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st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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professor KIND said:
definitely doing the worm farm.
trying to find a tote for the job.

16 gallon be fine? you think a 1lb box o worm fine?
coco, shred paper, and veggie scraps mix in on top.

fill it 1/3 ish up? 1/2up?

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i noticed mixing a new batch of coco that the container i keep lidded smelled nasty.

not like that earthy fresh ocean kelpy smell i get after mixing a batch.

thanks stOw , stoked about this revelation.
no medium bins inside being covered any more.

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so far , my experiment with pre-rinsing the coco with h202 is a success.

started with 9 blueberry , standing tall 9 blueberry.
started with 2 stardawg , standing tall 2 stardawg.

stoked super extra. because, i know my starts gonna be way easier now.
the h202 prep is going into the seed starting ritual.
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16 gallon is perfect. Put about 4"-6" of bedding in there, 1/2 shredded carboard (or newspaper) 1/2 coco coir. Wet it down well. Wet it like you would water a plant that's thirsty, and keep it that way. Add your veggie/fruit scraps, but burry them an inch or so down. This will help deter gnats and fruit flies from the bin.

I like to throw the food scraps in to the blender first and make a smoothie. Or you can chop them up a bit. This will create more surface area, and will speed up the brekadown process. Once a week I pour this slurry in to the bins and cover it up with a layer of coco coir. Rotate the side you feed on each week. One week feed on the left side of the bin, next week feed on the right side, etc. You won't need to wet the bin down much after the initial soak due to all of the fruit/veggie juices from the slurry.

One other key component is grit. Worms have a gizzard, so they need something gritty to help them digest the food. I usually just save my egg shells, stick them in the oven on a cookie sheet @250 for 20 minutes or so, then take a mortar and pestel to them and grind them up well. Each feeding I sprinkle a pinch or two on to their food. You can use green sand, oyster shell flour, etc if you don't feel like pissing around with egg shells.. Just something with a sandy texture for digestion.

If you notice in the pic I posted earlier you'll see the lids were cut out of the bins. I took an old screen door and cut out the screen, then taped it over the holes in the lids. This gives them tons of airflow, but also keeps pests and predator bugs out. I first used a bin where I just drilled holes in it. The holes were big enough for earwigs to get in to the bins and attack the worms. This way I have it now is much better.

That's it!
 
greenghost420

greenghost420

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st0wandgrow said:
16 gallon is perfect. Put about 4"-6" of bedding in there, 1/2 shredded carboard (or newspaper) 1/2 coco coir. Wet it down well. Wet it like you would water a plant that's thirsty, and keep it that way. Add your veggie/fruit scraps, but burry them an inch or so down. This will help deter gnats and fruit flies from the bin.

I like to throw the food scraps in to the blender first and make a smoothie. Or you can chop them up a bit. This will create more surface area, and will speed up the brekadown process. Once a week I pour this slurry in to the bins and cover it up with a layer of coco coir. Rotate the side you feed on each week. One week feed on the left side of the bin, next week feed on the right side, etc. You won't need to wet the bin down much after the initial soak due to all of the fruit/veggie juices from the slurry.

One other key component is grit. Worms have a gizzard, so they need something gritty to help them digest the food. I usually just save my egg shells, stick them in the oven on a cookie sheet @250 for 20 minutes or so, then take a mortar and pestel to them and grind them up well. Each feeding I sprinkle a pinch or two on to their food. You can use green sand, oyster shell flour, etc if you don't feel like pissing around with egg shells.. Just something with a sandy texture for digestion.

If you notice in the pic I posted earlier you'll see the lids were cut out of the bins. I took an old screen door and cut out the screen, then taped it over the holes in the lids. This gives them tons of airflow, but also keeps pests and predator bugs out. I first used a bin where I just drilled holes in it. The holes were big enough for earwigs to get in to the bins and attack the worms. This way I have it now is much better.

That's it!
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great info
 
professor KIND

professor KIND

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st0wandgrow said:
16 gallon is perfect. Put about 4"-6" of bedding in there, 1/2 shredded carboard (or newspaper) 1/2 coco coir. Wet it down well. Wet it like you would water a plant that's thirsty, and keep it that way. Add your veggie/fruit scraps, but burry them an inch or so down. This will help deter gnats and fruit flies from the bin.

I like to throw the food scraps in to the blender first and make a smoothie. Or you can chop them up a bit. This will create more surface area, and will speed up the brekadown process. Once a week I pour this slurry in to the bins and cover it up with a layer of coco coir. Rotate the side you feed on each week. One week feed on the left side of the bin, next week feed on the right side, etc. You won't need to wet the bin down much after the initial soak due to all of the fruit/veggie juices from the slurry.

One other key component is grit. Worms have a gizzard, so they need something gritty to help them digest the food. I usually just save my egg shells, stick them in the oven on a cookie sheet @250 for 20 minutes or so, then take a mortar and pestel to them and grind them up well. Each feeding I sprinkle a pinch or two on to their food. You can use green sand, oyster shell flour, etc if you don't feel like pissing around with egg shells.. Just something with a sandy texture for digestion.

If you notice in the pic I posted earlier you'll see the lids were cut out of the bins. I took an old screen door and cut out the screen, then taped it over the holes in the lids. This gives them tons of airflow, but also keeps pests and predator bugs out. I first used a bin where I just drilled holes in it. The holes were big enough for earwigs to get in to the bins and attack the worms. This way I have it now is much better.

That's it!
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i love this whole thing.
great detail & great information.

just 1 lb of worm for a 16 gal tote?
i dont mind if there's wait as they breed to fill & fit the space.

