Lazy? I highly doubt it! I bet you put at least 25 hours a week trying to prepare your feed mix. Probably even more. As for me, i work 40-55 hours a week. Ain't nobody got time for that. I wish i can find the time and place to feed my babies true organics like you; so i guess Roots Organics will do for now.
So is it safe say to feed a 10 gallon pot about 1.25-1.5 gallons of nutrient mix? possibly even 2? and for a 5 gallon: 1 gallon of nutrient mix?
compos tea
I fill up a 5 gal bucket with water and let it aerate for a day. Next day I add molasses and let it aerate for another hour. Fill up the tea bag with a concentrated mix. Put that in the bucket. Let it aerate for another day. When its done aerating. I dilute
the mix amongst 4 5 gal buckets total. Water by hand .1 hour total of actual work total once every 2 weeks.
enzyme tea
I aerate a bucket of water then add aloe powder and malted barley flour. aerate for a day then water. 45 min of actual work total once every 2 weeks.
aloe powder - I pull leaves and drain sap. Cut leaves into 1/2 inch pieces. place them in an open cardboard box. Place that box in the freezer for 2 weeks to sublimate and dehydrate. then puree leaves in a food processor and then store the powder. 20 min of actual work every 2 weeks .
top dressing takes an hour once a month
foliar spray takes a couple minutes. I steep kelp and neem separately for a few days then drain into spray bottle. then i keep the left overs those are concentrated soluble extracts at that point.
so at most 2 1/2 hours a week. I work a lot too. I work in audio engineering (post production, recording and mixing)..... I drive an hour or so.... to work....
Making a soil mix takes the longest. but i do that once every 6 months. I recycle my soil. Pull the stalk. top dress with compost and worm castings. water enzyme teas for a few weeks to break down the roots. then replant a new clone or seedling.
10 gal - water 1 gal 32 oz or 160 oz or 16 party cups.
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