Secret Ingredient?!?

[dank.frank]

The rate at which things break down is variable. High microbial activity hastens the
effectiveness/availability of many amendments. 3-4 months could easily become a month in a "controlled" decomposition. Times provided by manufacture is general use - like anything else, such things are relative to the environment...



dank.Frank

 

[Seandawg]

The rate at which things break down is variable. High microbial activity hastens the
effectiveness/availability of many amendments. 3-4 months could easily become a month in a "controlled" decomposition. Times provided by manufacture is general use - like anything else, such things are relative to the environment...



dank.Frank

DF

I dont think we got your favorite ingredient in your grow yet? Please share a bit about something that helped your grow.

Please take into consideration that the original term of "secret" was more or less a means of creating a mystic. In all reality I'm more concerned with something in your grow that you feel you cannot do without, and possibly something that others may have over looked. Your watering system perhaps? UFO lights? Heck i dont know. Show your wee wee to them to get em excited!

Anything? Just for the sake of sharing and creating FRIENDLY conversation

 

[dank.frank]

I stated azomite as being of high value to me, many pages back, in regards to mineral provision.

Been playing with various bean glutens as a source of microbial stimulation - gaur in particular, but fracking has made the price sky rocket, so now messing with fava.

Finding them better than molasses, a standard go-to.

Again, looking to diversify, not do away with one or the other.



dank.Frank

 

[Gascanastan]

Why is this place so consistently terroristic and combative? Please guys civil discussions are greatly appreciated!

This place is like that gf who is good in bed but you argue with her over peanuts and dumb shit like that because you're both so opinionated and certain that what you are saying is right.......only this is is a stoner forum where you have a mix of children who like pot....experienced gardeners who know bs when they see it.....and several age groups and demographics of know it alls...welcome to icmag. I say shut 'er down and post some pix if U all r 4 real....the proof is in the pix. A feller can talk all day...but being able to back it up with a visual aid is helpful here.

Know what I'm sayin'~

 

[Zdub7k]

Bone meal? What benefit do you obtain from that in your tea?

Its got bacteria in it so it acts as a microbe source as well as a nutrient source...For those that say "bone meal isnt water soluble" ..theyre right...but with my micro herd chewing it up and shitting it out in very tiny pieces it is much more available for plant uptake....it seems to work well for me.

 

[Victor Newman]

Why is this place so consistently terroristic and combative? Please guys civil discussions are greatly appreciated!

it is the nature of a certain strain of cannine dawg. off the chain they say.

 

[Guest 324358]

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[Toes.]

not much to look at now but, give me a month or so...

sssdhxjack... grown using the usual suspects plus, an alfalfa, kelp and aloe tea. <--- I called it a tea.

Compost Tea: A term used interchangeably with “Watery Fermented Compost Extracts”, “Compost steepage”, “Organic Tea” and “Compost leachate” to define water-based compost preparations. The term does not distinguish between the production methods (Scheuerell 2002).

.....and several age groups and demographics of know it alls...

I gotta get in where I fit in...

 

[ClackamasCootz]

Toes

Beautiful garden!

 

[h.h.]

I stated azomite as being of high value to me, many pages back, in regards to mineral provision.

Been playing with various bean glutens as a source of microbial stimulation - gaur in particular, but fracking has made the price sky rocket, so now messing with fava.

Finding them better than molasses, a standard go-to.

Again, looking to diversify, not do away with one or the other.



dank.Frank

Bean gluten?
Any acacia or mesquite locally?

 

[h.h.]

not much to look at now but, give me a month or so...
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sssdhxjack... grown using the usual suspects plus, an alfalfa, kelp and aloe tea. <--- I called it a tea.View Image

I gotta get in where I fit in...

Torrey Pines? I'll be there in a month.

 

[dirrtyd]

Secret ingredient reading and listening to the right people. Enjoy

 

[Microbeman]

Kelp meal is not an extract. It (AFAIK) is dried and shredded/powdered kelp.

 

[Seandawg]

Nobody use tomato juice? I noticed it takes away the smell from my skunk strain

 

[Seandawg]

Kelp meal is not an extract. It (AFAIK) is dried and shredded/powdered kelp.

MM
Besides a good humus source, what would be a surprising additive to a tea that hasn't been discussed in detail as of yet?

Any new break throughs?

 

[FunTimesIndeed]

Okay, you really wanna know my secret ingredient? It's the vine that ate the South, kudzu. I feed it to the worms and make FPEs out of it.

Originally brought to the U.S. in the late 1800's as a shade-providing speed-growing ornamental, it started making appearances on Southern farms around the turn of the century as a livestock feed and was deemed great. Then FDR's new deal had squads of people planting it around the region as a ground cover to prevent erosion. It wasn't until a couple of decades later that people realized just how brutal a vine can be when it is grown in a near perfect environment without its' naturally occurring predators.

Try googling "images of kudzu ruining stuff". Some of those pictures are from very urban areas. There are plenty of kudzu eradication teams working hard just to keep it off of the freeways. Free nutes or something.

 

[FunTimesIndeed]

From a random page on kudzu cultivation----they all read the same:

"Q. Where can I buy kudzu?

A. I am often asked this question. I do not know of any place that sells kudzu or kudzu seeds. If you ever visit Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Southern Virginia, Southern Kentucky, Alabama, or Mississippi, just slow down a little bit as you drive through and some kudzu should latch on to your car. Be careful about importing kudzu back home, some states and local governments have laws against kudzu."

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/09/kudzu—curse-cure/
There's a good kudzu blurb that touches on its' use in treating alcoholism.

 

[h.h.]

Kelp meal is not an extract. It (AFAIK) is dried and shredded/powdered kelp.

Otherwise, what's the difference in soil. Meal still has the hormones? All plants have hormones. Meal adds organics. All plants add organic material. Where's the beef?

 

[sunnydog]

Deleted 'cause I realized I was jacking the OPs' thread.

 

[Seandawg]

Deleted 'cause I realized I was jacking the OPs' thread.

No such thing as thread jacking here SD. Post whats on your mind, im interested in hearing what you have to say