jeremy at BuildaSoil ---> https://www.youtube.com/c/BuildASoil/videos He really knows his stuff when it comes to growing organic, and using the Earthboxes. EM1(Essential Microorganisms) used recipe 1: https://zenyrgarden.com/how-to-make-em1-effective-microorganism/ Lactobacillus recipe: https://growingorganic.com/ipm-guide/how-to-make-lactobacillus/ FFJ (Fermented fruit juice) : https://growingorganic.com/ipm-guide/using-fermented-fruit-juice/ Been doing a lot of experimenting in Veg and originally wasn't going to make any diaries for these, but things are going so well I thought, why not? Each Earthbox has the following: (Earthbox reservoirs get only de-chlorinated water) 25% Happy Frog 25% Ocean Forest 10% Seaweed Compost 10% Mushroom Compost 10% Worm Castings 20% Rice Hulls VEG I use the mulch covers and top dress only, with the following every 4-5 weeks in Veg(most nutrients are from Gaia Green): (all dry ingredients accept for the compost, are added to a jar and shaken to mix) 1 Cup Seaweed Compost 1 Tbsp Gypsum 1 Tbsp Basalt Rock Dust 1 Tbsp Glacial Rock Dust 1 Tbsp Insect Frass 1 Tbsp Alfalfa meal 1 Tbsp Oyster Shell Flour 1 Tbsp Crab/Lobster shell meal 2 Tbsp Kelp meal 1 Tbsp Langbenite 1 Tbsp Mineralized Phosphate 1/2 Cup Karanja cake 1/2 Cup Bokashi 1/2 cup Malted Barley (Ground) 1 Tsp Yukka 1 Tbsp Gaia Green All Purpose Then watered in with De-chlorinated water, Molasses, Fishshit, TM7, EM1, LAB (Watering in consists of spraying the top dress with about 1/3rd gallon of liquid) FLOWER Flower top dress: 1 Cup Seaweed Compost 1 Tbsp Gypsum 1 Tbsp Basalt Rock Dust 1 Tbsp Glacial Rock Dust 1 Tbsp Insect Frass 1 Tsp Alfalfa meal 1 Tbsp Oyster Shell Flour 1 Tbsp Crab/Lobster shell meal 1 Tbsp Kelp meal 1 Tbsp Langbenite 1 Tbsp Mineralized Phosphate 1/2 Cup Karanja cake 1/2 Cup Bokashi 1/2 cup Malted Barley (Ground) 1 Tsp Yukka 2 Tbsp Gaia Power Bloom Then watered in with de-chlorinated water, Molasses, FishShit, TM7, EM1, LAB, Rezin, Chitosal, Fish Hydro (Watering in consists of spraying the top dress with about 1/3rd gallon of liquid) Next week I start adding some FFJ to the mix. Happy New Year growmies!