bio char

pope creek said:

I'm working hard making compost. Hoping to attract extra worms by adding cardboard.
No budget for a worm bin at present.
Will investigate a day version.
Is everything the worms live in considered castings or do you put the critters in diapers?

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if you have a compost pile, you'll attract the native nightcrawlers, or at least I did.
Also i'm pretty sure my compost has more reds in it than my wormbin does, I just scrape away the top layer and I see hundreds.
If you have manure, that attracts them also.
I don't think adding cardboard will attract them though, the manure will work better for that.

pope creek said:

Rrog

I am having some mg deficiency, perhaps caused by lock out due to hard water.
Do you think bio char could help?
Can it hold mg if I charge it appropriately?

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Are you positive that it is indeed a MG def?
Many things can manifest themselves in a similar fashion, but not be a MG def..

That's why I like the VC. Cures much

Not sure of anything. Best guess based on deduction and council of plant sickness forum
Dropping leaves. Unhappy plants

Rrog said:

That's why I like the VC. Cures much

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like I've said before, one of the reasons I love my compost and VC so much, they literally cure almost everything.
I have a four foot tall male kali that I want to keep for it's polled, and it was so yellow and pissed off, and all I did was added a handful and a half of compost to it, and now ten days later its green as can be.

pope creek said:

Not sure of anything. Best guess based on deduction and council of plant sickness forum
Dropping leaves. Unhappy plants

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got any pictures?
What soil? nutrients? container size?

https://www.rollitup.org/t/leaf-drop-city.880394/

I posted a thread in the infirmary. Would love your opinion.

I have had a few burn piles that produced good biochar by pulling out good size chunks of wood when the are red hot. Let cool and bash it up with a big stick. Any remnant debris is also where I notice first signs of growth versus bare ash spots.

pope creek said:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/leaf-drop-city.880394/

I posted a thread in the infirmary. Would love your opinion.

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You seem to be an intelligent person. You will pick this up fast! After you get your worm bin, plant problems will not be a problem anymore. It will be more of a problem keeping them fed! It took me 4yrs to be any good at this. I started hydro and it was one of the biggest mistakes that I made. Invest all of that $ on equipment, what a ripoff! Good luck Pope, you seem to be a good person!

Dude i was mistaken about the topdressing action. i found this paper posted right here on riu.

note the timeframe of the study

Casting are a must. A small investment compared to the exponential results.