Recent content by Elijah Cloud

How do you think fertigation applies when using gaunos, castings, rockdust in filtered water to plants that have coir, perlite, compost/etc as their medium mix?

Hey everyone, looked for the answer but not easy to find. I'm learning to use coir and making my own mixes. I started a batch of seed in a mix that had 1/4cup Dolomite lime and 1/4cup gypsum(per cu. ft.) mixed into coir. I'm getting calcium def spots and stunted growth. I made a new mix with 2x...

Thanks for the topdressing tip of avoiding the main stalk! That's helpful. Perhaps I will try to mix the spent material with some crushed eggshells. I am hypothesizing that the the material is in a safer bio-format after being consumed by the microbes, but it eases my mind to think that...

I've used AACT just 3 times now and I've seen the most explosive growth. I collected some deer poo for the first time today. You can't imagine how excited I am about shit these days. Might as well have been collecting magical unicorn poo. Anyway, If I make AACT whole, using no nylon bag in my...

Hey there RIU, I just started my first batch of AACT with the following: 2/3 cup earthworm castings 2/3 cup peruvian seabird guano 2/3 cup indonesian bat guano 5 tbs unsulphured organic molasses 5 tbs maxicrop kelp extract powder 2 airstones, 1 aquarium pump, 5 gallon container filled with tap...