Hollatchaboy
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Cannabis prefers fungally dominant soil. By the time the mycelium is done blooming, your soil will have fungal dominance.
Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread
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bajasti
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How long usually till it dies out? Is there a chance that it just never dies out?
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Hollatchaboy
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It depends, on moisture level, light, and food. Ime it lasts about a week or so.
Hollatchaboy
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Lol yea, and it gets crusty for sure. Looks like dry soil.
hillbill
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I go outside and push aside a dead tree or branch and easily get a lot. I put fungus coated bark and twigs on top of my mix., close the lid back and a very few days, it’s a wonderland.
I live on the Northwest side of a ridge with lots of big hardwoods so lots of shade. Fungus loves it.
I live on the Northwest side of a ridge with lots of big hardwoods so lots of shade. Fungus loves it.
bajasti
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Heres what I found on HSO website while doing some research. Figured it'll do good posted here.
The main strategy behind amending with Bokashi is the use of microbiology to digest organic amendments into plant-usable forms. Bokashi is traditionally a grain fermented with a specific combo of microbes, EM-1 (effective micro-organism). The grain is mixed with unsulfured black-strap molasses as a simple food source for the microbes to proliferate. The molasses and EM-1 are mixed together in water and then mixed with the grain until even moisture is achieved. The mixed grain is then closed off from oxygen by storing it in an airtight container or sealed trash bag and left to ferment at room temperature. After two weeks the grain should be properly fermented and should have a strong, but sweet odor. Freshly fermented bokashi tends to remain damp and has a short shelf life. Spreading the Bokashi out in a thin even layer to dry is an effective way to extend its storage capability. The grain is now Bokashi and can be used as a composter or a bio-amendment for organic nutrition. As a composter, Bokashi is able to break down organic material in an anaerobic (without oxygen) process. This allows for easy indoor composting because it takes place in an airtight container, closing in and breaking down odor while closing out unwanted insects and animals. The bokashi itself has its own unique smell reminiscent of beer and wine fermentation because similar microbes are present, most notably yeast and lactic acid bacteria. Composting with bokashi takes approximately two weeks at room temperature for kitchen wastes to be broken down into pickled mush. This fermented compost will break down quickly when added to the soil, attracting worms, fungi, bacteria, protozoa and other beneficial organisms. The result is turning your kitchen waste into an extremely plant-available source of nutrition.
Using Bokashi to bio-activate organic amendments
Once Bokashi has been placed in an environment with water and a food source, it springs to life eating and mineralizing amendments to bio-available forms. Visually, you can see the growth of bacterial filaments that resemble fungal mycelia. These long white hairs or grey fuzz belong to the Actinobacteria group made up mostly of the Streptomyces genus. These are very common microbes in healthy compost and are associated with giving soil its earthy odor. Beyond what you can see with your eyes, many microbes are at work, such as lactic acid bacteria (LAB). LAB's are one of our most important and prolific composters and are commonly used in breaking down smells in waste treatment. These microbes will eat the organic amendments we add upon planting and their wastes will become available to the plant. This is similar to the strategy of using compost tea, which uses beneficial microbes to help in plant health and nutrition. By applying bokashi with amendments upon planting you accelerate their mineralization and availability. After digging each hole before planting you simply add your favorite amendments like bone meal, blood meal, kelp, trace minerals, guanos, fish or whatever works best for your needs. Then by scattering a handful of bokashi in each hole you employ beneficial microbes to go to work, making your organic amendments plant available. After amending, simply plant and water and you will be amazed at the ease of achieving health and vigor from your plants. Top dressing with a bokashi mix can result in a whitish-gray mold on the surface of the soil. This is nothing to be alarmed about, it just means the actinobacteria and other beneficials are doing their job. You can also use bokashi compost instead of buying amendments. This means all your plant nutrition needs can be achieved from your wastes. All you do is take your kitchen wastes (including meat and dairy) and place them in an airtight bucket sprinkling bokashi on each additional layer. The smaller the pieces of waste, the faster the bokashi can process it. Keeping the bucket at room temp the process should take about two weeks. Then you simply dig holes in your garden, add the fermented bokashi compost then cover with soil and plant. The plant will have a powerful source of slow release nutrition. The use of this kind of organic nutrition has shown to have some power to repel pests from and attract beneficials to plants. I have noticed that plants grown this way are far less attractive to pests and, also, are far more resistant. The bokashi attracts worms and other beneficials in the ground who feed on the fermented bokashi compost as it breaks down in the soil. As they eat they leave behind their plant nutritious castings. Bokashi is also a great way to introduce safe beneficial biology to the indoor garden environment. Gardening with bokashi can accelerate the potential of beneficial biology in your soil unlocking organic nutrition in a truly plant available form. Writen By BioVortex
Baja
The main strategy behind amending with Bokashi is the use of microbiology to digest organic amendments into plant-usable forms. Bokashi is traditionally a grain fermented with a specific combo of microbes, EM-1 (effective micro-organism). The grain is mixed with unsulfured black-strap molasses as a simple food source for the microbes to proliferate. The molasses and EM-1 are mixed together in water and then mixed with the grain until even moisture is achieved. The mixed grain is then closed off from oxygen by storing it in an airtight container or sealed trash bag and left to ferment at room temperature. After two weeks the grain should be properly fermented and should have a strong, but sweet odor. Freshly fermented bokashi tends to remain damp and has a short shelf life. Spreading the Bokashi out in a thin even layer to dry is an effective way to extend its storage capability. The grain is now Bokashi and can be used as a composter or a bio-amendment for organic nutrition. As a composter, Bokashi is able to break down organic material in an anaerobic (without oxygen) process. This allows for easy indoor composting because it takes place in an airtight container, closing in and breaking down odor while closing out unwanted insects and animals. The bokashi itself has its own unique smell reminiscent of beer and wine fermentation because similar microbes are present, most notably yeast and lactic acid bacteria. Composting with bokashi takes approximately two weeks at room temperature for kitchen wastes to be broken down into pickled mush. This fermented compost will break down quickly when added to the soil, attracting worms, fungi, bacteria, protozoa and other beneficial organisms. The result is turning your kitchen waste into an extremely plant-available source of nutrition.
