Beginning of Week 5. Getting ready for transplant. We made our own potting mix and compost tea with the following ingredients.
Potting Mix :
10 Quarts Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil (Base)
5 Quarts Earth Worm Casting
1 Cup Flower Girl
5 Quarts Pearlite
2.5 Tablespoons Happy Frog Japanese Maple Fertilizer (Mixed in)
2 Teaspoons Vigoro (Mixed into top 3" of Soil)
2 Teaspoons Happy Frog Japanese Maple Fertilizer (Mixed into top 3' of Soil)
Compost Tea:
2 Cups of Worm Casting (Steeped)
.25 Cups Flower Girl (Steeped)
1 Cup of Happy Frog Japanese Maple Fertilizer (Steeped)
I wasn't entirely sure how a Compost Tea would work with feeding, so the guy at the gardening center said it wouldn't hurt to use the compost as the base liquid to water for the week, and it would be safe to add the typical nutrients ( Grow big, Molasses, Liquid Seawee, Big Bloom and Nitrogen). Guess we'll find out and hopefully I wont destroy my plant.
When transplanting we form fitted the orignal pot into the new 5 gallon fabric pot. Filled the hole and covered the rootball with Mycorrhizae.