Yeah it has me puzzled as well...and there is no lid involved currently - I have the soil spread out on a tarp to about 4'' thick, and I turn it daily. No ammonia smell when turning but as soon as I bring my face within an inch or so I get hit with it decently strong. maybe I just have a super sensitive nose to ammonia? the soil is borderline dry today...not good. I might just wet it down with a molasses dilution and see what happens...gah this is frustrating. all my other mixes are doing decently though so that is hopeful.
on another note - just got back from running a bunch of errands with a friend and we happened to be in orange county for a minute. swung by OC farm supply and picked up 100lbs of pumice for $16.78
thats what I'm talking about baby. At the local garden center it is $3.99 for 4 quarts....lol
also stopped by the health food store and grabbed some organic dandelion greens (i feel sketched out collecting them locally due to pesticides/pollution/general condition of the earth in so-cal), aloe juice, and a case of coconut water. how often do you use aloe/coconut? have you been experimenting with sprouted seed teas? I hit my ladies with an alfalfa sprout enzyme foliar yesterday and they are very happy to say the least.
also, for aloe, does the 20 minutes of peak bioactivity refer to the time after you remove the leaf from the mother plant, or the time after you filet a leaf? because I chopped a few huge leaves I found a few days ago and they are just sitting currently...but I would think the secondary metabolites would stay alive inside the leaf for a while...can't aloe leaves pop roots just like most other succulents/cacti? just want to make sure I can utilize this stuff to the fullest.
thanks for the help
funny to see that MM is giving you shit on that other thread lol I thought what you were saying was fairly accurate....but then again I trust his advice over almost all others so I am torn....