Using Bokashi to bio-activate organic amendments
Once Bokashi has been placed in an environment with water and a food source, it springs to life eating and mineralizing amendments to bio-available forms. Visually, you can see the growth of bacterial filaments that resemble fungal mycelia. These long white hairs or grey fuzz belong to the Actinobacteria group made up mostly of the Streptomyces genus. These are very common microbes in healthy compost and are associated with giving soil its earthy odor. Beyond what you can see with your eyes, many microbes are at work, such as lactic acid bacteria (LAB). LAB's are one of our most important and prolific composters and are commonly used in breaking down smells in waste treatment. These microbes will eat the organic amendments we add upon planting and their wastes will become available to the plant. This is similar to the strategy of using compost tea, which uses beneficial microbes to help in plant health and nutrition. By applying bokashi with amendments upon planting you accelerate their mineralization and availability. After digging each hole before planting you simply add your favorite amendments like bone meal, blood meal, kelp, trace minerals, guanos, fish or whatever works best for your needs. Then by scattering a handful of bokashi in each hole you employ beneficial microbes to go to work, making your organic amendments plant available. After amending, simply plant and water and you will be amazed at the ease of achieving health and vigor from your plants. Top dressing with a bokashi mix can result in a whitish-gray mold on the surface of the soil. This is nothing to be alarmed about, it just means the actinobacteria and other beneficials are doing their job. You can also use bokashi compost instead of buying amendments. This means all your plant nutrition needs can be achieved from your wastes. All you do is take your kitchen wastes (including meat and dairy) and place them in an airtight bucket sprinkling bokashi on each additional layer. The smaller the pieces of waste, the faster the bokashi can process it. Keeping the bucket at room temp the process should take about two weeks. Then you simply dig holes in your garden, add the fermented bokashi compost then cover with soil and plant. The plant will have a powerful source of slow release nutrition. The use of this kind of organic nutrition has shown to have some power to repel pests from and attract beneficials to plants. I have noticed that plants grown this way are far less attractive to pests and, also, are far more resistant. The bokashi attracts worms and other beneficials in the ground who feed on the fermented bokashi compost as it breaks down in the soil. As they eat they leave behind their plant nutritious castings. Bokashi is also a great way to introduce safe beneficial biology to the indoor garden environment. Gardening with bokashi can accelerate the potential of beneficial biology in your soil unlocking organic nutrition in a truly plant available form. Writen By BioVortex
Baja
bajasti
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I have composted bark and wood mulch from outside. Blooming with of fungal colonies. I used to be scared to bring in bugs and pests indoors. That was before I learn that pest/bugs don't attack healthy plants. Especially if you have a healthy biodiversity of life in your soil and companion crops helping.
Baja
myke
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I use to do that,some say it preserves genetics?Bro science I think.No problem snip away and give them 24hr light.
Rozgreenburn
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I have found that it will probably take a few days longer than normal. Snip away!!!
Kind Sir
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So my plants have been in the 4x4 bed for like two weeks, I just flipped to flower snd it seems the bottom leaves are yellowing some.
I want to topdress to be ahead of the game. I have like kelp/neem/malted barley flower/compost along with fish meal but not sure I should use that.
How much of what should I use for topdress?
I want to topdress to be ahead of the game. I have like kelp/neem/malted barley flower/compost along with fish meal but not sure I should use that.
How much of what should I use for topdress?
myke
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Yikes. Can’t be N deficiency already? I’m not the one who should answer but assuming your soil is loaded with food since it’s new. It’s probably something else?
Kind Sir
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You’d barely be able to tell anything is going on lower down, they look fine overall
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bobrown14
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I always take cuts after flip to flower. I waif a few days then clean up the lowers and take cuts.
When the plant flips she sends growth hormones to the tips of the branches and that's good for cloning.
Best time to do it.
bajasti
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This is where "monster" cropping comes from
bassman5420
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Cant wait to get my living soil beds all finished. Here is one that is about ready for plants. 
Mulched it with some straw from a mushroom log. Here is the log before I cut and are some last night heh.
Mulched it with some straw from a mushroom log. Here is the log before I cut and are some last night heh.