You are correct it does mean exactly that. The worm castings are food, you are correct, and abundant . They are slow acting, and get used up, there is none of it left in my original mix anymore, after 8 or 10 runs in the same soil.
When I make the mix (usually lasts me 2 years or so) I do use it, and more for itâs ability to âbindâ loose soil than anything else. I use it as mixing glue, if that makes sense. My other 3 parts are very loose and mostly coarse, so the âwetâ and crumbly and heaviness of the worm dirt help it to set in the big loose sleeves. I actually use less than 25 % of it, prolly closer t 12 -15 %
Your not gonna hear a bad word about them. Chris created these For THIS purpose, they are his work, not a cobbled up set of plastics. The design is simple/elegant and just flat ass works EXACTLY as he says it does. Not gonna leak, not gonna crack, not gonna fall apart with proper use.
I use mostly inert because Im an idiot. I need it simple. By doing inert(or close to it) I am able to FEED EVERY WATER, which means I do not need to remember a schedule, or follow one. Simple. Needs to be filled, 1 teaspoon per gallon of whatever nute I choose (flower/veg) every time, thatâs it ! A Space Monkey could do it.
Yes I tweak lil things here and there, vary the NPK ratios depending upon week of flower, adjust the rez level depending upon cycle, and a few lil other things, all things you can figure out as you go.
I KNOW these will kick ass with 100 % organic , inert soils(or close to it like mine) , LOS soils, and might even work straight COCO!! The way it works needs to be understood. When you get it, and it sinks in, then you get a better understanding of how plants thrive in nature. It mimic mother nature, with a perfect setup .
Both @Papalag and I like the âdeadâ soil, so we can feed them the way WE WANT TO! Yes, they decide when and how much and how often, but with a dead soil, I decide WHAT. That is all the control I need, plant likes it better too!
So, make my mix if your stateside. Not gonna get all into it, but there are reasons why I mix the Sunshine # 4
with the Roots Organic Original. It works well I would have to say, lol.
ORâŚgo Papaâs route, BUT , you could not give me Fox Farms ANYTHING, lolâŚlolâŚ
CAREFUL of any bought soil/mixâŚHAVE TO spread it out, clean out the trash, itâs in there, and bake it in the sun before mixing and using. In our Texas summer, thats 2 days BAKING in the sun, now in winter, a week or 2 in a kiddie pool in my garage , lol.
The Promix BX with added perlite will be your best bet to do easily. . Add in a 10-15 pound bag of worm castingâs, and mix it all up well, let it stew outside for a week or two, then just run it. Mix the Promix with Roots Organic would kill too!
Have to get the sleeve RIGHT, or mid flower you will have a disaster, lol. Not gonna pull it, and repot the plant in week 4 of flower, so what you set up is what you get.
Click my icon, can see all my threads from there on my profile page. In my threads, and there is only 3 grow journals I believe, you will find everything from MY MIX, making it, to my friends LOS mix and making it, to filling the sleeves, setting water level by week , NPK values I run, and anything else octo related. IF you read those, and sorry they are long, will take 2 hours, but you will know what and when to do it.
Good deal on getting a 6 pack. What are your intentions with them???
I have run them:
16 in an 5 x 8 x 10 under 3 Gavita DE HPSâs
9 under a single Gavita DE on a light mover
and my favorite way, 4 under a single Gavita DE 750 HPS filling up the entire 16 square foot area with BUD!!!
