Power Buds Plagron x Zamnesia / Biscotti

The growth happens slowly but steady, all i can do is to try to keep the environmental conditions as ideal as possible. A small humidity dome helps a lot with that. My other plants received a watering with EM1 effective microbes. It is a product used in KNF for bokashi and as a soil vitalizer and compost enhancer based on molasses . I water with a mixture of 5ml per liter about weekly. It is quiet a inexpensive product, Jeff sends a 1 liter bottle you're way for about 10€ inc. shipping. You can get similar stuff with a few 100% green-tax on top but i like to find products that don't make me feel like i am getting ripped of. As the nursery pot was a little bit dry ill gave the little plant also a few drops from the mixture a bit further away from the stem. Day 11 The growth rate turned up a little bit and the lengthy stem started to worry me more and more. I saw that the soil that i had amended on the weekend already had mycelium growing visible. That is normaly the time when the soil is ready to go. So i wasted no more time and transplanted with a good buffer of seeding soil around the root-zone of the Biscotti. My normal way of growing is the living soil style, i like to see the soil as a sort of buffet witch the plant can choose from and get served by billions of little waiters that cant wait to bring the plant the nutrient she wants to get a little tip of carbohydrates in exchange. But i am also ok with giving her the munchies with some natural growth stimulants, microbial inoculates or even some flower booster, looking at you @Plagron_Service. If you never tried Green Sensation, i dare you to. It is really good! We will see how Power Buds performs but,knowing Plagron, ill expect a good outcome. The growth and bloom main fertilizers instead ill only use in emergency witch accrues rarely. The Soil ill mix myself has a lot of different inputs witch vary a bit from time to time because ill do it by hand without exact measuring. For this batch ill used about 60% reused soil that had only cover crop and a tomato growing in it for the last 3 months on the balcony. No fertilization during that time. The other ingredients i list below with name; ca. amount; where i get it and what i want to archive with it. Peat about 3l; Floratorf from Floragard is pure unfertilized white peat the 100l bale for about 15€. It aerates the substrate and gives it a fluffy and light structure. Homemade Worm-castings about 2l. It ads rich biodiversity a multitude of micro and macro nutrients some directly plant available others ready to be transformed by the microbes and fungi. It builds humus and is also a pH buffer. Pumice gravel about 2l; you can get a 25kg bag for about 20€ in a hardware store, Jeff has smaller bags for a few €'s Pumice is rich on trace minerals, silica, calcium and manganese witch gets released very slowly, so the next time i am amending this soil i will not put new pumice in it. The porous structure makes it a great water absorber and aeration.It is hideout and breeding ground for microbes- Rice Hull about 2 l; a home brew shop from Belgium sells 200l bales for 17€. With shipping i had to pay 40 but that is still way cheaper then 10l for 12,99 on Amazonk. It also aerates the substrate and it is very rich on silica witch strengthens the cell walls and is mandatory for a robust healthy plant. Brown Kelp A Hand full, ill buy the powder sold for homemade dog-food. It is 100% pure Kelp from the Baltic sea 500g cost about 12€ It is rich on natural plant growth hormones and has the whole periodic table of elements for the plant to choose from Neem seed powder A Hand full, you can find bagged stuff from oil mills for a few €'s per kg it is basically wast for them. The Microbes feast on it and insects do not like it. I am not sure if it really helps with pest prevention but it is another food source for the soil-food-web so why not. Ground up soap nut about a Tablespoon, 200g for 2€ in the Supermarket. You have to grind them up, ill used a little electric kitchen chipper. it increases the water holding capacity of the soil and prevents dry spots that can get hydrophobic. Different Pellets about 3-4 hand full, ill use food pellets for rabbits with alfalfa and other clovers as well as soft wood pellets that are sold as organic cat litter. When that stuff gets wet it breaks down in very small pieces and gets plant available very fast thru decomposition. Cuxin Orgasan about 300g; Orgasan is a organic slow release fertilizer made for regular organic gardening. It has a N-P-K ratio of 6-6-9, is designed to release its nutrients with the help of the soil life in about 75 days and the 20 kg bag is regular about 50€ but i got the last on for only 42€ from a sales campaign. That is 2,10€ per kg... similar product with green tax: 0,15kg for 4,95€... The stuff is made out of cocoa shells, hoof, vinasse, feathers, grape pomace, grape seed, cocos, bone meal, tobacco dust and sunflower seed. It is a good product and the price speaks for itself. Activated stone meal about a hand full, this is normal stone meal enriched with effective microorganism for the use in terra preta. 25kg for 21,50€ And about a dozen red wigglers to colonize the 20l and have a blast at the big buffet Puh, i hope i did not forget something, if i did, ill ad it later. Let me know if you want to know something more specific or links to products. Have a great week everyone! High Mountain Gardening