PavementPunk I made my own living soil with premixed nutrients and minerals and added peat moss, compost/manure, pumice, biochar, a little worm castings and worms maybe 15 or 20 from my backyard. It actually smells pretty good in the tent like good fresh soil. Or im i a weirdo lol. I feel like i did a decent job mixing the ratios and letting it cook for 3 weeks. It might be slightly light on nutrients but i do have a bit i saved for top dressing. Im hopeful this is a rewarding method. My other seedlings got a little stretchy. I used a heat mat for the first time and germinated directly into peat pucks. They popped a lot faster than i expected. This seedling has stayed compact. Hopefully this doesn't hurt things too bad. Environment has been pretty good. Got the light at 16 inches @ 44% power 🤞happy growing yall ✌️
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Peat Pellet
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Week 1. Vegetation
7d ago
1/6
2.54 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
75 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
38.1 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk Pretty sure the fly issue is negatively affecting 2 of my 3 seedlings. Wondering if living soil was a mistake. I put down some pumice around the base of these babies in a small circle as like mulch to hopefully protect their roots. Watered them only where my rocks are. I planted cover crops for the living soil watered everything in and covered it with some dry peat pumice mix i had. I hit that with a decent layer of diatomaceous earth too and another sticky trap or 2. Hoping this helps get it under control. I got a flying insect plug in trap on the way too. The BPP RF3 is looking pretty good and doing well at least there is that lol happy growing yall ✌️
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Week 2. Vegetation
2d ago
1/3
5.08 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.4
pH
75 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
18.93 liters
Pot Size
38.1 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
Water Only Soil Mix
5.21 mll
PavementPunk Been a rough week. Only real notes i have are they got myco and fish and kelp. Bugs continue to be an issue. Living soil may have been a mistake
Maybe some yellow sticky cards will help against the bugs? Edit: Oh, I saw you already use those...
The little black flies (Sciara analis) lay eggs in your soil and their larvea eat the roots of your plants 😟
@India_Calcoen, im certain they are affecting the plants. Yeah i need nematodes or something 😮💨 edit lol i got wdg3000 bti from buildasoil on the way. We shall see🤞
