@LAnewgrower I never put meat. I will do some fish. But normally not alot I try and stay away from most meats and stick with veg, coffee grounds, and other scraps like chicken egg shells and other normal gree. Like lawn clippings and other things like that.
You are very welcome any time I can, I will. No meatā¦ok
And for chicken poop that stuff is awesomeā¦but at the same time itās very hot way hot.
So as @LAnewgrower said
Use very little of it in your compost. Use that compost for the veg stag NOT flower ok?
In flower they need some nitrogen bibut very little NOTROGEN
BE SAFE
@garrigan62 @LAnewgrower @Colton92 so for 1 plant how much of each compost item would you put in for a batch? And how long do you compost kitchen scraps? Like tomatoe scraps, banana peels, egg shells and whatnot
Also would you use this compost for seedlings?
I have seedlings in an organic potting soil mixed with a seedling soil composed of coconut coir, vermiculite, and something else. That should be good up until the veg stage correct?
@Warkat has been doing a fair bit of this recently. Might be able to chip in and help you guys out
Thanks @Davyg
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Hereās a link to the living soil post I was thinking about
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@Stickyickyick Good morning to you. About my compost, and this is just my way of doing it, way more others that I am sure work. I built 4 by 4 squares out of pallets and fill it over time with different layers of fillings. I use all my kitchen scraps, minus any meat. Have heard it is not the thing to do so I just do not do it, might be ok just not for me.
I layer all sorts of green material, dead material, their is a difference in these. Living here I have good access to cow, chicken, horse and pig poo. Each is a good thing to add in layers.Horse and cow gets a way bigger layer than chicken and hogs which are added with thinner layers.My kitchen scraps are held in buckets, with age over time into a really smelly mass which I put in after every few layers liberally. Other fresh scraps I just throw in anytime. I pack every other layer down and water heavy and throw a piece of scrap ply over to get moist. After full and little more than a year it all is broken down into black beautiful soil.
I use it to fill my whole pot with perlite added for good drainage, I make a hole for my plants bigger than the pot, then fill in with a mix with soil to let them get used to their new home slowly. After a week or so I do also give the some worm poo occasionally. I even add some worms for the fun of it. Watch out as those little boogers will try to escape sometimes,lol.
Long answer but remember, everyone has their own way which works for them. This has been working wonderful for my raised beds for years and as my first indoor grow I went with it, which seems to be working just as well.
All kitchen scaps work, eggshells are good,coffee grounds as well, your pee is really great as well.Most everything natural will break down and add to your mix.
Just my way, good luck with your grow.
Scott, way down in Louisiana
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@Colton92, I fgorgot to add , I do not use this mix for seedlings as it might be to hot, as they say. Use any cheap bag of compost and perlite first in a solo cup is my way.
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This does not work.
CO2 supplementing is only done if light intensity is over 1,500 Āµmol/m/s2 and needs to be in a closed loop system with complete environmental controls at high partial-pressures. Running a fart bag wonāt bump your CO2 up enough to even measure. Seriously; spend the money on better lights or nutes because youāll get way more bang for your buck there.
@Mrcrabs is an organic soil grower.
Also; look up āKindā soil grows. Thereās a bunch of threads about it here.
Typical soils will contain something for loft like coco or peat, a variety of different organic-sourced nutrients found in fruit bat guano, insect bat guano, chicken guano, kelp etc. But the most important is to be properly buffered to the correct PH range for cannabis. Dolomite lime and Gypsum are used to help get in range. Thereās a lot of science that goes into this.
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Vinegar and baking soda is cheapest I bought and old fashioned fire extinguisher took the hose off and put on a pressure gauge and needle valve. I just unscrew the top and pour a gallon of cheap vinegar in there and there is a big glass vial that I fill with baking soda then screw the top back on tightly turn it upside down and boom tons of pressure. Then I let it sit still for a day to give all the bubbles time to pop. I have a plastic tube coming from the needle valve to a 2 liter bottle with a diy co2 generator cap and fill water up half way. The tube from the needle valve goes under the water and the co2 bubbles up taking out any crap then another tube comes off
the cap into my undersize inline 6 inch vent fan pipe connected to my grow tent which blows the co2 across my plants then I have a duct from the top of tent feeding the fan basically a closed system to keep co2 in tent. I have a wireless co2 meter that tells me co2 ppm on my phone.
Totally unnecessary unless sealed environment with proper lights and around 1,400 ppm; which you will never achieve without a CO2 cylinder and regulator. BTW, 1,400 ppm of CO2 is lethal to humans.
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1,400 is not toxic 5,000 is at 2,000 you v
can get a headache but thatās about it.
@Myfriendis410 @LAnewgrower @Davyg thank you very much guys!! Very helpful!!
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Sorry for the late responseā¦ but I do a different type of compostingā¦ which I use black soilder fly larvaeā¦ they eat meat and anything you throw at themā¦ they are great at composingā¦
Plants loving my compost!!!
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@Mrcrabs do you ever check your compost soil when starting seeds? Like do you check the ph, phos, cal, mg, p, or any of the other things cannabis needs to start off? Sorry for the delay on reply its been a crazy week for me.
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I . I havenātā¦ I usually just let it compost till next grow seasonā¦ the longer the better thouā¦
My compost bin has been going for almost 8 months @Mrcrabs
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Good dealā¦ I wouldnāt be able to tell youā¦ I donāt do regular compostingā¦ mine is on overdive with the blacksoilder fly larvae
O okay well thank you for being honest @Mrcrabs id love to see what your ladyās look like at the end of there grow cycle. Are you growing sativa or indica? They look like sativa just based off the leafs
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