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Discussion in 'Growing Organic Marijuana' started by blackbudz, Oct 10, 2012.

  1. #1 blackbudz, Oct 10, 2012
    So i just mixed my first batch of organic soil. But i am far from satisfied. Today i discovered in the woods a goldmine of compost.....i think

    Alot of scrap metal got pushed up in the woods about 20ish years ago. Well leaves and sticks and shit have been falling over it all these years. I moved the leaves on top and there's like an inch or so of some nice dark compost. But its full of bugs. Im thinking about sifting out the bugs with a screen. Will this be enuff? Thanks ahead of time
     
  2. #2 InTheGarden, Oct 11, 2012
    blackbudz, it sounds like you found an excellent source of leaf mold/leaf compost. Definitely add it to your soil.
     
  3. #3 jerry111165, Oct 11, 2012
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    Yup.

    Ps - I like the screen idea. But yes, like ITG said, leaf mold compost is a fantastic soil conditioner loaded up with soil bacteria.

    Good score.

    J

    Edit: But i am far from satisfied.

    You are so right to do this. Organics isn't so much about all of the amendments you can add to your soil mix. The humus components (such as your new found leaf mold) are so much more important - without these you just have a pile of useless amendments. Now add the organic bacteria that has the ability to turn these amendments into usable plant food and you'll get somewhere nice. :)

    Nice fresh worm castings, compost - leaf mold. The stuff thats alive - Now that's organics.

    J
     
  4. #4 blackbudz, Oct 11, 2012
    Ty very much for the replies. And a special thanks to you ITG. Your thread is what i followed to make my first batch. Im honored for the reply.
     
  5. #5 InTheGarden, Oct 11, 2012
    You are way too kind my friend. honored lol. I'm just a gardener and I'm just trying to learn and improve like everybody else. Jerry is one who's the real deal. I have learned a whole lot from him, and hopefully will learn many more things in the future. :)

    I'm glad you found the thread helpful! Most of that information was learned by paying attention to people who know more than I do, I'm just good at explaining things. People "guess" that I'm a teacher very often in real life (which is kinda funny to me). Paying attention and being willing to learn goes a long way in life. :smoke:

    Like jerry said, organic soil is about humus. With good humus you really don't need much else. But all the fancy amendments in the world won't make up for poor quality humus. So you've lucked out my friend.
     
  6. #6 JumboGarlic, Oct 12, 2012
    Dig deep to get the stuff at the bottom thats broke down the most. The kind of bugs in there aren't usually the kind that are interested in living plant parts. You don't want centipedes, they eat good things like pill bugs and various lices and nematodes and earthworms, lifeforms that will keep breaking down dead plant matter, like the bacteria does. Centipedes are easy to see and will quickly run away when disturbed. The bugs tend to stay where the food and water is so I wouldn't worry about 'em roaming around your home, they will die pretty quick in our habitat. I put a sticky pest trap around the base of my plants. It's a piece of card paper with resin smeared on top. Adventuresome bugs get caught if they try to walk up the stalk. You can get stuff called Tanglefoot or Sticky Tanglefoot, it would probably be more effective smeared around the bottom couple of inches of stem.
     

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