& about 1 cubic foot of black gold per 3 months?
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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professor KIND said:
i love this whole thing.
great detail & great information.

just 1 lb of worm for a 16 gal tote?
i dont mind if there's wait as they breed to fill & fit the space.

& about 1 cubic foot of black gold per 3 months?
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Yep, one lb will get you started nicely. If you keep your eyes peeled on that website they sometimes have specials where you'll get 2 lbs for the price of one. I signed up for their email alerts and they notify you of promos and whatnot. If the bin is dialed in the worms will reproduce pretty quickly and you can split them in half and start a second bin.

I end up with around two 5 gallon buckets of castings from each bin. I've got them staggered where I harvest one every 6 weeks. So with 3 bins in rotation they get a total of 18 weeks each before I harvest. This is pretty much exactly what I go through, so I don't have to buy anymore castings... which are expensive as hell and aren't anywhere near as good as home made.

Also, don't feed them for a couple weeks before harvest. They eat the bedding and everything. Let them process everything thoroughly. I toss cannabis leaves on top of the bedding too and those disappear in a hurry, plus wigglers are more surface dwellers unlike earthworms that burrow pretty deep, so they like a layer of leaves or something to do their thing under.
 
professor KIND

professor KIND

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thanks to my buddy for the classroom school lesson.

hydro baby.
im a hydro rezzie dude now growing coco only 2 years.

im learning im learning !
even if u thought i knew everything.

i def dont.
 
Moldy

Moldy

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gudkarma said:
im always interested to see what peeps got cooking. you could even add "why" to the equation.

so whatcha got going ?

me :

ceeds cracked recently : jackberry, amnesia haze x c99 , pink cheese, sweet black angel, sirus lemon haze, romulan x choc chunk, firestarter , sour kush, lemon skunk

tests : e$kob@r vs. candy kush ;-) , e$ko vs. critical+ elite clone from france x cheeseberry haze f4 , e$ko vs. la con x cocoa kush

clones : blue dream & spacedawg (1999-2000)

good stuff i found : chernobyl , sheherezade, merlins magic lemon (magic merlin x lemon skunk)





blue dream ^ YUM
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I don't know wtf I've got growing! I planted seeds, lost the labels, so now I'll figure it out when I chop them.

Afgan Kush Special (world of seeds)
White widow (bds)
Super Lemon Haze (gh)
Sour D.X THC Bomb (mine)
Budda Tahoe (Cali connection)
MK Ultra (T H seeds)
Skunk Berry (Peak Seeds)
Dynachem (dynafem)

I know the Skunk berry as it's in flower already so I have 5 young plants left that are not identified as 2 didn't germinate.
Either way the strain name really don't matter unless I'm selling the stuff and I never do.Ill post pix when they get bigger.
 
professor KIND

professor KIND

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end of it !
lost a stardawg & 5 blueberry to damping.

im never buying or cracking anymore seeds.
i threw away shit on towels & all seedlings.

if you look at the leccy, riots, my time, medium, h202, washing containers, mother hen over fucking stupid plants, air con, tents, bulbs, ballasts, the space it takes and more... fuck this.

im over all of it.

never ever never ever never buying another seed.
never ever never mutherfucking ever cracking another seed.

im a clone dude.

BIG bless to my boy for sending gg#4 & something special for me.

fuck this shit.
you wanna see blueberry grow it ur self.

all you're ever gonna see from now on is clones & clone runs.
i'd love to sell my entire seed stash as i have no need for it.

whats in the fridge i'll keep.
must have several $1000s in deep storage.
dont want any of it , want it gone from my house.
 
greywind

greywind

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professor KIND said:
end of it !
lost a stardawg & 5 blueberry to damping.

im never buying or cracking anymore seeds.
i threw away shit on towels & all seedlings.

if you look at the leccy, riots, my time, medium, h202, washing containers, mother hen over fucking stupid plants, air con, tents, bulbs, ballasts, the space it takes and more... fuck this.

im over all of it.

never ever never ever never buying another seed.
never ever never mutherfucking ever cracking another seed.

im a clone dude.

BIG bless to my boy for sending gg#4 & something special for me.

fuck this shit.
you wanna see blueberry grow it ur self.

all you're ever gonna see from now on is clones & clone runs.
i'd love to sell my entire seed stash as i have no need for it.

whats in the fridge i'll keep.
must have several $1000s in deep storage.
dont want any of it , want it gone from my house.
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I'm sorry to hear about your seed popping woes. I love me some beans, Whatcha got in the vault? Yard sale! :fire::weed::bigjoint:
 
D_Urbmon

D_Urbmon

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professor KIND said:
end of it !
lost a stardawg & 5 blueberry to damping.

im never buying or cracking anymore seeds.
i threw away shit on towels & all seedlings.

if you look at the leccy, riots, my time, medium, h202, washing containers, mother hen over fucking stupid plants, air con, tents, bulbs, ballasts, the space it takes and more... fuck this.

im over all of it.

never ever never ever never buying another seed.
never ever never mutherfucking ever cracking another seed.

im a clone dude.

BIG bless to my boy for sending gg#4 & something special for me.

fuck this shit.
you wanna see blueberry grow it ur self.

all you're ever gonna see from now on is clones & clone runs.
i'd love to sell my entire seed stash as i have no need for it.

whats in the fridge i'll keep.
must have several $1000s in deep storage.
dont want any of it , want it gone from my house.
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Sorry to hear man but can you really kick the habit just like that? :weed:


You'll be back . :D
 
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