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That was very helpful to read. What's you stance on compost teas. At first I was hearing ask this great stuff, but I realized a lot of that info was from a few years ago. I'm reading more about it not being as effective as just top dressing with compost. Why take the microbes out of the soil...

No man you don't sound that way. I appreciate the honestly. I'd prob struggle at my experience level to be able to judge that way. But I'm not sure the meter would help much either. I've still got very much to learn about living soil. I'm hammering away at it though. Thanks for the reply.

Is it an unnecessary gadget? I've been doing some reading about it, but it's so hard to sift between advice that's being paid for by the company. I just real peoples experience with the thing. If anyone even uses it. This is it https://microbiometer.com/

That sounds like very good advice and I will follow that rule of thumb as well. It's not worth the risk. Thanks for that. As far as worms, I've got 3 bins going atm and 2 more lbs will be here tomorrow. One of the bins has about 3lbs. The other 2 were just maybe a few hundred each. Worms...

This is my last run with bagged soil. I'm gotten almost everything together now for a living soil. I'm going to grow in a 2x4 bed. Was planning on using blumats. I do okay watering from a can, on bigger plants I am better about maintaining a good wet to dry cycle, I just got confused on the...

I got rid of that plant. I was strongly considering ditching them all. I found those tiny white balls in the bagged soil I bought and used with them. The company said they were fungi but I'm starting to doubt that. I'm going to watch them closely over the next week and see what I can see...

Could it be bc I left the baggie covering it for a few days after it broke soil? I was spraying it every day too. Not drenching it but maybe 5-7 spritzes. The fuzz was under the leaf.

Dude, I think it's a springtail! I would guess in a younger stage of life bc it's small. It said adults were around 1/16 of an inch. This this wouldn't have been visible with my eye. Thanks a lot dude. I was only googling pest so I never came across this guy. I really think it's prob what...

It looks very much like it except the color.

Thank you for the reply. I'm frantically going back and forth between Google and checking riu to see if anyone replied. I can't find a bug that looks like it. Plus there were 2! I will def get rid of it all then.

I got a really good microscope video of a bug on the underside of the leaf. The things crawling around. It looks grayish and long with a lot of legs. I wish I could share a video. Here's some screen shots. It looks different than the other bug I saw. I don't fucking know. But I threw the...

It's on a seedling. I just posted about these eggs I found in a bag of soil I bought. Now there's webbing and a slug looking thing. I could only see it with the microscope and only bc it moved. I thought it was water or something. But the fucker moved. Can anyone tell what this is. My...

That's very helpful guys thanks

I was reading through this thread and came across this. I liked the guy it. It seems kinda wish it to me. I'm about to cook my first living soil and would love somebody to go over the soil test with me. You still recommending the guy a year later?

That's what I thought. But just bc it's an inorganic material doesn't mean I couldn't use it and still be considered organic?

The seeds have already germinated but I just got the mat and I figured it's winter and I'd like to give the seedlings a little heat. 75-80°. They're in solo cups right now. Does the probe go into the soil? Any videos I watched they were using seedling trays with covers and they taped it to...

Here's a link. http://www.proscapesdirect.com/hydrocks.html I'm still learning about gardening in general. It says it's inert, does that mean it's considered organic? I wasn't going to use it for pot, just my garden. I was looking for some other people opinion. Maybe people who know more...

I mean, that's what I thought too

I looked around at their website. I'm in the south east united states and it's been very hard to find a good compost for the soil I want to make. Coast of Maine didn't have any distributors near me. I found a hydro store in Atl and they carried Malibu BU compost. I ordered what I needed, it...

I'm going to try this weekend