Hey guys thought i would update you all. I mixed up 100 gals myself and put them in 2 50 gal sip container my plants have stopped drooping been about two weeks. I was having huge drooping problem since seed. They literally all perk up once they were in this mix. I think the soil might be slowing down a bit though
I bought tm-7 but im unsure if i should use it i dont want to mess them up. Maybe ill return it and get ful power.
I guess I should make a new tea i only gave it one when i mixed the soil. I also gave it an em-1 watering. A lot of people seem to be telling me to just let it flow though and kinda see if the soil can sort itself out. I guess so you can get a baseline and let the soil build
Tomorrow im going to do my first neem foliar. I have dr bonner peppermint soap or plain dish soap.
Here some photos thanks for the info guys. Two weeks ago the big one was turning yellow head to toe. Really a huge turn around.
http://m.imgur.com/a/mjnJ8
Ps i think i woukd just buy the premade if i had to do it over, man that was a bitch mixing it all up and washing the pumice. I can see how it's worth it if you have awesome compost though. I some local vermicompost and compost made by a legit composting place around here 50/50 mix so should be pretty good. Came out about the same price too. But i know everything was the best i could find.
Glad you went with the mix after all, it's great stuff! Don't be afraid to use the TM-7 though and definitely don't return it! The only way you'll mess them up is if you give them too much of it, just use the 1/4 tsp recommended dose or you can even cut that in half if you're still uncertain. Remember, with organics less is more. Also, the TM-7 has Humic Acid where as the Ful-Power is Fulvic Acid, they compliment each other quite nicely and I'd recommend grabbing both of them.
I'm guessing you don't water as often as you should if your seedlings were droopy? That would also explain why your soil seems to be slowing down. With living organic soil, you need to constantly keep things moist as the microbes need a constant supply of water and oxygen. Without those you have no life in your soil. No need to completely drench your soil, just enough to make sure things are moist and that your pots NEVER dry out. If your pots ever dry out your microbes will go dormant, or worse, die off!
Don't fret though, it isn't the end of the world if that happens. Look into a product called "Growers Recharge", I highly recommend it. It's pretty much just a jar of microbes that you mix with water and apply to your soil to reinoculate it. You can either put some in your water, or you can even brew it with an EWC tea. More often than not, in organics, when you see deficiencies it's usually because there's something wrong with the life in your soil. Plants can't get any nutes if there aren't any microbes to make them available.
And about teas, unless you're talking about EWC teas they're typically a waste of time and tend to throw things out of balance. With living soil, your soil should have everything that it needs. If you need to use anything but an EWC tea then your soil probably isn't all that fantastic. On top of that, a lot of people make teas with guanos and alfalfa meal which can and will burn your plants. I got to find that one out the hard way because I thought that you couldn't burn your plants with organics, not always true! However, you won't have that problem with CC's mix.
Personally, I always mix my soil because if I come across any problems I can rule the soil out because I made it myself. I know just how much of everything is in the soil, I know that it was kept moist at all times, if things are all fully composted, etc. When you're buying soil, you're putting a lot of trust into the person/store you're getting it from so unless they're a highly trusted source I wouldn't recommend it.
Sounds like you're on the right track though! Keep at it!
