Rocky Mountain Ring of Fire

[calliandra]

oh. well you are a damn good soil queen imo.

Well thank you (regal nod of the head, too much? lol)
But the proof lies in consistency, and that is yet to be seen

 

[ttystikk]

ttystickk's a lady?

Sorry to disappoint you, sweetie...

Lmao!

 

[iHearAll]

@ttystikk

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

Got a great shot of some of the visible micro herd. If you zoom in they kind of remind me of those cartoon drawings of sea monkeys.
I love those little critters!
This is what I see when I look under the mulch layer.

 

[calliandra]

Got a great shot of some of the visible micro herd. If you zoom in they kind of remind me of those cartoon drawings of sea monkeys.
I love those little critters!
This is what I see when I look under the mulch layer.View attachment 3843546

are those springtails?

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

are those springtails?

I don't know I haven't identified them. They are in all my pots and worm bins, so I think they are good guys.

 

[calliandra]

I don't know I haven't identified them. They are in all my pots and worm bins, so I think they are good guys.

yeah I did a picture search and found some from reliable sources that looked like yours and were identified as springtails. Though in sketches they also have this little, yeah, springtail haha, on under their buttpart, can't see those in your pic.
If they are springtails, yep you've got some nice composters there

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

Thanks for informing me! I really enjoy learning on riu.

 

[calliandra]

Thanks for informing me! I really enjoy learning on riu.

me too! much more fun together

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

me too! much more fun together

I agree!
So do you know what these smaller brown ones are called? Pics of them are not as clear because they're so small.

 

[calliandra]

I agree!View attachment 3845086
So do you know what these smaller brown ones are called? Pics of them are not as clear because they're so small.

Most of what I can see in there are soil mites.
I tried a while back to get more specific, but there are so many species apparently that it would be overkill to attempt that So anything with that shape, different shades of brown, reddish, darkish, and all the way to almost white - as long as they're crawling around on the soil : good guys!
Always happy when I notice a population surge in my wormbin

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

This is another Critical Jack Herrer, the last one in flower for now. This one is in 20g of recycled organic living soil.

This clone went straight into the 20 gallon pot. I won't do that again because it grew too tall too fast and I couldn't keep the growth controlled like I do when graduating pots from 1g to 3g to 20g.
This plant is done at 10 weeks but with the co2 staying high they just keep growing.

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

Here's a little one called Black Jack in 5g of rols. I let this plant veg forever, it just wouldn't grow up. For that reason I did not clone it again.

I was pleasantly surprised at harvest because it had very dense frosty buds.

 

[calliandra]

Here's a little one called Black Jack in 5g of rols. I let this plant veg forever, it just wouldn't grow up. For that reason I did not clone it again.

I was pleasantly surprised at harvest because it had very dense frosty buds.
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MMMM she looks delicious!

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

Here's the peppers, cantolope and tomato plants.

They grew up out of the worm castings. Amazing the seed made it through the freezer, the food processor, and the worm pot.

 

[ttystikk]

Here's the peppers, cantolope and tomato plants.
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They grew up out of the worm castings. Amazing the seed made it through the freezer, the food processor, and the worm pot.

None of those would kill them as effectively as hot composting; they germinate and immediately get eaten/composted.

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

None of those would kill them as effectively as hot composting; they germinate and immediately get eaten/composted.

That explains why I don't see the same effect in my outdoor compost.

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

This Raspberry Diesel clone took nicely to the 1g pot, no wilt.
It was rooted with a touch of Clonex in a 16oz solo cup.

 

[calliandra]

This Raspberry Diesel clone took nicely to the 1g pot, no wilt.
It was rooted with a touch of Clonex in a 16oz solo cup.
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Solo cup... visible rooots...I'm confused you washed off its roots to take that picture?
I love ogling roots though!

 

[CaptainCAVEMAN]

Solo cup... visible rooots...I'm confused you washed off its roots to take that picture?
I love ogling roots though!

Nono, I just put the cutting in a cup of water untill it rooted and then planted into a 1g plastic pot.
I used to root clones in a cloner but I got tired of cleaning the cloners (Daisy 8 spot and an EZ Clone 30 spot) so I just use cups now, easier to change the water a few times as they root and easier to clean with a bit of bleach afterwards.