Last Dance in Living Soil

Hawii_ReLoaded Hey Growmies 🤘 Week 1 - Day 1-7 🌱 The seedlings successfully sprouted. Will start counting the days on this diary once they have broken through the soil surface. Took another 48 hours after transplant until all of them got visible. Used a humidity dome for the first two days. Seedling pot: 70% BioBizz Light Mix 20% Wormcastings 5% Compost 5% Perlite Added to the total soil volume of 4.5 liters Basalt, Gypsum and Kelp meal (1-TL/Tsp each). The kelp should support with the root development as there are a lot of growth hormones contained. Watered in with 5% of total soil volume with filtered tap water. No PH adjustment. Prepared pots were sitting for some days before the sprouted seeds were transplanted. Sprinkled Rootwise Complete around each seed during the transplant. Last Dance was the first who broke through the surface. She looks definitely like a more indica leaning hybrid with this typical leaf structure. Also she doesn’t like the light intensity like the other two plants in the seedling tent. Curled her leaves which can be a sign of too excessive light intensity. Pulled the pot a little bit more away from the light. Let’s see if something will change within the next few days. Current Conditions: PPFD: 250-260 (SANlight Stixx @40%) VPD: 0.6-0.7 (Offset 0 degrees C) Not much to report about the first few days. The next update will include a detailed report on the mixed living soil which is already maturing since 10 days. However want to take the time and describe the procedure to everyone who is interested in this soil mixing process :) Stay tuned on the next update and keep on growing 🤘🌱

Hawii_ReLoaded Hey Guys and welcome 😁✌️ 📆 Week 2 - Day 14 The little lady was growing fast over the last week. She is looking healthy and happy in their environment. However I‘m not super happy with this pheno type of Last Dance. She was a little bitchy over the last days. Super sensitive to the light intensity and the circulation fan even if the fan wasn’t pointed at her directly. Increased the distance to the Sanlight Stixx even further. Was working on some modifications in my grow area over the last days. So everything is ready that the girl can move to her own tent and final container within the next days. Current conditions: VPD: 0.8-0.9 (0 degrees C Offset) Light intensity: 240 PPFD She got their weekly amendments today: Rootwise complete, Rootwise enzyme, coconut water powder, Aloe vera, FPE Horsetail, BAS wetting agent Living Soil: As promised from early start of this diary will provide a summary of the mixed living soil. At first would like to point out that my target was this time to create a recipe which isn’t that heavy on nitrogen. Many classic LS recipes are using ingredients which are containing a lot of N. That’s why wanted to try out something different. Also the amount of aeration was almost doubled compared to last run. That will support stronger root growth and a healthier soil. Wanted to share my thoughts with the community. All ingredients are strictly organic. Most by Almicanna Spain. Nutrient amendments: Kelp, Crustacean meal, Neem, Insect frass, Malted Barley, Bat Guano, Soft Rock Phosphat, Fish meal, Camelina meal, Soy meal, FHM, Bokashi, Craft Blend (BAS) Minerals: Basalt, Gypsum, Oyster Shell, Alga lime, Azomite, Greensand, Java Lava, Leonardita Base Mix: Peat moss 34%, Worm castings 20%, Compost 5%, Biochar 6% Aeration: Pumice+Rice husks 35% The minerals was first mixed into the base mix, second nutrients and last aeration. My idea is to have a high diversity of the single ingredients, that there is no single ingredient dominating the soil mix. At the end the mix was watered in with 5% (total soil volume) filtered tap water and tilled every few days. The mix heated up after a few days, but as there are no bone, blood or feather meal included it came back to a normal temperature level after a few days. Personally I avoid these three ingredients, as I don’t want to stress the soil biology with substances which may still be contained from animal breeding. These ingredients are allowed for organic farming but in most cases they are not organic. It’s cheap and a very popular product in many organic fertilizers which are available on the market. Don’t want to point out it‘s a bad practice, but it’s just my personal preference. At the end everyone needs to decide for themselves what is the right path to move forward :) That was just my thoughts on this topic and could go on now forever, but don’t want to bore you guys with it. If you were reading all the way down here, really appreciate you were taking the time 💚 this means a lot to me!!

Hawii_ReLoaded Hey Growmies 🌱 📆 Week 3 - Day 21 It’s time to start with the Sunday updates again. The little girl got transplanted on day 16 into their final home the 75 liter (20gal) Grassroots living soil pot. The roots were looking very healthy and almost filled mainly the small pots. She still looks so small in this big pot 😄 After transplanting my target was to establish a healthy and high fertilized mulch layer to attract the feeder roots coming to the top surface. The last pictures will show more details how this mulch layer was created. Blumat automatic dripping system was also installed and needs now to be adjusted to the new soil type. Set the hanging drip and -1 arrow back. The plant is looking healthy, but she is still a bit moody. However there will be a explosive growth once she have established a strong root system in the new container. Current conditions: VPD: 0.9 (-1 degrees C offset) Lights intensity: 270 PPFD Blumat digital moisture meter: 60-80 mbar Mulch layer in BuildASoil way: 1. Layer: 1/4 cup (60ml) BAS Craft Blend 2. Layer: 2-3 tablespoons Malted Barley 3. Layer: 2-3 tablespoons Bokashi Everything slightly mixed into the surface of the soil. Just ensure these nutrients are not directly on the main stem, to avoid any microbial activity in this area. Last - Top dress: Next step was a compost top dress with a mix of worm castings, premium compost, kelp, neem meal, crustacean meal, mustard seed meal, biochar, basalt and gypsum. Last but not least sprinkled a mix of different cover crops seeds around the outer part of the container and covered them with some more castings and IMO4. At the end everything was covered with organic straw and watered in some SF-nematodes for preventive pest control. That was basically everything what I wanted to cover for today’s update. Stay tuned and thanks a lot for stopping by 🙏🌱