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Well, was finally able to sneak the wife's digi meat thermometer down to the basement to do some checking. The two unheated bins were both 57*. The heated bin registered 68*. The temp in the basement was also 57*. So, cool. What I was looking for was a bin temp ~10* or so over the air temp and...

It was in the link you provided. Also had fish meal IIRC. LOL, I actually looked at what was available to you. Wet

Not as much. Leave the lime in and snag that Sea Mun Gus (seaweed) for the K. Wood ash is a good way to get into trouble real quick unless you are experienced with it. In time, if you can source kelp meal it's well worth it, but the seaweed stuff will do ya. Wet

Rrog iis correct, but if you feel the need, a small handful of Bio Tone from Espoma and top dressed will inoculate the mix. Wet

I use the Zep spray bottles from HD or Lowes, $3-$4 each. Qt sized and pretty much standard equipment at every car wash I've ever seen. Very resistant to chemicals and have a spot to write just what is in them. My oldest one is ~5 years old and still working fine, used for pesticides. Wet

^^^THAT^^^ Get some dolomite lime and some perlite, Promix doesn't really have enough of either for a entire grow. Add the lime @1cup/cf of mix before use, or, 2tbl/gallon of mix as a top dress if the plants are already in the pots. Perlite is mostly an eyeball thing, but when it looks like...

SSHZ is pretty much spot on with the pro mix, lime and perlite. I've never used pro mix, or any bagged soil for that matter. It simply did not exist when I was taught how to make a mix from scratch (1972). However, Premier brand peat moss (makers of pro mix), did and have been using it for over...

0.8 M tall x 0.45M wide? Are you growing pot for Barbie? My 2'-2bulb 55w T5HO would be too much. A 400w should have a smoke detector for when the fire starts. I sincerely hope this is a joke post. Wet

A quick comment since you already have the dolomite. 2Tbl/gallon of mix (~4 liters?) applied as a top dress (scratched into the surface if you can), will take care of your pH with regular waterings. Give it about two weeks to start having an effect and next time, add it to the mix @1cup/cf...

2tbl/gallon of mix, so, 4tbl of the dolo for the 2gal smartie. Lose the cal/mag, won't be needed. Wet

WOW!!! I *think* that might be a bit much even for the cocoons. Like I said, a learning experience. I've killed plenty of worms learning what NOT to do and a shit ton of plants when starting out. No internet then (1972), and not all that much printed stuff. Mostly trial and error, plenty of...

Well yes, you fucked up, which is just another term for "learning experience". I'm 99.9% sure that is a mistake that will NEVER be repeated. Some may survive, especially the cocoons. You'll see when things cool down and then, go from there. BTW, I was told never to bury laying mash as it would...

Pretty sure it was too much moisture from the melons and no drainage. One, it was doing fine before the melons @~80% moisture. Second, when it was dumped in another bin and allowed to drain the worms in there flat tore into it. So the pesticide residue is doubtful. But it was also 5 or so years...

I heard the term *batching* some years ago, then pretty much never again. The technique is fairly common if not the term. Basically, the original was 3 gallons of peat based bedding brought to ~75-80% moisture level and a heavy charge of 'food' in a 5 gal bucket. No drainage, but a few holes in...

Another educated opinion coming from experience. ^^^^THAT^^^^ You're asking about a bit of drip from a foliar feed, yes? When getting things dialed in, I've nuted with chems to correct deficiencys in my mix till whatever became available. Usually just one application, but it was way more than...

Do a quick search on Broad mites. I had never even heard of them till just over a week ago. I had/have similar symptons on a strain I've been running for 6+ years and also thought it was something in my mix. In 43 years of growing I have never seen anything like this. Makes spider mites look...

+1 I use pine bark fines in my mix as both aeration and a humus source along with perlite. I don't use mulch at all indoors and seldom in containers, but when I do, I just use perlite for mulch. Works like a champ. Yes it floats, but that's why it works so well as mulch. Just top dress on it...

What you need to understand and it will help in the feeding is, worms don't eat anything (no teeth), but rather slurp up the bacterial slime from decomposing 'food'. The faster it rots, the faster they can 'eat' it. So, the freezing, mashing, cutting up, is just to speed up the decomposition of...

From what I remember, it was whatever was still wet. Mainly it was guys dumping fermented food that was still wet from the bokashi bucket. I never did do a bokashi bucket set up because after much reading of others experiences it seemed that the bran would cover about all my needs. It sure...

Some of our amendments differ due to location (He gets the redwoods, which is the only part of Ca that impressed me and I get the Great Smokey mts, which also impress), but despite the big distance difference, our styles/techniques are so similar, it is mostly a "Yeah, that", to anything he...