will kelp or ewc harm new seedlings...or...how soon after germ to topdress

[al-k-mist]

think the title says it all. were all organic , of course..how soon after they pop can u topdress w ewc and/or kelp
any advice...cant afford to fck up, so she said to make sure
namaste'
Boom Shiva

 

[Gascanastan]

I mix a seedling mix which contains only limed peat and a touch of EWC. These seedlings are fine until transplant into 1 gallon pots from beer cups. Then they get the soil everything else does.

 

[Mr.Fastcast]

I've used coco with EWC,perlite,and some lime,but at about the ten to fourteen day mark they are real hungry.

 

[FunTimesIndeed]

That's some shit right there. Stay strong, buddy.

Anyways, I start in peat pellets and water them with kelp tea. After a couple of days they move into small pots of my regular soil mix. No layers or spikes or diluted mix shenanigans. Not really answering your question exactly, I know, but that's what I've seen work well with my setup.

 

[al-k-mist]

Thanks, and it totally did, even tho i still didnt post seedling mix which was peat/perlite. they were topdressed with ewc when transplanted to bigger cups, and today everything except flower room will recieve a tea bubbled for 20h, with 1 c ewc, 1/4 cup (or a bit less) of kelp meal, a nd a pinch of rock dust, /couple tbs of neem meal...hopefully this should cover the bases until up-potting
thanks
Namaste'
Boom Shiva

 

[Blue Socks]

EWC in small amounts will be ok for your seedlings. I wouldn't use more than 1 or 2 teaspoons top dressed into the soil when they're too young. It also depends on what's int your soil mix to start with. If you're soil is rich you might not even need EWC. It all depends on that aspect imo

 

[FunTimesIndeed]

I use about half as much kelp per gallon for kelp tea, and only a little over a teaspoon for compost tea.

 

[ClackamasCootz]

al-k-mist

Hard to believe the level of misinformation about vermicompost (EWC) - how about the horticulture school at Cornell University? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGQR5ERaPQ

Germination is a function of enzymes and not Elements (NPK) - even with cannabis seeds!!!!

HTH

CC

 

[intotheunknown]

^^haha i like that CC

i use lc's mix to start seedlings in... try this, pretty easy not to fuck up. unsure of what else youre going to be using, but...

peat
perlite
EWC
powdered dolomite lime

one week in theyre usually ready for their first shot of seaweed and fish

 

[SilverSurfer_OG]

It pays to be sensible when starting seeds but if you make a seed bomb from clay and some animal (wallaby) poo the ganja fair sprouts with a wee hard on...

In fact i bet you could pop seeds in 100% vermicompost and they would love you for it...

 

[Talonted]

I start in peat pellets under a dome. While waiting for my seeds to sprout, I mix 1 gal pots with EWC, bone meal, bat guano and water the pots with fermented tea and let sit for a few days in the warm veg room until your roots start to poke through the pucks. By this time the soil pots will be living. They spend 10-14 days in 1 gals before roots are shooting out the bottom.

In a 1gal pot i would estimate there to be 4-6 tablespoons of worm poo, 1-2 tablespoons of bone meal and 1 table of bat poo. I have never noticed this to be in excess!

 

[Talonted]

you will see incredible results when letting your wet soil "steep" before planting.

 

[senate]

What kind of bat guano do you use?

 

[Talonted]

rubicon has 2 types avail. green and red. green is high in N and red is high in P.

looks like this
http://www.progressive-growth.com/proddetail.php?prod=r-vg

 

[OrganicOzarks]

Peat, compost, and some aeration material is all you need for seedlings. Feed them compost tea until transplant into larger pots. Mycho's would be good to apply at this stage as well.

 

[senate]

How soon do you feed them the tea? I hear some people say they dont feed seedlings in a mix like that like LC's mix for up to 3 weeks?