Calling organic growers!!!

ShLUbY said:

keep the bone meal out of it for now, it's not very soluble anyway and we don't even know exactly what the problem is yet... so it could be just a small soil issue that might be easily corrected. just use unsulfured black strap molasses @ 2 tsp per gallon, 1-2 cups of compost, and give it all the oxygen you can (hard rolling bubble). hopefully you have some sort of compost tea bag, I even use the 220 micron bag from an old bubble bag set i have to brew my teas. if you can, brew it in a room temp around 70-75 deg, that will speed up bacterial growth. if you don't see the issue reside in the next 7-10 days, then i would consider mixing 1/4c of that bone meal in with some compost and topdressing that mixture underneath your perlite mulch.

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Richard Drysift said:

I would use 1-2 cups of worm castings to 3-5 gal of clean water, add 1 tbspn of molasses and 3 tsp of kelp meal for a good all purpose tea. Use the bone meal as a top dressing or soil amendment; it's not soluble for teas. You should try to figure out what your issue is before throwing teas at them. AACTs are not like nutrients nor are they a fix all for absorbtion issues if in fact that is what you have. Wait so what water source are you using to make a tea?

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Og grumble said:

I already put the layer of perlite mulch. So if i decide to topdress it i should pull all the perlite out first? And i got the compost in a sock i didnt have a bag.

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Og grumble said:

Thanks for the recipe ill have to grab the ingredients. im using distilled water for the tea.

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ShLUbY said:

you're welcome dude, glad to offer some help

small batch tea is fine, and it does not store (even with airstone) because eventually food will disappear/be consumed and then eventually the microbe populations will just die out.... so just use whatever is necessary from what you make, it's cheap to make anyway so some waste is not a big deal at all. 24-48 hour brew time (if your water is real cold, go with 48 hours so it gives time for the water to warm up). you can use a good 1-1.5" (3-5 cm.)of perlite for the mulch. there is no set time frame to water a soil. I think it's dumb for them to suggest 5-7 days lol, they should have said this... it all depends on the plant's needs, but yeah trust your moisture meter, and the mulch will help your top horizon of soil out for sure. knowing the pH is going to help you target what is actually going on with the plant much easier than guessing, so get that test and find out!

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kingzt said:

What's preferred mulch for indoor plants? Nurseries will be opening soon around my way and I have used cocoa mulch for flowers with success. Just curious if you have an opinion regarding cocoa mulch and if would benefit indoor plants?

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