Put in another long day in the workshop. I started the day out by flopping the Ghost Rose autos. Flopping them after the lights went out seemed to work pretty well. They both had hollow stems, all I had to do was squeeze them until they flopped on their own. Here they are a few hours after the lights came back on, already pointing back upward. The light has been increased to 40 Watts.
Next, I sewed the fabric beds. First I placed the pattern on the felt, and pinned it in place. Then, tracing the pattern, I cut out the pieces for each bed. Next I sewed each one together, and fit the beds around the PVC frame. I sat each one in the trays and put them in the flower room.
While I was mixing up some soil, I decided to run a test with all the lights on. With the AC Infinity T-8 speed set at 5 and no circulation fan, it got up to 90°F. I’ll add a circulation fan and turn up the fan speed later and see if that doesn’t improve things.
Finally, I mixed up six cubic feet of soil. It’s basically a Coots mix with a couple extras. I started out with some compost, one cubic foot of Malibu Biodynamic Compost, one cubic foot of Oly Mountain Fish Compost, and two cubic feet of homemade vermicompost. Next I ground the 12 malted barley and mixed with the six cups crab/shrimp meal, six cups neem meal, and six cups kelp meal. This was then sprinkled over the compost and then mixed well. Next I added four gallons of charged biochar and then mixed it well. Then the same thing was done with the three gallons of mineral mix (two parts basalt, one part gypsum, and one part oyster shell flour). Next I added four cubic feet of sphagnum peat moss, that was rehydrated with some water with reetha as a wetting agent. This was sprayed and mixed a couple more times. Finally, I added two cubic feet of rice hulls and two cubic feet of pumice and mixed it up one final time. I then had to carry the soil downstairs two five-gallon buckets at a time. I sprayed each bed between each ten gallons to get an even moisture.
