hi,alien.cant wait to start your seeds.and i want to do it your way this time.organic.
i am in europe ,can't find a good source of Liquid Bone Meal /Fossilized Seabird Guano.(hope to get see green ,if guys will be kind to send it to me:))
can i replace bird guano with bat guano?what is the difference?
also,can i replace alfalfa in tea recipe with Cotton seed powder?or just skip ingredients that i don't have.
if you cant find liquid bone meal you can just amend your soil with regular bone meal, fish bone meal is probably a little better imo. and yes you can replace seabird guano with bat guano, essentially the same thing, some people just prefer seabird guano kinda like fish bone meal compared to regualar bone meal.. ones just poop from a bat and the other is poop from a seabird haha and if youre using bone and blood meal you dont really need the guanos but if you have them or access to them it doesnt hurt cuz variety is the best thing. i cut the guanos out but ive recently been adding a little high nitrogen guano, i think its the mexican one.
you can replace alfalfa with cottonseed meal but maybe use less. it wont be as good, i dont know much about cottonseed meal but ive heard some people dont like it.. if you can find flaxseed meal from an organic grocery store or something like that it works too.. if you cant find alfalfa meal try to find as many seed meals as you can and mix them together when you make the tea at the same ratio as the aflafa.. like flaxseed or rape seed meal and the cottonseed meal, theres a few more i cant remember now.
has alien ever mentioned what he amends his soil with and what ratios?
the hardest part about organics is sourcing the stuff if you live in an area that doesnt have places that sell the stuff cuz i know ordering off the internet can get pretty damn expensive.. hydro stores have somethings but usually rape you for them.. nurseries are your best bet if you can find a good one or landscaping spots, also feed stores or pet stores you can find kelp meal, alfalfa meal and oyster shells.. for cheap.
honestly i think kelp meal is the most important amendment so really try to make sure you get that. as well as EWC but those are mandatory imo.
if you order off the internet make sure you get kelp meal, fish bone meal, blood meal, alfalfa meal, neem meal and crab meal, those will cover the basics.
the stuff from the bottles is good and will help but if you have a good amended soil they arent exactly necessary, you can get by with water. so i would say get your soil down and then try to get whatever bottles you can from there over time.