Recycled Organic Living Soil (ROLS) and No Till Thread

[mrwood]

Is anybody using the Seed Tea V3 still? I read a ways back about maybe going back to V2?

I read the same thing. There is a v3 based on malt. Sounds like it works, but some were going back to the seeds (v2) because they saw a better response.
I have made some v2 teas & had good results.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

I read the same thing. There is a v3 based on malt. Sounds like it works, but some were going back to the seeds (v2) because they saw a better response.
I have made some v2 teas & had good results.

V2 is designed for the highest amount of enzymes, tested by brewers. Works for my males lol.

 

[hyroot]

mo next time go to the farm supply. They have pumice now. Just picked up a bag of castings from there. The big white bag. Thats a big bag

 

[Abiqua]

I read the same thing. There is a v3 based on malt. Sounds like it works, but some were going back to the seeds (v2) because they saw a better response.
I have made some v2 teas & had good results.

Sweet you remember, Version 3 was just the malt, sorry for the confusion.

The guy I bought it off of was stoked about me using it as an enzyme source and he even asked if anybody had suggested heating between 149-151F.

I told him about the V2 and he called it "stepping" the malt. I bought 2lbs for like $7 total so I am going to give it a go. Just add a tbsp/ gallon and a little of my homemade fulvic/ coconut water solution.

Figured out my soil was a joke, so I went out and bought


Peat Moss
Ecoscraps
Perlite

 

[Abiqua]

I live within an hour of Concentrates, its just a struggle to get down there on a reliable basis......I really am wanting to pick up some of that bagged Oly Fish. Maybe by Dead Prez Day next month. They are literally the only place within 1.5 hour drive for [reliable] vermicompost too....shit just got real

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

I live within an hour of Concentrates, its just a struggle to get down there on a reliable basis......I really am wanting to pick up some of that bagged Oly Fish. Maybe by Dead Prez Day next month. They are literally the only place within 1.5 hour drive for [reliable] vermicompost too....shit just got real

Someone needs to start a worm bin ASAP!

BTW Lava Rock>pumice Much cheaper too. I want to try making char with rice hulls.

 

[Abiqua]

Someone needs to start a worm bin ASAP!

BTW Lava Rock>pumice Much cheaper too. I want to try making char with rice hulls.

I know, been thinking about it and read thru the vermi thread. But with weather and space I have been hesitant. I mean it still is Winter in some places Haven't read about a lot of success in below 50F weather....I welcome any input, I def want worms and found a place super close that has em too.....[but just the worms and not the poo ]

 

[Steelheader3430]

My worms should be here tomorrow. Gonna live in the kitchen. Until my wife decides she doesn't like that idea anyway. I might tell her to shove it though. Sometimes I get to do that.

 

[hyroot]

My worms should be here tomorrow. Gonna live in the kitchen. Until my wife decides she doesn't like that idea anyway. I might tell her to shove it though. Sometimes I get to do that.

save those shove its for special occassion. . They are rare

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

Working on diff solo cup designs for all this bean poppin. Thinking about little DIY air pruners for shits n giggles. Just poke a bunch of holes with solder iron. Anyone ever try this stupid ass idea?

 

[hyroot]

Working on diff solo cup designs for all this bean poppin. Thinking about little DIY air pruners for shits n giggles. Just poke a bunch of holes with solder iron. Anyone ever try this stupid ass idea?

I did but I heated up a philips screw driver. solo cups tend to crack all the way up when poking holes on the side. Maybe a soldering iron would work better... no point really I usually transplant seeds before the roots fill in. Once the first set of leaves. If you do 12/12 fs. thats what you do with seeds


oh and page 200 woopty woop

 

[Shwagbag]

I know that BS Molasses will super feed the mycorrihizae, but too much can be a bad thing perhaps. I keep mine diluted 1 tbsp/g or for us incredibly awesome metric folk 6.5mL/L (1.33 tsp/L)

May have been the lighting, the "green" mold may not have existed at all. So if it where to happen again with the white mold should I just work it into the soil then and use it as is when the time comes for potting? I also dumped a shit tonne of undiluted BS molasses in there which is prob why it was to hot and had the mold... prob too much..

By chance are you talking clones? If you're talking clones then the green "mold" you're seeing could be algae. I would scrape it off and throw it to compost. I get green algae on my clones sometimes if I over water them.

