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im4satori

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Good stuff man

If you need fast acting calmag you could do a water with Espom salts , 1 table spoon per gallon of water. Took care of my ladies
ya
I ended up using calcium nitrate and Epsom salt for a fast acting response...
that's basically whats in a calmag products
it did the job
I was just wondering if there was a fast acting organic option other than calcium nitrate chem salt fert

im wondering how quickly top dressing gypsum (calcium) would become available (roughly)

so that I could avoid the repeated future inputs of calcium nitrate
 

im4satori

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Alfalfa Meal 3-1-2

Alfalfa Meal is an all natural fertilizer made from fermented alfalfa plants. It’s great at replenishing worn out soils when used as a soil amendment. It can also be used as an accelerant in compost piles.

Organic plant fertilizer that enriches and helps rebuild soil

Seasonal planting can take a toll on your garden. As most crops grow they take up valuable elements and minerals from the soil depleting it of resources and making it less fertile over time.

Alfalfa Meal can help restore soil and bring back its full growing potential. With a unique 3-1-2 ratio, Alfalfa Meal is an all natural, organic fertilizer that replenishes sugar, starches and proteins that help keep your plants growing healthy and strong.

Alfalfa Meal contains high amounts of:


Vitamins
Carotene Vitamin A Choline
Vitamin B Vitamin E Niacin
Thiamine Riboflavin Biotin
Pantothenic Acid Folic Acid
Minerals
Potassium Magnesium Selenium
Sulphur Manganese Iron
Plus 16 Amino Acids Triacontanol, growth hormone
How Alfalfa Meal Works

Alfalfa Meal works as an organic fertilizer utilizing microbacteria to break down and produce heat that accelerates the decomposition of minerals within the meal. Rhizobacteria activity processes the nutrients further, making them more readily available for use by the plant. Using Alfalfa Meal is easy, it provides an alternative to other organic fertilizers such as blood meal or compost that may contain excessive amounts of nitrogen for more delicate plants.

Alfalfa Meal is a rapid decomposer, and can naturally generate a lot of heat in a short amount of time. This heat generating ability means that Alfalfa Meal is a good accelerant for use with any compost pile. Mulching Alfalfa Meal into the main body of the pile will aid decomposition and produce quicker results.

Whether you use it to fertilize your plants or accelerate your compost, Alfalfa Meal is a fantastic way to help your garden achieve higher yields, more abundant fruit and increased fertility.
 

im4satori

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im not 100% but reading this leads me to believe ( could be wrong) this is more like a water soluble salt and available quickly
therefore still requiring multi inputs at intervals much like Epsom salt and potassium sulfate combined which I already possess

not so much in the way of slow release

I don't see a need for it




langbeinite

Sul-Po-Mag 0-0-18 Sulphur 22% and Magnesium 11%


Sul-Po-Mag returns minerals back into the soil that plants take out. This special mix of sulfur, potassium, and magnesium is perfect for reconditioning soils before or after the growing season.

Plants use minerals to help them grow healthy and strong. Sul-Po-Magcan give your plants the proper mix of mineral components necessary to ensure colorful flowers, beautiful produce, and leafy green foliage.

Sul-Po-Mag provides the following:

  • Sulfur: helps plants during the photosynthesis cycle and contributes to flavor and produce size
  • Potassium: helps produce grow larger, more colorful and helps the plant better resist drought, disease, and insects
  • Magnesium: essential to photosynthesis and a necessary component in creating chlorophyll
Use Sul-Po-Mag on plants, trees, lawns, landscaping shrubs, bushes, gardens, and more. Sul-Po-Magis 100% natural and safe for use around people and pets.

Benefits of Sul-Po-Mag

Sul-Po-Mag works by providing plants with highly soluble minerals in one granule form. When mixed with water or into the soil, Sul-Po-Mag dissolves easily and works fast giving essential minerals to the plant root system.

Sul-Po-Mag applications should be properly spaced out to give time for the plants to absorb the minerals. Sul-Po-Mag should never be over used or plant damage may result.

More information about Sul-Po Mag

First described in 1891 and named for a German chemist August Langbein, Sul-Po-Mag, or the mineral otherwise known as sulfate of potash-magnesia or langbeinite, was used by pre-industrial age farmers as a soil conditioning agent. They found Sul-Po-Mag was an easy to use, naturally occurring mineral that restored worn soils and increased growing potential.

