Hey Danoid the best(most efficient) way in my opinion is to make a tea, add the tea to to the res, and water in. I personally add molasses to my res in the hopes that it will feed the bacteria further while in the rhizosphere.
Also Danoid, check out the rooting with IBA threads by desertsquirrel. Indole butyric acid (sp?) can blow your roots up with a quickness for like $5-10 at home depot. Read the thread, for reals. I got my roots caught up super fast. Got my growth back on track lickety-split. As good as
Roots Excelurator or better.
I still have root aphids about, I would have to sterilize the entire house and run it like a spaceship at this point to not. So I see the continued attempts at colonization by the random visitors through the cracks in the house, but the entire medium is constantly saturated with that bacteria, so they cannot thrive. I'm thinking of capturing a couple(they are born pregnant, remember) and sticking them in a jar with some medium and roots and making little RA bombs
for research purposes only.
That would be very useful to have the active ingredient in actinovate in the mix. PM is really the only thing left that concerns me.
I was thinking about you today, Cap, as I got all biological about my warfare and watched a dozen or so of them die off. I got to pop some wifi's finally because root aphids can't compromise anything anymore.
There is some bacteria recently discovered in soil that becomes airborne when soil is agitated/aerated that is allegedly responsible for creating that "feel good" sensation that people get when they play with dirt. At least that's about what I remember from hearing it on NPR all super high. But that would be an awesome strain of bacteria to include.
And then you could get people all strung out on your bacteria. Where they would sell you their soul for just one more fix. You could roll up on rest homes where they can't garden anymore and they dream about soil and you could be like (in your best 80's voice, with one bandana tied on your head like a sweatband and another tied around your leg) "Yo grandma, I got this shit that'll make you feel reeeeal good. You wan' get high?" Old sick people with 5 gal buckets and airstones next to their bed, making teas, huffing bacteria...
It could be so much fun!
