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===Manure=== | ===Manure=== | ||
Wherever you can get it. | Wherever you can get it. | ||
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| + | While you are still enjoying them. I actually add these to my worm bin, and imagine that they get a caffeine rush and go crazy in there. Maybe not, but this definitely is a good source of nitrogen... | ||
==Base Soil== | ==Base Soil== | ||
When filling new containers, I'll spring for FoxFarm Ocean Forest, which requires little amendment out of the gate -- it's pretty supercharged: | When filling new containers, I'll spring for FoxFarm Ocean Forest, which requires little amendment out of the gate -- it's pretty supercharged: | ||
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| + | Whether coffee grounds or straw, if you grew [[Mushrooms]] in a bag, once the medium stops fruiting, throw it in your compost. Good stuff. | ||
==Volcanic Basalt== | ==Volcanic Basalt== | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 24 January 2018
This is an evolving topic for me, but as I've mentioned many of these at various points along the podcast, I wanted to compile this page:
Contents
Homemade
Compost
And, when it leaks out the bottom, Compost Tea.
Worm Castings
From the friendly red wrigglers.
Manure
Wherever you can get it.
Coffee Grounds
While you are still enjoying them. I actually add these to my worm bin, and imagine that they get a caffeine rush and go crazy in there. Maybe not, but this definitely is a good source of nitrogen...
Base Soil
When filling new containers, I'll spring for FoxFarm Ocean Forest, which requires little amendment out of the gate -- it's pretty supercharged:
Chicken Manure/Bat Guano
The good stuff. If I had chickens, I'd use that.
"Spent" Mycelinated Medium
Whether coffee grounds or straw, if you grew Mushrooms in a bag, once the medium stops fruiting, throw it in your compost. Good stuff.
Volcanic Basalt
Previously discussed in context of Paramagnetism.
- Amazon $19
Azomite
A-to-Z Of Minerals and Trace Elements.
Coco Coir
In containers, can help aeration, water retention, improve root growth.
- Amazon $14 for huge block
Azos
- Amazon $23 for 6oz
Mykos
