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[Turpman]

Going to give organics a go indoors. Pretty sure I have Pithium in my well water even though I run it through RO. My area is quite high in sodium. I have a large slew on my property that has an artesian well running into it. Thing is it never fills so it comes up on one end and down somewhere else. Keeps a hole thawed most of the winter where it comes in.
It is quite high in sodium. So much it is pretty much brown all the time. No weeds grow. Cows don’t mind it neither do the ducks and geese.
I usually have a couple 25 gall containers of worms going year round. And I do use it outdoors. Going to experiment indoors going forward.
Here is a bubba cut struck in RW. That I put in worm compost promix, rice hulls and some amendments Probly been 2 weeks. Roots are defiantly thicker and more hairs. I blended some skeeter dunks today and topdressed all pots. They starting to fly

 

[Prairiefarmer]

You do fine,your a good gardener I closed everything down,and threw out a pile of 7 gallon smart pots,all full of coco because of fkn gnats.I tried every way that people said worked..never won.

 

[Turpman]

Well I’m just starting the battle. May order some predatory bugs for my worms when the weather warms up.

 

[lakegrow]

Well I’m just starting the battle. May order some predatory bugs for my worms when the weather warms up.

I never get gnats but I just had a really bad infection of them, I think they came in my promix since they were not here when I started the new bag. I tried all the regular crap but no go and was having to change yellow sticky cards twice a week. Bought these BioLogic Scanmask Beneficial Nematodes, Steinernema feltiae Sf Nematodes and 2 applications and they just disappeared. That was a month ago and still no gnats. I have used before with great results. I just kept them in fridge in between applications.

 

[H.A.F.]

Well I’m just starting the battle. May order some predatory bugs for my worms when the weather warms up.

If you haven't yet, start your worm bin! You wouldn't believe the impact that the good biology you can't see has on the soil. My first run with living soil was gnatty. Worse than with the bag soil and Fox Farms nutes. But I also started my worm bin at the same time as I mixed my soil. It was young and not complex yet, basically worms and bedding. As it ages it will take care of itself, as long as you have a little patience and can use temporary attacks on the problem that don't cause hiccups in the biology.

Patience is a virtue

it's also a song by Guns and Roses

 

[Turpman]

If you haven't yet, start your worm bin! You wouldn't believe the impact that the good biology you can't see has on the soil. My first run with living soil was gnatty. Worse than with the bag soil and Fox Farms nutes. But I also started my worm bin at the same time as I mixed my soil. It was young and not complex yet, basically worms and bedding. As it ages it will take care of itself, as long as you have a little patience and can use temporary attacks on the problem that don't cause hiccups in the biology.

Patience is a virtue

it's also a song by Guns and Roses

Oh ya iv had worms for over 20 years. Same genetics i started with that long ago.
Just need to embrace indoor growing a bit more.
They have been in my cool shop since frost hit and the flyers had a went dormant so it seems. Now that the worms and compost are warming up in the warm loft the nats are hatching. I'm hoping the dunks keep them from multiplying in the plant pots and I'll get some nat eaters once the weather warms up. My worms get a lot of kitchen scraps, it can be pretty smelly before the worms get it. So the flyers are already in it. I'm going to try home made worm chow. Bought some beet pulp, bird seed, alfalfa pellets, I have malt and corn for brewing so I've blended some up to see how they like. My mom gave me about 3 gallons of egg shells, I blended them up as well for some grit.

I may make a 45 gal worm bin out of a barrel that slowly rotates like once every 3 days or so to prevent anaerobic areas. My 25 gal. tend to get a bit anaerobic in the bottom if I forget to turn them. Prolly not bad for compost but I can't see it working very well for tea. I'd rather start with the aerobic buddy's.
Or maybe just more bins that are shallow.
I'm open to any tips.

