A couple of problems arose with my two newest grows so I thoroughly checked the compost pot and looked if the worms were okay.
After harvesting the GDP, I wanted to throw out her soil. It had been used two runs and I have no place to reuse it outside. Did my best and sifted through the dirt looking for her worms. Found only six 😔. Four adults and two adolescents who were just getting their red color in.
This was not a good sign. The worms were obviously not reproducing enough to keep up a colony, and that was most likely due to the soil ph. Don't have the instrument to measure it, but as my ph meter was broke the past two weeks.... 😅😅 Time to check in on the Vermicompost and see if they are still 'grinding'.
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April 17
Last picture I have of her soil structure.
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April 23
Took that thing apart!!
It must have took 3 hours to sift through all the soil, rip up bark coco and what not. sift out the worms and keep them moist, but it was finished.
I don't know how many worms there are but it's a good handful. About the same amount I put in there in the beginning. There were also perhaps 20 or so eggs that caught my eye. These are good signs!
After the manhandled soil was put into an other pot, I drowned her with 12L of dechlorinated tapwater (thanks to Envi Chlorine Clear!!).
BioDown to 6.3 ph + 0.2g/L Microbes.
I don't know how many liters of water ran off, but that soil is definitely at 6.3 now...
.. and the sewage pipes might be clogged 😅😇😂
Let the pot set to dry, at a tilt. Changed position every 5 minutes or so, about 2 hours long. Hopefully all the excess water is out!
Introduced the Army of Wiggles to their new accommodations and said good night.
There are probably still remnants of BioBizz nutrients in the soil, and I'm too lazy to flush again. Won't start her on the new microbial food until I'm sure the Living take hold of this environment. Coming from a possible 7.5 down to 6.3ph might be an adjustment.
I'll check the topsoil in a week or so and see how the Living are getting along.
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