Mmmp Caregiver, No-till Organics. Advice Welcome.

[hbrandon]

My soil mix-
1/6 Mailbu bu's compost
1/6 Worm casting
1/3 Pumice and black lava rock
1/3 peat moss

Neem seed meal 1/2 cup per CF
Crab meal 1/2 cup per CF
Feather meal 1/2 cup per CF
Alfalfa meal 1/2 cup per CF
Fishbone meal 1/2 cup per CF
Raw kelp meal 1/2 cup per CF
Oyster shell meal 1/2 cup per CF
Malted barley straw 2 cups per CF
I top dress with sulfur and dolomite lime seeing as how I forgot them when mixing the "First" compost.(second mixing now)

My cover crop is a mix of clovers and alfalfa.
The worms in my pots are red wiggles.
I have also added rolly polly's.

If anyone uses gypsum, let me know what u think about it.
Anything you think Im missing please leave a comment below.

Lights-
We are running 6, 4X8 t-5s
12, 1200 watt mars Hydro LEDs

Pics coming soon-
(I water with RO so my plants are deficient in Boron and Iron, Which will be rectified soon)

The microbes we add are from Humbolt-



we will soon be reproducing them In a reservoir.
If you feel there are better microbe brands too use please inform me.

 

[Thriv3]

I've heard of rolly pollies/ pill bugs being problematic in some gardens. Keep an eye on them.

 

[RanchoDeluxe]

This thread is 4 months old.

Roly pollies will in no way harm a cannabis plant.

 

[kansabis]

This thread is 4 months old.

Roly pollies will in no way harm a cannabis plant.

They wont eat fresh material only dead and decaying?

 

[kansabis]

Huh? Look up Josh steensland. They were eating his starts so he had to lay down cover crop. Rollie pollies will eat living plants.

Seen that and that is exactly why I asked that cuz they were eating on his youngins.

 

[RanchoDeluxe]

I have had and still have a resident population of pill bugs for at least 10 years. I've seen them outdoors in large numbers in my worm windrows/hugelkulture beds. Never once have I lost a plant.

For shits and giggles I will try to gather a half dozen or so and place them in a clear plastic cup over a small seedling... just to see what happens.

Let me know when you lose your first plant to the dreaded rolly polly. I think you're more likely to win the lottery and send me 100 bucks.
RD

 

[kansabis]

I have had and still have a resident population of pill bugs for at least 10 years. I've seen them outdoors in large numbers in my worm windrows/hugelkulture beds. Never once have I lost a plant.

For shits and giggles I will try to gather a half dozen or so and place them in a clear plastic cup over a small seedling... just to see what happens.

Let me know when you lose your first plant to the dreaded rolly polly. I think you're more likely to win the lottery and send me 100 bucks.
RD

I wouldn't know either way,maybe his population was outta balance or sumthin....