Soldiers Co Op Outdoor thread

[mushroom head]

You ever brew up alfalfa tea man? My plants love it and seems to keep em green.

Farm plans are going to shit. Looks like I may be staying in town this summer. Real disappointing.

 

[papapayne]

Yea, I have. I need to pick more up, ran out a month ago. I think a big part of it is temp To. Been in the 50s again, and 30s at night. Pretty cold for good uptake of n.

 

[mushroom head]

What do you all put in yours?

 

[Smidge34]

I'm looking at dairy sheep atm. I read their milk is hopped up with cream for butter and shit. Makes killer cheese like feta, not to mention excellent meat and wool.

 

[papapayne]

I have a 45 gallon trash can I fill it, put in two heaping handfuls of earth worm castings, a shovel full of composting rabbit manure, then a dash of

From down to earth
Neem seed meal
Bat guano
Blood and bone meal
Humic acid
Kelp meal
Roots pack of myco and bennies.

Sometimes alfalfa, seabird guano, and crab meal depending on what I have on hand. I try to alternate it up a bit, but mostly just down to earth brand single ingredients

 

[papapayne]

Plus molasses

 

[Vnsmkr]

I have a 45 gallon trash can I fill it, put in two heaping handfuls of earth worm castings, a shovel full of composting rabbit manure, then a dash of

From down to earth
Neem seed meal
Bat guano
Blood and bone meal
Humic acid
Kelp meal
Roots pack of myco and bennies.

Sometimes alfalfa, seabird guano, and crab meal depending on what I have on hand. I try to alternate it up a bit, but mostly just down to earth brand single ingredients

I would go heavier with castings, but looks like a good mix. Should try making up some EM1 or LAB and adding that to the mix. I think you may have this?, but if not http://www.hawaiihealingtree.org/how-to-make-your-own-em-1-inoculant-and-bokashi/ & http://theunconventionalfarmer.com/

 

[Vnsmkr]

And get some worms into your pots. They not only aid in providing fresh shit to feed the soil, but also in aeration from their tunnels. Good shit literally

 

[papapayne]

I would go heavier with castings, but looks like a good mix. Should try making up some EM1 or LAB and adding that to the mix. I think you may have this?, but if not http://www.hawaiihealingtree.org/how-to-make-your-own-em-1-inoculant-and-bokashi/ & http://theunconventionalfarmer.com/

thanks for the links, I will check em out!!

 

[papapayne]

And get some worms into your pots. They not only aid in providing fresh shit to feed the soil, but also in aeration from their tunnels. Good shit literally

Yea, there are alot of worms in the soil, I always see a handful at the bottom of the pots when transplanting.

 

[mushroom head]

Little more complex than mine lol. Hard enough to get molasses around here. I use alfalfa, molasses, organic 4-7-7, and a scoop of garden soil for castings.

 

[Vnsmkr]

Little more complex than mine lol. Hard enough to get molasses around here. I use alfalfa, molasses, organic 4-7-7, and a scoop of garden soil for castings.

Ha ha I feel ya man. I had to order molasses from amazon. I use compost which I make, castings which the worms in all the pots make, red lava rock, neem cake pellets, & molasses, oh and theres some local promix in there too then I just keep planting cover crops as plants eat

 

[papapayne]

Ya I am planning on doing cover crops in the pots next round on the indoor. Wanted to tbis round bit ran out of time. The outdoor pots got covered crop, it's already been tilled in and breaking down with all the amendments.

 

[papapayne]

What crops do you use for your yours @Vnsmkr

 

[Vnsmkr]

Lately I been using pumpkin shoots as they are edible and they are fast as fuck. The other thing I do, and I dont consider it tilling, though I reckon is is a form of aerating is I dump my pots after a few runs so the soil doesnt get compacted. Then I just load that same soil back into containers. I usually plant cover when herbs are 1/2 way through flower or maybe a little farther in. Then when herb done, I pull it (the goodies) up by roots and mulch under same cover crop (or lately chop cover whats edible and mulch under whats not used with new layer of same soil mix.

 

[Vnsmkr]

But you can also do stuff like lettuce, pick what you want to eat, and mulch under the rest

 

[mushroom head]

I should get into cover crops! I've always been interested in it, just never tried it.

 

[papapayne]

Yea, that sounds like a good plan. I used crimson clover last year on the big pots, after this season though I am going to do a 5 in 1 mix. there's chia seeds that were dumped into the worm bin, and then their are some sunflowers going, and I think I saw some squash from the compost coming up, but those are all just volunteers lol.

I do something similar with my pots. I dump em out, add in more EWC, more rabbit manure, and amendments, sometimes a bale of promix, if it seems like it needs more fluff. then refill. The no till is a nice idea, and I do see some of its benefits, espcailly outdoors, but as you said, indoors the soil gets to compacted.

 

[papapayne]

I should get into cover crops! I've always been interested in it, just never tried it.

Its pretty cool, and nothing new in the grand scheme of things. Building top soil is paramount imo in being good stewards of our land/ homestead

 

[papapayne]

You ever brew up alfalfa tea man? My plants love it and seems to keep em green.

Farm plans are going to shit. Looks like I may be staying in town this summer. Real disappointing.

Just noticed the last part of that. so no big acreage/ animals after all? that's to bad man!