Darth Vapour
Well-Known Member
Sometimes i wonder how people mention get away from slaughter house product yet have no issue about the fishing industry. Same fucking thing really a processed product touched by man Can only imagine the contaminants found in fish products sold in garden centers etc .
I used to use shrimp compost for my indoor grows
The biggest thing to hit the MJ world is growing organic then Why the hell aren't we i mean fuck the pathogen containing manures and the mercury infested fish, with also other contaminants metals etc .. a simple compost with coffee grinds eggshells , vegetable matter grass clippings you name it.
would be such a better overall choice Greens rather then other N fixing materials
most organic growers do not have a clue about CN ratio's same thing applies to most of the recipes found on MJ sites the problem is there soil was never right to begin with
The fastest way to produce fertile, sweet-smelling compost is to maintain a C:N ratio somewhere around 25 to 30 parts Carbon to 1 part Nitrogen, or 25-30:1. If the C:N ratio is too high (excess Carbon), decomposition slows down. If the C:N ratio is too low (excess nitrogen) you will end up with a stinky pile.
Microorganisms that digest compost need about 30 parts of carbon for every part of nitrogen they consume. That's a balanced diet for them. If there's too much nitrogen, the microorganisms can't use it all and the excess is lost in the form of smelly ammonia gas. Nitrogen loss due to excess nitrogen in the pile (a low C:N ratio) can be over 60%. At a C:N ratio of 30 or 35 to 1, only one half of one percent of the nitrogen will be lost. That's why you don't want too much nitrogen (fresh manure, for example) in your compost: the nitrogen will be lost in the air in the form of ammonia gas, and nitrogen is too valuable for plants to allow it to escape into the atmosphere.
Some food for thought
I used to use shrimp compost for my indoor grows
The biggest thing to hit the MJ world is growing organic then Why the hell aren't we i mean fuck the pathogen containing manures and the mercury infested fish, with also other contaminants metals etc .. a simple compost with coffee grinds eggshells , vegetable matter grass clippings you name it.
would be such a better overall choice Greens rather then other N fixing materials
most organic growers do not have a clue about CN ratio's same thing applies to most of the recipes found on MJ sites the problem is there soil was never right to begin with
The fastest way to produce fertile, sweet-smelling compost is to maintain a C:N ratio somewhere around 25 to 30 parts Carbon to 1 part Nitrogen, or 25-30:1. If the C:N ratio is too high (excess Carbon), decomposition slows down. If the C:N ratio is too low (excess nitrogen) you will end up with a stinky pile.
Microorganisms that digest compost need about 30 parts of carbon for every part of nitrogen they consume. That's a balanced diet for them. If there's too much nitrogen, the microorganisms can't use it all and the excess is lost in the form of smelly ammonia gas. Nitrogen loss due to excess nitrogen in the pile (a low C:N ratio) can be over 60%. At a C:N ratio of 30 or 35 to 1, only one half of one percent of the nitrogen will be lost. That's why you don't want too much nitrogen (fresh manure, for example) in your compost: the nitrogen will be lost in the air in the form of ammonia gas, and nitrogen is too valuable for plants to allow it to escape into the atmosphere.
Some food for thought
- A maximum of 35% of the carbon in fresh organic material will be converted into soil humus IFthere is sufficient nitrogen present.
- A minimum of 65% of the carbon in fresh organic material will be given off to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide due to microbial respiration. (Uh-oh! An argument could be made that composting contributes to greenhouse gases and warming of the Earth's atmosphere. However, consider this, nature is always decomposing everywhere; so, what you are doing in your little compost bin is a mere iota of carbon release compared to nature's vast compost bin in forests, rangeland, etc.)
- The humus formed from the decomposition of fresh organic material will contain approximately 50% carbon and 5% nitrogen. In other words, the C:N ratio of the humus is 10:1.
- Most fresh plant material contains 40% carbon. The C:N ratio varies because of differences in nitrogen content, not carbon content. (Note: Dry materials are generally in the range of 40 to 50 percent carbon, and sloppy, wet materials are generally 10 to 20 percent carbon. Therefore, the most important factor in estimating the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of plant or food waste is how much water is present).
