Organic super soil mixed! Compost tea is brewing, should I buy beneficial bacteria and add that in?

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  1. #1 Jakefromstatefarm86, Jul 10, 2020
    Soil was and still may be very hott due to me overloading the mix with nutes, BUT with everyones suggestions and help I managed to dilute the mix down significantly...Im brewing a very light worm tea with tiny amounts of trace minerals provided by the "Natures Pride" soil amendment, theres also a half teaspoon of molases in about 4 gallons of ph neutral water and i planned to add this tea to the super soil now about a month and a half prior to using it...I just added the dolomite lime 2 days ago, should I buy some kind of bacterial inoculant and add that to my mix asap?
     
  2. #2 Nosmatt, Jul 10, 2020
    I think you have probably added enough already... Lol.
    You have good worm castings?
    If so, use those. Get the soil nutrient cycling. Stop adding stuff
    :weed:
     
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  3. #3 Jakefromstatefarm86, Jul 10, 2020
    I was under the impression that the bacteria would help the soil cycle??
     
  4. #4 Jakefromstatefarm86, Jul 10, 2020
    And yes i think theyre high quality castings. Brute is the brand name if im not mistaken.
     
  5. #5 Cthulhu23, Jul 10, 2020
    You’ll get al the microbes you need from good quality castings and compost!


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  6. #6 Sc00byD00bie, Jul 10, 2020
    Less is more.
     
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  7. #7 frostchaser, Jul 10, 2020
    I would have said maybe water with a bit of fulvic acid to get things breaking down but the 3 above me are more knowledgable so nothing it is
     
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  8. #8 Cthulhu23, Jul 10, 2020
    While I very much appreciate that statement, Frostchaser, I would have to disagree. I'm just a bit of a know-it-all is all :D

    Having said that, to my understanding good quality compost and worm castings will have lotsa fulvic and humic acid already. So again, less is more for OP.
     
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  9. #9 Jakefromstatefarm86, Jul 10, 2020
    Ok cool. Nothing it is
     
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  11. #11 frostchaser, Jul 11, 2020
    I recently started taking a tbl a week. I swear i can feel a difference
     
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  12. #12 Jakefromstatefarm86, Jul 11, 2020
    I actually just went with some rain water lol
     
  13. #13 Cthulhu23, Jul 13, 2020
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  14. #14 wetdog, Jul 13, 2020
    No, 'homegrown' is the proper name brand.

    Starting your own worm bin is the #1 most significant thing you can do AFA organic growing. Some put a compost pile at #1. I don't disagree because a compost pile will also be full of worms. But you can do a worm bin indoors, a compost pile not so much.

    Wet
     
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  15. #15 wetdog, Jul 13, 2020
    If that soil got hot it is cycling. It's the bacteria creating the heat.

    Wet
     
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  16. #16 Jakefromstatefarm86, Jul 14, 2020
    The sonkir meter said it was dry as hell so I added about 9 gallons split between four 7gallon pots. Im gonna add another 4 gallons later tonight bc between the perlite dust and the peat moss it was so dry everything was dusty and i refused to hose it down with water thats not ph'd so im thinkin after the next four gallons the pots will be close to being as wet as they need to be then itll really start to get going.... The ph meter was below 8 but high above 7 so im thinkin its around 7.7 - 7.8...keep in mind i just added the dolomite lime so im thinking the ph will change in a little time.
     
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