Day 19 - 01/11 :
Today is the day she moves into her final home. A 40L fabric pot. A description of the ingredients and how the pot was made is at the bottom.
Let's see how she goes. I want a big christmas tree !
Day 20 - 02/11
She seems fine with her new home. The leaves are perky and the growth continues. The weather outside has been pretty rough though, lots of rain and thunderstorm but she doesn't seem to be bothered by it. Temps have been a little cold as well but nothing uder the 15°C
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Pot break down:
-First a litlle bit of general fertilizer at the bottom and N layer blend
-10L of bottom pot mix
-15L supersoil
-little more general fert
-15L of top pot mix
-mycoroot and transplant root ball
-1 spike of each on each side of the pot
-mulch
Soil Recipe :
Base Mix
8 Liters organic soil mix or quality compost
8 Liters coco or peat
8 Liters perlite/vermiculite (70/30)
8 Liters earthworm castings
1.6L Bio-char
Amendments
250ml General fert. (2-3-2)
250ml crushed oyster shells
185ml ground oyster shells
185ml dolomite lime
60ml seabird guano (11-3-2.3)
125ml feather meal
185ml bone meal
125ml soft rock phosphate
125ml powdered gypsum
125ml High PK fert. (approx. 4-9-9)
185ml kelp meal
1L composted steer manure
125ml azomite
250ml alfalfa meal
250ml granular humic acid
250ml organic rice
125ml zeolite
125ml rock dust
125ml diatomaceous earth
250ml insect frass
High N layer blend :
2 parts blood meal
1-2 parts feather meal
2 parts high nitrogen bird/bat guano
1 part ground oyster shells
Spike Veg
3 parts blood meal
1 part steamed bone meal
1 part high N bat/bird guano
1 part feather meal
1 part kelp meal
15ml ground oyster shell
Spike Flower
4 parts feather meal
1 High PK fert (approx. 4-9-9)
1 part soft rock phosphate
2 parts steamed bone meal
2 parts high N bat/bird guano
4 parts kelp meal
1 tbsp ground oyster shell
1 tbsp Azomite powder
Bottom pot mix:
4.5L composted horse manure (fresh , with worms etc.)
4.5L perlite
500ml coco
15ml kelp
15ml zeolite
15ml oystershell powder
30ml SRP
Top pot mix:
7.5L super soil
7.5L vermicast
1L perlite
