Feeding time this week, did some more defoliation to open up the canopy. Top dressed with the ingredients below and watered in with a 1/3rd gallon of the liquid nutrients listed above. Sprinkled some myco on the feeder roots, covered in top dress, then covered that in worm castings and watered in with de-chlorinated water containing the liquid ingredients above.
Bud growth is looking really nice and smelling herb-like. Also added CO2 to the tent in the form of a mushroom grow bag for oyster mushrooms, (adding the shitaki later today) and ye olde sugar+water+brewer's yeast.
I pollinated a few of the branches last week with some Bubblegum Breath and Tangie Cookies for kicks and giggles.
Flower top dress this week:
1 Tbsp Basalt Rock Dust
1 Tbsp Glacial Rock Dust
1 Tbsp Insect Frass
1 Tbsp Oyster Shell Flour
1 Tbsp Crab/Lobster shell meal
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
@NSCanna, That's incredible! I cant wait to see the this new grow!
Thank you so much on your insight, After you suggested buildasoil and mentioned he said something about the earth boxes with airstones, I went on a buildasoil YouTube binge lol
I've now seen all of the 10x10 season 3 episodes and FAQs, I watched family farms season 1, And now I'm a good way into season 1 of the 10X10 series. And I did in fact stumble on the FAQ he did that answered my air stone question. So thank you again I've learned sooooooo much in the last couple days.
@PhunkyPhallus, My new grow which hasn't been posted yet has a lot of different cover crops. Yarrow, basil, red/white clover, nettles and borage. Yarrow and nettles are for allelopathy, clover is for nitrogen fixing, and the others are for chop n' drop mulch. My previous Earthbox grows just used the mulch covers.
My soil is full of red wigglers, soil mites and springtails. I try to mimic nature as much as possible and use a microscope to check soil microbiology a few times every grow. This will be my third grow in the same soil, but I'm probably going to have to change it out after 4 or 5 as the worm castings start taking over and you end up with what is basically a worm bin after awhile.
@NSCanna, excellent response. I’ve been watching buildasoil for a few weeks now and I’ve watched a good amount of his videos. But I haven’t watched the “Clackamas Coots” video until just now. I also haven’t stumbled on the video talking about the plant becoming dependent on the stone. Thank you for your response.
I’m growing in 50/50 Happy frog/ocean forest too. I’m just looking to make the most of my available space but I’m also interested in being able to reuse my soil as it’s honestly quite expensive. I’m still learning about no till.
Do you have worms in your soil?
Do you grow nitrogen fixing crops before doing another grow?