For centuries, European growers used the ash of burnt timbers to put essential elements back into their fields between harvesting seasons. But with the increase of individual farms and farmers in agrarian societies, and the deforestation of large areas of rural Europe, finding lumber became more of a challenge. Lumber from the New World quickly became a valuable commodity.

In fact, when the Pilgrims sent their very first shipment home in 1621, it consisted almost entirely of milled lumber for use in furniture making, ship building, and agriculture. However, this too was a short term solution, as lumber and ash from the New World proved costly and was in too short of a supply for wide scale application in farming. Another material had to be found, and Sul-Po-Mag was discovered.

Containing a proper balance of the plant growing minerals Sulfur, Potassium, and Magnesium, Sul-Po-Mag was the perfect solution to restoring mineral deprived fields. Growers were able to harvest greater amounts with less frequent fallow periods, thereby increasing their profitability.

Today Sul-Po-Magis still helping growers achieve better growing results. Using Sul-Po-Magcan restore lost minerals and ensure plants get the proper nutrients they need to unlock their maximum potential. If you have plants that are showing signs of mineral deficiency, treat them withSul-Po-Mag. You will be amazed at the results!
 

im4satori

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got my worms today

boy those red wigglers are some tiny little sucker

the bins are good and ripe from sitting damp a good while

I guess I just leave them be for a while and maybe in a few days start adding small bits of fruits and veggies

im realizing I throw away enough food scraps I could more than double my worm bins and still have plenty more scraps than i can use .... and that's just with 2 people

looks like i might be expanding when they start to multiply
 
got my worms today

boy those red wigglers are some tiny little sucker

the bins are good and ripe from sitting damp a good while

I guess I just leave them be for a while and maybe in a few days start adding small bits of fruits and veggies

im realizing I throw away enough food scraps I could more than double my worm bins and still have plenty more scraps than i can use .... and that's just with 2 people

looks like i might be expanding when they start to multiply
Awesome, I used worm bins for awhile. I'm getting ready to get back into it. I can't wait. Good luck
 
I'll well I got to excited for the works and went and bought some yesterday. I'm starting out with 240. I'm not exactly sure on the breeding of red worms but I am told the numbers grow quickly once they do. At my house we usually stop and buy veggies and stuff for salads one a week and I am left with a pretty large pile of scraps. Thanks for the nudge to get back to it.
 

im4satori

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I had some trouble with them trying to leave the bin
they were ejecting themselves and fast

all I had in the bin was shredded damp paper card board and some dried leaf trim and maybe a tsp of eggshell flour all of which was sitting in wait for almost 2 weeks

not sure what the deal was or why or what exactly made them stop

I switch them into one large tote and them bedding got turned
I drill larger 1.5" holes in the lid to allow better air
and I added a couple cups of food scraps which might have been premature but I was trying to do anything to get them to stop running at the time

but there doing good as of now and seem to be settling in nicely
 

im4satori

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going to be posting last pics for this run here shortly

currently got the next few plants in veg 5 gallon smarts using the DIY soil and amandments
they were re-potted into it about a week ago and theyre looking great
nothing but water so far and they bolted (as in took off fast) in the diy soil

will be re-potting those into #20 in about a week

going to grow fewer plants this go since they got bigger than I expected last time so going down to 5 plants this time to the same space

I couldn't be happier with my choice to switch to soil thus far

I cant say its been less work having to hand water compared to the automation of the hydro but now that im amending the soil hoefully I wont need to brew as many teas as I did with the ocean forest

the growth in veg seems slower in soil than hydro but the finished yield looks about the same, judging by eye

if I was to start with ocean forest again I would add gypsom at the onset
 

im4satori

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pic today 4.JPG


this is a cali connection head band

grew it smaller in a 5 gallon container with two colas
shes a beast and nice hard buds
I wish I had kept a clone of this one
shes a monster

I grew out 5 small ones got 3 girls as a test to see if I liked it
this one is pretty

one was crazy huge like a 1liter bottle but super airy

the other was nice but not as fat as this one

all 3 smell exactly the same but this one is hard and super fat..far superior to the other two.... I still have more beans put away
 
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