So who here is growing in true organic living soil?

So Rrog, your putting or planning on putting the bokashi into a worm bin. Do the worms get inocculated with the EM? Maybe innoculate isn't the right word, but does the vermicompost benefit from the em you put in the bran? Am I better off going straight to my worm bin with food scraps (and other amendments) or bokashi first? I know the worms will turn the bokashi into castings quicker than scraps alone. Just wondering if its better to do the bokashi first.

Thanks again for this thread and thanks for the help.

Scugg- I'm just getting started with the worms, but worms eat bacteria, and have a frenzy in Bokashi. So I think this is a speed thing, certainly not a necessary thing.

Fed Ex brought me a big box with a bag of steer manure in it yesterday.
That is my $20 bag of $2 manure. That transaction is like playing Keno in the bar.
Hand the bartender $20, poof $2.
I think all I need is prilled dolomite from the Nursery in Escanaba, that she can grab in a few hours
and believe it or not, I think I am down to needing mulch. I have called several places, they
all say no problem, sure thing, call back in Spring.
If there is a Harbor Freight in Green Bay I may go buy a cement mixer to mix my soils.

I still haven't heard back from the dude with the vortex turd stirrer.

For an episode of Tool Time, I can have Tim Allen come over and hook
up a much bigger motor to the cement mixer, then he can set it up
so that I can just tilt it straight up, poor in a bunch of poop water and
crank the speed up on that sucker!! (grunt-grunt-grunt) lol.

As I've said all along, we need a MI based supplier of these products so we can buy bulk stuff in small quantities and have all the items we want.

I think we all should be raining worms in a small 30-40 gallon smart pot or worm bin.

We shouldn't have to go broke paying freight, and we should all have access to super high quality worm castings. In my opinion, it's all about the worms, as they produce the finest product.

Hey glad u tell em about Morgan composting??? Pretty sure that's in Michigan.

If we decide to use this style of gardening at Medicated Acres, (or any organic soil/soilless method) then you can bet your worm farm there will
be bulk everything here.

HomeLessBeans said:

Hey glad u tell em about Morgan composting??? Pretty sure that's in Michigan.

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Worm shit ya! Pictures, links, no samples with tooth picks for shoppers though.
The other 30 amendments were much more challenging to obtain.

I've used and talked with Morgan several times. You won't get the best compost unless you make it yourself.

Theres a couple large worm farmers around the green bay area but its expensive shit! They both ask 1.00/lb unless you buy a ton at a time. Anyone need a ton of worm shit? I know where to get it

Rrog said:

I've used and talked with Morgan several times. You won't get the best compost unless you make it yourself.

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I'm sorry I thought your post indicated you where Lookin for a local source.

Y'all hav fun now

i shoulda said for da yoopers on this forum! My bad HBeans...As far as a yooper is concerned the lower half could be its own state.

HomeLessBeans said:

I'm sorry I thought your post indicated you where Lookin for a local source.

Y'all hav fun now

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He was about all the other amendments like the oyster, clam shell. Blood, bone, kelp meals. All that pricey, hard-to-find, specialty bs. lol

Well let me put down my pipe and find my reading glasses!!! Apparently I need too

Don't go doing all that. lol.

The benefits of Aloe to plants is crazy. It stimulates the plant's natural immune response. SAR Systemic Acquired Resistance. The secondary metabolites of these super simple little Teas really keep the plants immune system in tip top shape, and on alert. This drops the reaction time to squat if there might be a pathogen or pest arriving.

If you do the aloe, coconut or Barley sprout teas, please try them as a foliar also. Beneficial bacteria, nematodes, fungi should be alive and well in the Phyloshphere.

I think I have everything that I need to mix my soil. I will say, finding everything was a bitch, no doubt about it.
I have posted pictures of the stack of bags, and my shelf of amendments, I have a dozen sheets of mold/mildew resistant drywall purposely
up against that. I am going to smoke another bowl of fat purple and start working from carpenter to farmer.

You are gonna love it glad. My plants in the organic mix are so lush and healthy compared to the plant I am running in roots with my old goodies. Plant in roots running out of gas way too early.

Oh and what I found awesome is I can actually start seedlings in the mix with no problems at all. Cool enough to start seedlings but has enough juice to take them through flower.

As organic material is breaking down, the nutrients are rolling around free and can burn a plant, especially a young one. When fully composted, as with a worm bin, the nutrients have all been locked away on the humus- the final result of composting. Very cool and safe for plants. The beauty of just letting nature do it's thing.

Well, I have my worm bag up and running. Some compost, old soil (with clover growing) and a scoop of buried Bokashi. Problem is, the worms arrived frozen. So out of 100 worms, I'm looking at maybe 6 alive. But they're digging it. Ha!

I have more worms arriving next week.