BAS is pretty much just a blend of Kelp/Crab/Neem meal correct? If I'm not mistaken, BAS offers the Craft Blend (Kelp/Crab/Neem) and also a Mineral Blend yes? Anyway, all 3 of those ingredients are so light that you can top dress with those ingredients weekly once the plant is taller than 1ft, they don't decompose quick enough to cause any burns. However, Neem Meal is high in Nitrogen so it's preferable to not use it in flower. Amazon sells a Karanja+Neem Meal that has 0 NPK, I like to use that in flower because it provides the benefits of the Neem Meal but doesn't give me all of that nitrogen when I'm in flower.
You'll be totally fine though my man, using Karanja instead of Neem during flower will help you but it's not going to ruin your results if you don't do this. I haven't used Fish Bone Meal in over 5 years now, it's not that it's bad but it's just very easy to overdo it. Same with Blood Meal, Bone Meal, Guanos, and even Alfalfa Meal believe it or not. I do use 0-5-0 Guano in flower from time to time, depending on how heavy of a feeder the plant is. I'm just cautious with my application rates is all to avoid problems.
Coot's is the real genius though, I just regurgitate a lot of his information in a more condensed form is all. I've been growing in various living soils for nearly 8 years now; I used Subcool's Supersoil for 2-3 years before discovering Coot's recipe. I do have a poor tendency to write lengthy posts, but believe it or not my long ass posts are actually condensed bits of information I've accumulated over the years. I must have spent a week reading Coot's threads on other forums, even writing notes in a notepad.
I appreciate the kind words my friend, but I'm really nothing special. I'm just a guy that happened to do a lot of research and someone that learned a lot of lessons the hard way. It did take a good amount of due diligence on my part, but the information was received freely so it should be given freely.
I can't speak for Coot's and why he so readily gives the information that he does, but I'd like to think he has a similar motivation that I do. It doesn't matter what you grow in a living soil, whatever produce you grow in a living soil is going to be the absolute best tasting produce you've experienced in your life. Not just with weed, but fruits and veggies too. A few years back I realized that my weed only tastes so good because of the soil, so I figured why not try veggies and fruit in it? Holy shit, everything in the supermarket is fake as shit. I actually like Cherry Tomatoes now, Honeydew that I grow almost tastes like candy/Jolly Ranchers, and when I cut cucumbers sometimes people think my wife sprayed a perfume or used a lotion of some sort. The flavor and quality of anything grown in a living soil is nothing short of amazing.
I firmly believe that if everyone had access to this information and realized how easy it is to produce things in a living soil then there would be a revolution in the Agriculture industry overnight.
