Nitrogen turns into a gas as it breaks down, leaving the soil in the process. Neem cake as a nitrification inhibitor stops or at least slows this from happening. This allows the nitrogen to stay in the soil for longer periods of time where it can be turned into nitrates and get absorbed by the plant!Haha good one
I didn't get the part with the nitrification inhibitor, can you write that out?
I love mulch too and keep catching myself chucking stuff onto my soil tho I've sworn to stop at least until I get rid of the fungus gnat infestation I have in my closet - just feels so naked without!
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Ah cool! Another characteristic of neem I didn't know about - thanks
You make a good point sir. I had not considered that aspect. I know it's fungal controlling properties in foliar applications...I just didn't take the time to consider it might be the same in the soil. Ill keep an eye out and see if I get any fungal growth underneath my mulch.
Good to know! I've used it for a few grows now and I haven't noticed anything but positives but I wasn't looking for this certain set of negatives. I think you're probably right about the oil though.
I'm a little confused about what you're saying friend!
Nice! I always wondered......I may play with some in an upcoming soil build, just to see (translation - actually pay attention to it).
stupid translator^ it was the translator not me^^
I'm a fan of it! My clones could get pretty sour looking from sitting in their first pots waiting to go to someone else's grow or to mine if I'm not ready. Unless I would fertilize them more than once (and economically, with clones im gonna sell, that's not ideal), however; since I started top dressing with a little bit of Neem I don't have to. They stay lush and green for weeks (until root bound symptoms show up).Nice! I always wondered......I may play with some in an upcoming soil build, just to see (translation - actually pay attention to it).
Word! Thanks for the info!
Hmm, interesting!
Pretty cool! I've heard about those but I haven't looked them up yet. My clones just get planted in a peat/perlite/compost mix. Feeds em fine for about a week and a half, but you can see em hungering for some more nitrogen and magnesium(occassionaly) after that. But its not an issue anymore.Hmm, interesting!
I have folks send me a clone shipper and I simply place the clone in it's first 30 day and feed soil for the soil guys. Hydro guys get the clone carefully put in wet Coco and some EWC mixed in (the mix just falls away when they remove it).. Then ship them back.
When the little batteries run out. Simply peel back the paper and the circuit board is on that. Remeve and replace the batteries and rubber cement the paper back to the padded ring.
Some of us who trade things back and forth simply send to "friends" and they ship one back to you in their own.....LOVE the little suckers!
I get my soil tested at the end of each run typically, Ive missed sending in a couple samples here and there though...I juggle a lot of work and some stuff slips through the cracks here and there. I'm not sure that's the same as a biological assessment tho. I try to do everything I can to get the soil biology popping! I can't remember if I talk about it in the video (pretty sure I don't) but I also add a home made lactobacillus and BIM.