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^^^try white rice. Started mine yesterday and im already getting the top. I washed same rice twice with same water just for the hell of it. I think this is way better then one wash.
That is not algae he's using, it's Vallisneria, a vascular aquatic plant.^^Coco im not really understanding your question. Are you asking if algae would be a complete nutrient for plants or if FPEs are??
There is actually a thread i ran into the other day here on the farm where a guy is using the algae he grows in his fish tank to feed the plants.
26th post. It is in spanish but imma translate real quick right here....
Revitalization Tonic
What i do is put the aquarium photoperiod 14/10
algae growth shoots
then collected
i let them dry in the sun
then macerated in hot water
the plants love it
I do believe fermentation would be a better process for breaking down then maceration, as the heat would take away from nutrients available.
That is not algae he's using, it's Vallisneria, a vascular aquatic plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallisneria
I believe it would make a difference to know exactly what someone is using.
Some good knowledge being shared here. It's been very enlightening and prompted a good deal of research as I find myself planning some changes for this summer.
With regards to the aforementioned plan, it's looking something like this:
- previous years' bags already in the bush that have been stewing in nature's goodness (contain bone meal, compost, peat, perlite, vermiculite, and IMOs)
- addition of Coco as necessary to top up
- mycorrhizal fungi
- fulvic
- dried kelp (AN) FPE
- possibly langbeinite, glacier dust
- castings
- alfalfa for triacontanol, N, etc. (no fish allowed due to bears)
- LB foliar
This is all swamp-style, so additional lime will also be added to buffer pH.
So, questions:
Will I need as much lime as a chem nute regimen, or is pH not as critical to system equilibrium?
Will the LB foliar interfere with the existing IMOs?
Can/should the worm castings be concentrated in any way, or is it more beneficial for them to be added to the bags as-is? Concentrate would be preferable due to weight & carrying considerations, but it is how it is. You find your swamp, you hike to it and all that.
Even though triacontonal is water-insoluble, the only recipes I've found are for anaerobic alfalfa teas (including some that add epsom salts?). Anyone have experience with alfalfa FPE? Would fermentation make triacontonal available in solution? Would it be better to add pellets to the mix and let the soil microbes, fulvic, and Hygrozyme work on the availability?
And the part about water-soluble calcium has inspired me to start cleaning up the freezer and make venison broth so I have clean bones. Good stuff.
If anyone has answers or contributions I'm all ears.
Cheers,
Muse
Mm.... in FW, that's not how I understand reproduction of microalgal forms, but there could certainly be something going on there that I'm not familiar with. But, the plant he pictures and says that he dries out is Vallisneria, that I can state fairly unequivocally based on the pictures I saw. If it's growing well then microalgae should not be growing on the Vals itself, or it would smother that plant and prevent it from photosynthesizing. The plant (Vals) itself would be where he's drawing the nutrients from, as I understood what was written.I diddnt know what plant he was using to grow the algae on but thats good to know. I do believe that he was aiming for the nutrients or what have u in the algae also, as he flipped the photo period of the aquarium so that the algae could grow...i think.
Wow. That's a tall order. :sweating Would it be OK if I just shared some of the info that I've been processing?:icon_dizzy:Man bless us with some knowledge....
I think the brew's the problem. Have you tried Budweiser? Actually, I've moved entirely away from beer and am running Gatorade now- electrolytes, sugars, excellent flavor selection etc. Lately, I've been adding a few cans of RockStar to the mix and the early results are very promising. Don't quote me on this, but cannabis plants seem to transpire faster when they're loaded on caffeine.:cool0041:Ive been experemting and shit. I learned you dont mix heineken with the FPE
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