I can't find that brand in Italy but i'm going to use an organic potting soil made of irish peat,coco fiber,blond peat and bark humus lightly fertilized organically.
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Question about worm compost
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I've been taught that hardwood ash is a good amendment,i've never tried char before.
Stupid and irresponsible people here set fire where they find wild asparagus,it takes a year for the asparagus plant to grow back and several year for the piece of land to recover fully.
So the experiment started 2 weeks ago,50-50 seedling soil and compost.
-4 Deluxe orange Lineage Genetics reg
-4 Green haze ACE reg
The mix seems to be slightly hot for a hybrid and too hot for a pure sativa even if the hazes are slowly getting better.
The final containers are three 9 lt and one 6,5 lt for each strain,i'm hoping to get a nice DO male to pollinate a nice haze female.
The % of compost are 30,50,70,90 for the DO and 10,30,40,50 for the GH,only 3 GH left to repot.
-4 Deluxe orange Lineage Genetics reg
-4 Green haze ACE reg
The mix seems to be slightly hot for a hybrid and too hot for a pure sativa even if the hazes are slowly getting better.
The final containers are three 9 lt and one 6,5 lt for each strain,i'm hoping to get a nice DO male to pollinate a nice haze female.
The % of compost are 30,50,70,90 for the DO and 10,30,40,50 for the GH,only 3 GH left to repot.
3 weeks from seed:the plants look good,i had to water less than pure soil so less work for me
By the look of leaves the media should last enough for the orange,not sure about the haze.250 hps btw
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Looking good.
I kill plants just to watch them die. Still it can be painful.
Love the experimentation.
Don't remember if you mentioned your source for the castings.
Didn't your momma tell you not to play with plants?
Great JCThanks mate,the castings are homemade,mainly depleted soil,char,kitchen scraps and a couple of amendments i have always wanted to try,can't even remember how much stuff went into the bin.
There are worms in the pots as well,hope they survive long enough,maybe i should feed them.
2 weeks from the switch to 11on/13 off
The hybrids are looking good while 2 of the haze with 10 e 30% of compost are suffering,the medium stays wet too long for them and now i wish i used more compost from the start at the risk of burning them.
female 50% compost
female 70%
fermale 90%
male 30%
The hybrids are looking good while 2 of the haze with 10 e 30% of compost are suffering,the medium stays wet too long for them and now i wish i used more compost from the start at the risk of burning them.
female 50% compost
female 70%
fermale 90%
male 30%
Green Haze 10%,repotted with more compost,not looking good so far
30% compost,this should be male,smells of lemon7lime when rub the stem,maybe i'll use it
female,40% compost,the shortest of the hazes
female,50% compost,very nice plant,i'll pollinate her with the DO male
30% compost,this should be male,smells of lemon7lime when rub the stem,maybe i'll use it
female,40% compost,the shortest of the hazes
female,50% compost,very nice plant,i'll pollinate her with the DO male
You're right,it doesn't get dry,not even after 10 days.it lacks the aeration i included in the compost,probably too poor to feed the plant properly,i added a handful of lava rocks in layers and repotted in a smaller pot to see if it improves somehow.At least this is a useful info for the future
When I was looking for some info about the soil make up of tropical rainforest regions. I came across the info in the quote below.
It looks like that tropical rainforest soil is very nutrient poor and that only the first 1 to 2 inches (2,5 - 5 cm) consist of decayed organic matter (compost). The rest below is just sand, rocks, clay and other things that are lacking in nutrients.
For me this explains why Sativa's doesn't like nutrient rich soil and also likes a good drainage. Only the top part is nutrient rich and can hold water, the rest below is just drainage material which hold water poorly and barely contains any nutrients.
It might be a fun experiment to replicate the make up of tropical rainforest soil in a pot and plant a Sativa (dominant) plant in it.
For example fill a pot for the most part with sand and rocks and then add a 1-2 inch layer of compost on top.
I don't know if anybody has tried this yet but maybe they will respond better then.
Hi Cvh,from what i see these plants don't like being watered as often and i probably went too conservative with the compost % and hence both nuts and drainage;they're in a way stronger and more resilient than a standard hybrid but also easier to screw up,but are recovering now.
