Ive been busy. Rebuilt the grow room while I was afk
Built a 4 by 9 notill raised bed in my 9 by 10 room. 36 cf of dirt to grow in. 2 1k lights 8" vented hoods draw fresh air from outside back to outside. Carbon filter through 6" line outside. Passive intake to the room.
So the dirt. 12 cf was Reamended dirt that was previously used. 1/3 peat, perlite and compost. It was originally made with
Gaia green fertilizer and top dressed with carbonatite and more
Gaia green bloom and general perpous.
24 cf made from 6cf peat, 2 cf coco coir, 8 cf rice hulls, 4 cf sheep manure compost and 4 cf leaf compost.
For every cubic foot (cf) of soil got:
1/2 cup kelp meal
1/2 cup crab meal
1/2 cup neam cake
1c gypsum
1c oyster shell flour
3c of various rock dusts
(Equal parts basalt, azomite, Adamite, wollastonite)
The plan now it to water it nicely, plant a cover crop, top dress with organic matter and plant 24 clones.
I plan to alternate malted barley teas with sprouted corn teas with worm compost , kelp meal, neam meal, silicate and fulvic acid.
I have lots of nettles, yarrow and some comfrey to top dress with as well as a worm bin to add worms and eggs to the newly made beds.
I have been lightly watering the soil to evenly moisten the new peat. I have a sprouted barley tea and worm compost tea going that I am going to water with tomorrow. Mulch, worms, living mulch and new cuts are going in on Monday to get this party started. Stay tuned for more updates.
The covercrop mix I have is 1/3 peas, oats and buckwheat. With that I have mixed the end of bag of garden seeds I have that I am not using anymore. Beets, turnips, Kale, chard etc. All will be chopped and allowed to become part of the mulch layer. I want to maintain a diverse group of plants growing at all times. Cycle as many plants in this soil (carbon cycling) as possible, in order to keep the nutrients taken in by the plants cycled back to the soil through the bacteria and worms. Stay tuned for more...