McShnutz
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I have done without. I did 6 casablanca lillies with a 4" cocoa bean shell mulch. Mulch turned into a green sponge it was completely inoculated by trichoderma. I have to do some digging around on FB but I have pictures from that Lilly grow. I shit you not, the flower buds were the size of a yellow banana. Once opened, the flower was wider than my head and could be smelled 70ft down the driveway. Tiger bloom was the only nutrient I used aside from the soils value and rain water.Have you tried without the airstones? Ran a side by side? Airstones in the reservoir have been dancing in my head. There has been chatter of them affecting the microbial innoculant specifically em1. I called Teraganix and they told me that they don’t have experience and don’t know how it would affect the em1. “Adding an airstone with a small amount of bubbles would work, and probably eliminate the need for the lime in the system.” Thoughts?
Ever since that SIP, I've been including trich into every garden.
So as far as the EM1 is concerned. LAB is a flaculative anerobe. Depending on its environment it can function as a anerobe, or an aerobe, also ha ING 2 separate functions and benefits to us, animals and plants. When I make AACT, I don't have any microbial powders, I have DIY LAB and IMO. Everything I use is either in my ferments or in the serum. I get foam within 12hrs spilling over the sides of the bucket.