Novice grow question, please

[itz4me123]

I hope this is appropiate here. First grow, 2x4x6 container soil, T5 lighting,4 6 inch seedlings, I have a tea bag of worm castings, and some mycogrow(like great white). Seedlings kinda scraggly, just switched from sunlight to T5. How should I combine these 2 nutes? Thanks!

 

[itz4me123]

Okay 29 views, obviously Im in the wrong place. Thanks bro's.....

 

[Sat X RB]

No. obviously you are in the RIGHT place if you want to talk about soil! but please let me say the context surrounding yr question is muddy. basically, if the thread is about soil you have asked a question about nutes.

and yr question is not clear either. eg: how to combine a "..teabag of worm castings" and "... some mycogrow"?

I 'm wondering how big is a 'teabag'? what is 'mycogrow'? and what ... is "... container soil"?

seems to me you're seeing 'container soil' merely as the medium which enables plants to stand up ... and your medium needs nutes in it to grow plants ... and in so doing you've missed the central point about soil ...

which is: feed the microherd in the soil and not the plant!

change how you see!

cheers anyway ...

 

[Dream Time]

Hi itz4me123,

Since no one else is offering any suggestions...

MycroGrow isn't nutes, it's mycorrhizal fungi (beneficial fungus).

As for the worm castings, I'd use it as a top dressing and let it leach down into my soil mix as I water. If you growing in a soiless mix, you'll probably want to supplement the worm castings with some proper nutrients (worm casting are full of beneficial microbes, but it's not a replacement for nutrients.)

 

[Skyhi]

Add your mycogrow directly to your soil mix, preferably directly against your roots when transplanting. The mycorrhizal fungi will attach to the roots and help with the uptake of other nutrients.
Soil growing is all about the root system. Success comes with healthy roots. As below... So above.

Go to your local garden supply shop and pick up some liquid kelp extract. "Maxicrop" is inexpensive and very common.

If you have worm casting "tea bags", tosh one in a 5-gallon bucket, fill with water, and message and aggravate the bag to "extract" the beneficial components of the castings. Continue to aggravate until your arms are sore, 5 to 10 minutes then remove the bag from the water. Pour 3/4 cup of liquid kelp in your casting extract.

Water your plant with it!!! They'll love it. Use it all, it doesn't keep unless its heavily aerated.

Good luck

 

[itz4me123]

Thanks guys appreciate your good feedback.Its old soil small container just kinda organic micro grow idea. Going to empty the casings onto the soil, mix up a small amount of mycogrow solution and use it to water, see if I cant spruce them up a bit. They look like dwarfs. Any other suggestions appreciated.

 

[itz4me123]

Update, followed advice given here. I planted these seeds not intending them to grow. Used an old 2 ft long container that had housed a T Pachanoi, soil obviously depleted. They sprouted in 2 days. Received my myco grow and a palmful of worm castings, sprinkled little amounts of mycogrow around the base of the seedlings, then covered that with piles of the worm castings. I put 1/4 tsp in a gallon of water, shook it up and applied approximately 9 ounces of the solution, evenly around the seedlings. Less than 24 hrs later they look revived. Any comments or suggestions appreciated. Thanks and happy trails!

 

[Granger2]

Mycos need to make direct contact with roots when applied or they won't work. Apply when transplanting, or use a pencil or such to make holes thru the root zone and put the mycos in the holes. -granger

 

[itz4me123]

Yeh, the stems are less than a mil at this point, scooted soil away sprinkled mycogrow at base of each, crumpled worm casts on top of that, then addeed 3 ounces of 1/4 teaspoon to gallon mixture MG solution. 2 ft 4 bulb T5 about 90 watts, solid 15 hrs of light. I stressed em good, didnt think theyed make it. Spent under a hundred bucks so far. Since I didnt think they would even grow, and the light I found was so cheap, I figured it was a good Hippy omen the way it fell together. Trying to stay cheap and organic as possible, aimin for a long veg with possibly just some miracle grow, bat guano, bird guano, fulvic and humic acid (kelp?). Up for any tips, kinda crispy, I took real LSD in the late sixties. I havent smoked any Med buds that were as strong as Columbian (35 an ounce) in the 70's. Wax, dip, hash, thats a different story, problem is everyone is keeping it for themselves. What else say you soil growers?

 

[itz4me123]

Yeh, the stems are less than a mil at this point, scooted soil away sprinkled mycogrow at base of each, crumpled worm casts on top of that, then addeed 3 ounces of 1/4 teaspoon to gallon mixture MG solution. 2 ft 4 bulb T5 about 90 watts, solid 15 hrs of light. I stressed em good, didnt think theyed make it. Spent under a hundred bucks so far. Since I didnt think they would even grow, and the light I found was so cheap, I figured it was a good Hippy omen the way it fell together. Trying to stay cheap and organic as possible, aimin for a long veg with possibly just some miracle grow, bat guano, bird guano, fulvic and humic acid (kelp?). Up for any tips, kinda crispy, I took real LSD in the late sixties. I havent smoked any Med buds that were as strong as Columbian (35 an ounce) in the 70's. Wax, dip, hash, thats a different story, problem is everyone is keeping it for themselves. What else say you soil growers?

No. obviously you are in the RIGHT place if you want to talk about soil! but please let me say the context surrounding yr question is muddy. basically, if the thread is about soil you have asked a question about nutes.

and yr question is not clear either. eg: how to combine a "..teabag of worm castings" and "... some mycogrow"?

I 'm wondering how big is a 'teabag'? what is 'mycogrow'? and what ... is "... container soil"?

seems to me you're seeing 'container soil' merely as the medium which enables plants to stand up ... and your medium needs nutes in it to grow plants ... and in so doing you've missed the central point about soil ...

which is: feed the microherd in the soil and not the plant!

change how you see!

cheers anyway ...

Thanks for yer input here Im an American, an actual "Michigan Hillbilly" here in the hills of northern Michigan. Most peoiple in this state have been growing and smokijng Marijuana for 40 years and more here, now you understand. Peace, love dope, Hippy friends, crashpads!