 

[Turpman]

Have a couple different strains of chocolate Thai going.
AKBB, great germination one dud out of the full pack. They started off a little slow coco and Jack's. Have since up potted to worm compost mix. They are just starting to recover from the move.
The other strain is from early 90s Dutch passion i accuired in a tradded with a fellow that made some seed. Not near as good of germination but I got a few going. Will be making some seed out of them. May do an open pollination. We will see how out of control things get. Haha
This is some of them I think 18 in total.

 

[H.A.F.]

I'm open to any tips.

I have an indoor-specific worm bin. It has several shallow, stackable trays that have a 1/4" mesh plastic grid for the bottoms of the tray so they are flow-through. Sets on a stand with a catch and drain spout but I never let it get that wet. It works well and the trays can rotate if the lower one looks funky. It's called a Wormbin 360 if you wanted to look at one for ideas on what to make. I got black friday deals on one, then a few spare trays. But the concept is universal.

 

[gwheels]

Indoor organics work GREAT !!!

BUT.... a sterile res will remove the problem of Pythium. It works more dependably for me than bennys we get here.

I use pool shock... its so cheap, its stupid.

 

[Turpman]

Indoor organics work GREAT !!!

BUT.... a sterile res will remove the problem of Pythium. It works more dependably for me than bennys we get here.

I use pool shock... its so cheap, its stupid.

I’ve tried it all. Rot always takes over.
I am having some luck with great white bennie’s in my arrow cloner. I’m guessing the Pithium is starting at that stage. I think I’ll go to flod and drain trial to see how that goes.

 

[Turpman]

Going to try some reviving in tissue culture.
20ish year old seeds from Europe.
White widow and ak47 cleand up ready for some bleach and into seed starting TC.
Tomorrow will sterilize and get into TC.
Have about 8 total ready.

Amazing some of these old seed even try to start. That white is som fungi. Hope the bleach kills it. Will find out in about 4 days.
the AK seeds look great. Some didn’t want to come out of the shell so I just cleand the coating off. The black part is the root. Has a bit of a skin over it not the actual root it self.
No hormones just reduced concentration of sugar and nutrients.

 

[Turpman]

Went in today. Hoping for some germination.
Did a few with seed coat intact. It’s a bitch to get off and can damage.

And put a few new seeds of ECSD res cut x Mats bubba to see the difference from old to new.

 

[Turpman]

From cloner to worm mix. Having good luck cloning with a bit of orca Bennie’s. The brown on the stem is dust from fungi Bennie’s I sprinkled on.

 

[H.A.F.]

From cloner to worm mix. Having good luck cloning with a bit of orca Bennie’s. The brown on the stem is dust from fungi Bennie’s I sprinkled on.
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You do see that there's a seed of some sort sprouting in your roots? Looks suspiciously like a cannabis plant

 

[Turpman]

907 bluegenes bluemat 5G rez on floor 1G Rez up top level relay turns on pump to fill top rez. I like it. It’s working nice. Now I just need a delay relay so the pump runs for say 30sec so it dosent short cycle only had a 10sec one. It’s not bad though.

 

[Old ST1R]

907 bluegenes bluemat 5G rez on floor 1G Rez up top level relay turns on pump to fill top rez. I like it. It’s working nice. Now I just need a delay relay so the pump runs for say 30sec so it dosent short cycle only had a 10sec oneView attachment 136963View attachment 136964View attachment 136965. It’s not bad though.

That looks somewhat complicated.

Here is my watering can. LOL.

 

[Turpman]

Yes a little more than a watering can. But they are getting the goods 24/7. Good or bad just an weedexperment.

 

[Old ST1R]

Yes a little more than a watering can. But they are getting the goods 24/7. Good or bad just an weedexperment.

I imagine it saves a lot of effort for larger scale grows. I’m down to 4 - 6 plants at a time.

 

[Turpman]

Ya it’s kinda set and forget. I do, do a pot heft to see how wet they are once en a while. Pretty consistent so far.

 

[Old ST1R]

Ya it’s kinda set and forget. I do, do a pot heft to see how wet they are once en a while. Pretty consistent so far.

With the Bluemats, the pots never dry out?