[Siskiyou]

In my experience
"tacoing" is often a response to a transpiration problem. I would check to make sure there isn't too much fan pointed directly at the plants in question or an excessive vapor pressure deficit caused by the exhaust fan. If air flow sucks moisture away from the plant faster than the plant can handle, an early response is to "taco" to slow transpiration (loss of water). One reason "tacoing"and an apparent calcium deficiency could go together is that both can be caused or made worse by a weak or compromised root system, in my experience.

Hello, Bmac1

[Bmac1]

Good info siskiyou. I ordered some oyster shell flour and figured id get some basalt as well being that i was paying for shipping anyway. The guy is also throwing in some calcium bentonite and more bokashi bran for free. Really looking forward to getting this mix going and getting a good run in with my cmh now that the temps are better.

[Boyd Crowder]

Originally Posted by Siskiyou

In my experience
"tacoing" is often a response to a transpiration problem. I would check to make sure there isn't too much fan pointed directly at the plants in question or an excessive vapor pressure deficit caused by the exhaust fan. If air flow sucks moisture away from the plant faster than the plant can handle, an early response is to "taco" to slow transpiration (loss of water). One reason "tacoing"and an apparent calcium deficiency could go together is that both can be caused or made worse by a weak or compromised root system, in my experience.

Hello, Bmac1

well it kinda comes and goes ,the tacoing
and the veg room doesnt really have an exhaust fan, i just leave the door open most of the time
my flower room has great turnover in the air bit i dont see it so much now

good day today - my worm man just dropped me 2.5# of worms
for my bins - and i gave him back his brute 45 gal container , which i discovered had a good 10 pounds of STILL Perfect ewc from 2 years ago - with LIVING worms still in it
his shit is amazeballs ima get a tea going tomorrow to celebrate

ive been listening to tads (icmember microbeman) podcasts and in one of thre coots episodes clack detailed his worm feeding
strategies
basically its your ruminant poo, horse in my case along with pretty much everything in an amendment mix for the soil
alfalfa meal, neem meal, lobster compost , azomite,de etc ,

give them your amendments and let em run through that for a year or so and you have castings that are fertilizer
he said why give em table scraps when thats mostly water (he didnt say this but i understood it as junk food) when ou can just gove them what the roots want in the first place

[Boyd Crowder]

its dope to get your experience sisk, and knowledge as well, makes me consider how i can make my environment better

[heady blunts]

[Siskiyou]

Originally Posted by Boyd Crowder

its dope to get your experience sisk, and knowledge as well, makes me consider how i can make my environment better

Cool. I am certain that we should all share our experiences and knowledge. We have much we can learn from each other.

[Bmac1]

Well I finally got the ingredients together and just need to wet the mix and let the composting begin. I will wet it first and then get a tea going on the weekend for it.

Everything but the kitchen sink mix:

3 cu ft promix hp
2 cu ft organic compost
1 cu ft organic ewc
6 cups of charged bio char
4 liters pumice
4 liters lava rock
2-3 liters vermeculite
3 cups each of crab shell meal, kelp flour, neem meal, alfalfa meal, feather meal, fish bone meal and dried molasses.
6 cups each of basalt, oyster shell flour, gypsum, glacial rock dust and granular humic acid.
1 cup each of azomite, calcium bentonite just for shits and giggles.
1.5 cups of lanbeinite
Roughly 400 grams of bokashi bran.

I will let this sit for 2-3 weeks and then let the games begin.

[dank.frank]

1.5c of sul po mag is probably too much. 0-0-22, you're talking here. Not even 40 gallons of media. 2tbsp per 1.5 cu ft. I wouldn't add more than a 1/2c.

Too much K and you lock out Ca.

On the other side of that, you want a FAST nitrogen source with cannabis. Alfalfa, Crab, Feather, and even neem, are a bit more slow release and long term sources. While composting, I'd certainly consider some sort of living mulch - preferably a legume that can fix nitrogen in the soil. In those couple weeks of composting, they won't get big, and you can simply "till" them in when planting.

Looking forward to the grow!



dank.Frank

[Bmac1]

Thanks for the feedback DF. Luckily I had not mixed everything into the pile yet and was able to scoop out about half a cup of the sul po mag so we are down to about 1 cup so hopefully that works well.

As for the nitrogen, i had tbough alfalfa was a quicker source but i will look into some legumes and see if I can get my hands on something quickly. I have some clover. And hairy vetch seeds that i will throw on the pile when i get it mixed today.

[Bmac1]

So i got it all wetted and mixed and god damn, i need a bivger pool or mix smaller batches, lol. My back is feelin it.

It looks nice and i have some seedlings that are badly in need of a pot up from the solo cups. I am really debating just using the mix right away. I will get some of that clover and vetch going for a mulch as well.