EWC as your medium

[PJ Diaz]

Late to this thread, but interested. I think I'd try rice hulls instead of perlite.

 

[Wattzzup]

Quick 2 pages of discussion from 2017

Growing in 100% worm castings?

So I’ve got a big bag of organic worm castings and was thinking. Could I simply just add some perlite to pure worm castings and go from there? Attached is a pic of the nutrient profile. Thank guys and Merry Christmas :)!

www.rollitup.org

 

[Wattzzup]

@Nutty sKunK you still do anything like this? Or have you moved on to something else?

 

[Nutty sKunK]

@Nutty sKunK you still do anything like this? Or have you moved on to something else?

Tried 50/50 and didn’t work. pH was too high tested around 7.6 run off if I remember correctly.

Also stayed wet far too long. Got kinda muddy n shit.

I find the best ratio is 80/20 if using peat/EWC.

 

[Wattzzup]

Tried 50/50 and didn’t work. pH was too high tested around 7.6 run off if I remember correctly.

Also stayed wet far too long. Got kinda muddy n shit.

I find the best ratio is 80/20 if using peat/EWC.

Thanks just saved me a ton of time and headache. Appreciate the quick response

 

[green_machine_two9er]

Now that your into your experiment I’ll share the thoughts on have on soil building retios.
Your base ewc/peat/air still needs to be in the proper ratios. It’s like a cake. You put the correct amount of flour,eggs, water sugar et. The base omg the cake makes consistency perfect for baking. Now... you can add whatever flavoring you want t that base. Chocolate peanut butter. Lemon, or coco omit. Doesn’t matter. That’s like your amendments and nutrients. Slight differences won’t matter as long as the base is correct.
Soil building is the same. Make your base correct. Buffered correctly. Proper drainages. Then your bacteria and micro herd actually have a fighting chance to thrive.

 

[hillbill]

I called it, lol.

Me too

 

[maranibbana]

Tried 50/50 and didn’t work. pH was too high tested around 7.6 run off if I remember correctly.

Also stayed wet far too long. Got kinda muddy n shit.

I find the best ratio is 80/20 if using peat/EWC.

What was the other 50 comprised of? Just coco?

 

[hillbill]

The more broke down your vermicompost is the more gooey it becomes when wet. I have been running 30% in my ROLS mixes for a long time.

 

[Nutty sKunK]

What was the other 50 comprised of? Just coco?

Peat/perlite