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Been playing around with this, seems to be working so far...
Goal: hydroponic vegetative growth w/ organic nutrient density and flavor.
I'll try to be as simple as possible...
2 parts:
Hydroponic: RDWC/UC, no nutrients in water. Supercharged air(1.5lpm/g).
Living Organic: Top mulch layer 2-3" thick sits on top very top of clay pebbles/coco chips used in the 10" net pots. Using bokashi to rapidly decompose compost/mulch layer. Top layer should fully decompose in about 2-3wks, then add another layer to continuously feed microbes.
Not the best pic but you can see the white cotton candy type fungi growth on top of the compost/mulch layer. Going to town, devouring it!
Top mulch layer: Cover w/ panda plastic to block out light to allow microbes to fully decompose layer(light kills fungi).
Compost 4 parts
Cacao husks 1 part
Bokashi(gro-kashi) 1 part
Azomite 1/4 cup/plant
Wet Mulch Layer w/:
Lactobacillus serum
Malted Barley
Aleo Vera
Lactobacillus serum:
Use rice wash to culture LAB. Mix with milk for a few days until it curds, then 1:20 w/ water to use. Used as foliar also.
Foliar feeding:
Spray bokashi(gro-kashi in my case) on plants weekly to supplement w/ nutrients.
Spray LAB serum bi-weekly
I have not pulled off an entire run this way yet, veg through bloom. I've been trying it in my bloom room this time around and it seems to be working great. I'm almost completely off of my synthetic nutrients(i think their at 0.2EC in mid bloom right now) and plants look happy and healthy with no signs of deficiencies. The gro-kashi is just insane. Mykos on crack, I like to call it. Forms a thick white mycelial mat on the top of the mulch layer. After 10 days I can literally see the roots have grown up into the compost layer. All the fine feeder roots. And the roots in the water look even more blinding white and healthy after the first application of top mulch.
Will be getting a brix meter to test the levels in the plants. When the brix levels drop, add more compost and trace minerals(azomite) to mulch layer to give the fungi more food. At least that's the instructions that gro-kashi gives. Should be interesting to see if this part works out as they say...
Going to be switching my whole garden over to this since it has worked so well in my main bloom room. Next round of seeds are not going to be fed synthetic nutrients if I can help it.
Goal: hydroponic vegetative growth w/ organic nutrient density and flavor.
I'll try to be as simple as possible...
2 parts:
Hydroponic: RDWC/UC, no nutrients in water. Supercharged air(1.5lpm/g).
Living Organic: Top mulch layer 2-3" thick sits on top very top of clay pebbles/coco chips used in the 10" net pots. Using bokashi to rapidly decompose compost/mulch layer. Top layer should fully decompose in about 2-3wks, then add another layer to continuously feed microbes.
Not the best pic but you can see the white cotton candy type fungi growth on top of the compost/mulch layer. Going to town, devouring it!
Top mulch layer: Cover w/ panda plastic to block out light to allow microbes to fully decompose layer(light kills fungi).
Compost 4 parts
Cacao husks 1 part
Bokashi(gro-kashi) 1 part
Azomite 1/4 cup/plant
Wet Mulch Layer w/:
Lactobacillus serum
Malted Barley
Aleo Vera
Lactobacillus serum:
Use rice wash to culture LAB. Mix with milk for a few days until it curds, then 1:20 w/ water to use. Used as foliar also.
Foliar feeding:
Spray bokashi(gro-kashi in my case) on plants weekly to supplement w/ nutrients.
Spray LAB serum bi-weekly
I have not pulled off an entire run this way yet, veg through bloom. I've been trying it in my bloom room this time around and it seems to be working great. I'm almost completely off of my synthetic nutrients(i think their at 0.2EC in mid bloom right now) and plants look happy and healthy with no signs of deficiencies. The gro-kashi is just insane. Mykos on crack, I like to call it. Forms a thick white mycelial mat on the top of the mulch layer. After 10 days I can literally see the roots have grown up into the compost layer. All the fine feeder roots. And the roots in the water look even more blinding white and healthy after the first application of top mulch.
Will be getting a brix meter to test the levels in the plants. When the brix levels drop, add more compost and trace minerals(azomite) to mulch layer to give the fungi more food. At least that's the instructions that gro-kashi gives. Should be interesting to see if this part works out as they say...
Going to be switching my whole garden over to this since it has worked so well in my main bloom room. Next round of seeds are not going to be fed synthetic nutrients if I can help it.