I somehow missed this until just now. That is a really great write up! Short and sweet, thanks for sharing your technique with us! Can't wait to see more 
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Help me dial in my Subsistence Grow!
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I agree, very nice looking plants for their age! And you've got your own garden defender
Nopalito
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Welp, got some fungus gnats. My soil is super wet because I've been dialing in the blumats. Got some neem meal on the way to top dress with, that should kill the larvae and I'm going to mist the mulch with my IPM juice every other day or so. Very annoying but otherwise the seedlings are blowing up!
Got some tm-7, ful-power, and agsil that I'll add to the aloe water for top watering into the mulch as I top dress with malted barley powder - this will comprise of my "Nutrient" solution. I top dressed both pots with kelp meal early on and it's still decomposing. The worms I added this week should help that happen faster.
Also, I'm ironing out my watering schedule. I think i'm going to do it weekly, inputs on every third day.(Monday- IPM/ Pest stuff, Thursday- Nutrient Soak, and Sunday- Aloe/Coconut)
Got some tm-7, ful-power, and agsil that I'll add to the aloe water for top watering into the mulch as I top dress with malted barley powder - this will comprise of my "Nutrient" solution. I top dressed both pots with kelp meal early on and it's still decomposing. The worms I added this week should help that happen faster.
Also, I'm ironing out my watering schedule. I think i'm going to do it weekly, inputs on every third day.(Monday- IPM/ Pest stuff, Thursday- Nutrient Soak, and Sunday- Aloe/Coconut)
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Nopalito
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So I've been fighting the gnats with my Karanja / Dr. Bronners spray. They're still around but definitely in lesser numbers. I've been saturating the mulch with the spray for the last day or so a couple times a day and spot killing the ones I see.
Today I released some Nematodes into the soil to eat the larvae.
Also got some of these sweet baking racks on the way that I'm going to use to raise the pots up off the ground a couple cm to get some airflow below the pot as these root trappers seem to collect moisture in the bottom.
So I've been fighting the gnats with my Karanja / Dr. Bronners spray. They're still around but definitely in lesser numbers. I've been saturating the mulch with the spray for the last day or so a couple times a day and spot killing the ones I see.
Today I released some Nematodes into the soil to eat the larvae.
Also got some of these sweet baking racks on the way that I'm going to use to raise the pots up off the ground a couple cm to get some airflow below the pot as these root trappers seem to collect moisture in the bottom.
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Beach_Town_Brit
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Good luck with the bugs, super cool grow.
Nopalito
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Definitely need to try the sticky cards. Tried apple cider vinegar and also left out a glass of water in the tent. Weirdly, had more gnats in the water than the vinegar. Maybe I added too much soap to it, not sure. Still not an insane amount of gnats, hopefully in a week or so the nematodes will start doing their thing and hopefully the neem meal I ordered gets here post haste.
Nopalito
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Thanks guys - Really I just have a couple (crappy) grows under my belt. This time I wanted to make sure I did my research extremely thoroughly since this will be my personal supply garden from here on out. Not to mention I've gotten some good personal advice on different forums that I have put into practice. Thanks for traveling with me on this grow, we'll see how good I am come harvest time!
oldjarhead100
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unclejimswormfarm.com hey Nopalito I just purchased 1000 worms for composting my self I have then in a tote in the cellar , you seem like a dyi kinda guy so I thought you might like this idea
oldjarhead100
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that extra growth is from the compost, mine is the same way I have to weed the weed lol
oldjarhead100
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hey Nopalito just read the whole journal lookin good I would how ever pull those grass shoots from the pots you dont want their roots interfering with the weed(haha kill the grass to let the weeds grow) other than that it sounds like you will rock this grow, will be watching
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Latest update. The neem cake FINALLY got here. I feel like they took forever to ship that but this stuff smells insanely potent.
I top dressed with the neem, malted barley powder, and some ewc, watered it in with my Thursday nute soak. This time I mixed up some Ful-Power, Agsil, and some coconut water and gave the soil a good bath to water in the top dress.
It was like a mini Michael Bay movie when I sprinkled the neem cake on the top of the mulch, the gnats were fleeing in huge numbers to get the hell out of there like they were running from some giant monster. I think that's a good sign.
Otherwise, did some maintenance pruning, taking all the tiny stuff off the lower parts of the plants to keep the airflow nice under there.
Latest update. The neem cake FINALLY got here. I feel like they took forever to ship that but this stuff smells insanely potent.
I top dressed with the neem, malted barley powder, and some ewc, watered it in with my Thursday nute soak. This time I mixed up some Ful-Power, Agsil, and some coconut water and gave the soil a good bath to water in the top dress.
It was like a mini Michael Bay movie when I sprinkled the neem cake on the top of the mulch, the gnats were fleeing in huge numbers to get the hell out of there like they were running from some giant monster. I think that's a good sign.
Otherwise, did some maintenance pruning, taking all the tiny stuff off the lower parts of the plants to keep the airflow nice under there.
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Beach_Town_Brit
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Bug murder is so truly satisfying