BTW, anything other than metric is ridiculous. Anyone who knows what's what in the west prefers the metric system, it drives me crazy having to deal with both though. Its hard enough mastering one of them much less conversions lol. Metrics is just so simple, why, just why not just..... I think I will struggle with it for the rest of my life! Thank goodness for Google and smart phones

This is the molasses product I was referring to. I'm REALLy digging it. I love compost teas, but I hate making them and cleaning the buckets/stones. I just don't have the time for teas unforunately and I really do feel like if an organic gardener wants the most from their garden then they should never go without at least periodic tea application. I thought this would be a convenient way to get some molasses in there without the mess of BS molasses shitznittz.

 

[Steelheader3430]

My uncle calls metric "the communist measuring system". lol He got all bent out of shape ranting about Carter or Ford.

 

[DANKSWAG]

Home depot:








Cheers,
Mo

MO,

Just a thought, in crushing porous rock, does that not destroy the air space thus and leave you with rock dust, right?

Just one letter, Y .... were you doing dabs prior?

Just messing with you, seeing physics still at work is amazing....

DankSwag

 

[Mohican]

I wanted to get some of that iron rich goodness to break down. I mixed it with other things. It seriously smelled like concrete when I watered it. The water would not drain! Read how great lava sand is for plants and thought I would make my own. Learned a new trick.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

I wanted to get some of that iron rich goodness to break down. I mixed it with other things. It seriously smelled like concrete when I watered it. The water would not drain! Read how great lava sand is for plants and thought I would make my own. Learned a new trick.

Your drainage prob is still bothering me. I have amazing drainage with lava, and I also used all the dust. per cu ft I prob had around a cup of the dust after crushing. You gonna cut the soil? The rock isn't the prob, it has to be something else....hmmm

 

[boblawblah421]

Put the sprout in the blender and grind it all up lol. I don't sift either. I like bubbling it. Aerated water is always good. SST is for cheaters like Hyroot who lives in his kitchen.

I make seed sprout enzyme teas from all sorts of seeds. Barley, alfalfa, fenugreek, quinoa, flax, chia, mung bean, lentils, buckwheat... I also finish the sprouting process with all of these, and eat the fuck out them. My belly, and my garden benefit from every last one of them.

 

[st0wandgrow]

Someone needs to start a worm bin ASAP!

BTW Lava Rock>pumice Much cheaper too. I want to try making char with rice hulls.

Possibly, but not having to fuck around for hours hammering the shit out of lava rock is> having to fuck around for hours hammering the shit out of lava rock.

Pumice FTW!

 

[st0wandgrow]

I make seed sprout enzyme teas from all sorts of seeds. Barley, alfalfa, fenugreek, quinoa, flax, chia, mung bean, lentils, buckwheat... I also finish the sprouting process with all of these, and eat the fuck out them. My belly, and my garden benefit from every last one of them.

I have a bitch of a time getting the chia seeds to sprout

 

[Mashpotato Johnson]

By chance are you talking clones? If you're talking clones then the green "mold" you're seeing could be algae. I would scrape it off and throw it to compost. I get green algae on my clones sometimes if I over water them.

BTW, anything other than metric is ridiculous. Anyone who knows what's what in the west prefers the metric system, it drives me crazy having to deal with both though. Its hard enough mastering one of them much less conversions lol. Metrics is just so simple, why, just why not just..... I think I will struggle with it for the rest of my life! Thank goodness for Google and smart phones

This is the molasses product I was referring to. I'm REALLy digging it. I love compost teas, but I hate making them and cleaning the buckets/stones. I just don't have the time for teas unforunately and I really do feel like if an organic gardener wants the most from their garden then they should never go without at least periodic tea application. I thought this would be a convenient way to get some molasses in there without the mess of BS molasses shitznittz.

I don't think it was mold. I think I was trippin out.

Yes Metric is the best. KISS.

Black strap molasses teas are so easy to make. I have no probs, and I add it to most of my teas depending on what feed it is. BSM helps BIND nutrients in a way that helps the plants absorb better, so a little goes along way. That 5 lb bag of yours is pretty cheap though, I'd prob just dump a bunch into the ROLS bin and mix her up.