So I used pure home made compost (aged well) to grow myself a crop this summer. Finally, all the plants have finished their stretch and are showing pistils. They were fertilized with fish emulsion during veg and now i am switching to a bloom-booster. The plants are : Western Winds (Kali Mist) and a couple of lemon kushes, along with a long-bladed sativa-looking bag-seed female, also throwing pistils everywhere.
Home-made compost
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growingcrazy
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They look to be super happy! Nice work.
Bob The Snail
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What Bloom booster are you gonna use? It would be a shame to create a good compost with millions of useful microbes, then use synthetic fertilizer that will inevitably dehydrate and kill the the microbes you worked so hard to grow....Be careful
Johnnyseed
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I am currently composting now,
How long does your compost take to fully break down? I have everything from crabshells to esparagus and leafs.
New to compost ing
How long does your compost take to fully break down? I have everything from crabshells to esparagus and leafs.
New to compost ing
Going to use Orchid Bloom (because that's what I have laying around). It works well @ 11-35-15. I use about 1/4 tsp / gallon and work up (slightly) from there. Good compost is ready (after mixing, adding lime, etc) after 3-5 yrs or so. Mine was about 10 yrs old and well composted into black, rich organic matter. I find that my fish emulsion (veg) / Orchid-bloom (flower) combo works well for me. Peace and happy growing 
Love making a big pile of thermal compost. Just bough a used 8.5 hsp chipper shredder off craigslist so worth it to make perfect size shredded brown material. I have compost ready in less than a month but obviously gets better the longer I let it sit covered from rain and let all the worms,bugs and fungus further enhance it.
