My organic super soil

[swiftkillpapa]

just make a compost pile man, fresh compost/humus will shit all over peat and coco, plus since it's LOADED with microbial llife you have a leg up there too.
give it a shot and I guarantee you'll never go back

I keep a compost bin sms worm bin but I live in San Diego county and we get free compost from the dump. And that shit is dope and a cool resource.

What Grease said is one.
Another would be worm bins - your own EWC is the freshest there is! Not to mention you get the "liquid gold" run off! Can't beat that with a stick!

Other then that. Well, if you start farming and have some Beef cattle and some chickens. I know that sea90 works wonders mixed in their food at proper ratio's!

Take care Swifty -------- Hmm, Get Schwifty

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The other thing I like to do is before I compost the leaves I soak them in water for a day and then aerate. That's actually pretty arrive nitrogen source.

BIG +1 on the worm bin along with the compost pile. I usually stress the worm bin over the compost pile because everyone has 3 or 4 sqft in a corner somewhere and not everyone has a yard and/or inputs to do a compost pile. If you can, you should, and even better is having both.

AFA the peat and soaking, I've been making the same basic peat/perlite/bark fines mix for over 40 years (organic only in the last 6 or 7), but when mixing, the perlite and water to moisten are the last items. What I use is hot tap water with a healthy squirt of Ivory liquid in a 2 1/2 gal watering can. I mix a bit over 2cf (15 gal+), in a wheelbarrow and it takes from 5 to 7 gallons of the hot soapy water just to get it moist. But once it does take water you're GTG even if the mix dries out. VOE on that. Pretty much a one time deal with the soapy water.

Wet

I think soaking the peat I'd definitely my biggest problem. I use straight from the hose bc well I'm lazy about it bc it's only tomatoes in raised beds. I do most important stuff in a hydro system. I'm working on both sides of knowledge

 

[Dr. Who]

Pretty impressive man, I'm an environmental sciences student, with a focus in biology, specifically plants. Now, I've learned a lot about soil, the interactions between microorganisms and plants, and the conditions that promote healthy plants. I've begun applying my knowledge to organic growing. I would like to one day have the experience you have.

Sounds like your on the way.....I did speaking engagements at Schools and Ag colleges on old time farming methods and styles. Maintaining and starting organic farms and marketing of the products grown there.
Things like portable poultry pens that allow free ranging. You move them along a line to cover the area of a field used to range beeves. The chickens spread the manure around and add their own. They eat anything natural they get their beaks on, besides the regular feed. You get some fine manure spreading from them and they give you some fine orange colored yolks. Many say the flavor of the egg is quite strong, and rather unique.
You have hogs root the cow manure everyday, that you collect. No having to turn it by hydrocarbon burning equipment.

Simple things like that, that are lost in "traditional" farming of today.

 

[Dr. Who]

I keep a compost bin sms worm bin but I live in San Diego county and we get free compost from the dump. And that shit is dope and a cool resource.

The other thing I like to do is before I compost the leaves I soak them in water for a day and then aerate. That's actually pretty arrive nitrogen source.

I think soaking the peat I'd definitely my biggest problem. I use straight from the hose bc well I'm lazy about it bc it's only tomatoes in raised beds. I do most important stuff in a hydro system. I'm working on both sides of knowledge

You do save and use that soaking water right?

 

[swiftkillpapa]

You do save and use that soaking water right?

Yeah I aerate it into a compost tea. I usually use comfrey because of its high nitrogen content.

 

[Wetdog]

I keep a compost bin sms worm bin but I live in San Diego county and we get free compost from the dump. And that shit is dope and a cool resource.

The other thing I like to do is before I compost the leaves I soak them in water for a day and then aerate. That's actually pretty arrive nitrogen source.

I think soaking the peat I'd definitely my biggest problem. I use straight from the hose bc well I'm lazy about it bc it's only tomatoes in raised beds. I do most important stuff in a hydro system. I'm working on both sides of knowledge

You could still do the soapy water with a watering can, or even a hose end sprayer. Once you break the surface tension of the peat you're GTG from there out.

Also works well for when a good top dress of EWC dries out a bit too much, turns to concrete and doesn't want to accept water.

Both sides of knowledge is a good thing.

Wet

 

[swiftkillpapa]

You could still do the soapy water with a watering can, or even a hose end sprayer. Once you break the surface tension of the peat you're GTG from there out.

Also works well for when a good top dress of EWC dries out a bit too much, turns to concrete and doesn't want to accept water.

Both sides of knowledge is a good thing.

Wet

Yeah I'll definitely with on a drip system bc I'm not always home to water. You know how gfs are