The plants are comming along as expected. Encountered a little warping and leaf necrosis, nothing to be concerned about. Could be the genetics, could be the soil, could be the lighting, could be my watering habits. They should grow out of it.
One of the Passion #1 and the two Cream (the 3 earliest seeds to sprout) needed some help staying upright. Although by now the problem is mostly fixed, I am keeping the wire for now.
I am feeding them nothing so far, which I am not used to. I started them in pure, ripe compost my dad made with rock dust, charcoal and a lot of attention to detail. It retains water badly, but is well airated and should be rich in nutrients as well as microbial life. They need water twice a day, the surface dries out within hours. I am pulling 5-10 little seedlings daily, that started to sprout as soon as I started watering. There is also some very finely grained white fungal action happening, this soil is definitely alive. Since I am used to growing on coco with mineral NPK and some enzymes, I am very curious, how well the compost will perform without additives .
I am forming a biological fertilizter and additives plan, which should also benefit the soil long term. So far I plan on using:
- Compost tea
Microbial food and cultures (every other week)
- Horsetail extract
NPK 5-1,5-15 (every other week, maybe more in flowering)
- Nettle tea
NPK 4-1-3 (every other week)
- Poultry castings
NPK 4-3-3 + 1,3 MgO (when planting, maybe when flowering starts again)
- Guanokalong
NPK 4-8-1 (in flowering, when flowering starts -weekly -biweekly- dont know yet , have to read more)
I still need to read more. The above may change. I still know very little about e.g. blood-, bone- and fish products, any input is welcome.
Well done Germany 👏👏👏
Hopefully your neighbour country with the same flag colors follows quickly but I doubt it
Gonna follow along with your grow too.
It's a very nice spot u have chosen 😉
Good luck everything looking amazing , personally I would've just made the holes and fill them up with pro mix special for weed and plenty of Vermiculite ,usually the direct earth is not so good for them (autos') but as you did it looks sweet and organic ,loving it ! Happy growing , GG Germany so happy for ya'll, a whole chapter of exploring begins
@Boomer911, Thank you! I thought about putting fresh soil in the holes, but that would have meant getting roughly 3,5 cbm of soil, thats 3 trips with my small trailer. Also I would have needed to make a home for the 3,5 cbm of soil I am replacing. The plan is to steadily improve the soil we have. We will mulch eventually, that should help.