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Tag: soil

  • Watered – filled both drip pans

    The plants have new growth and are green again, after the repotting from last post.

  • Repotted skunk and bm

    I’m surprised they are alive with how water logged their roots were.  They didn’t smell that nice either.  Not sure if they’ll make it, but I moved them to fresh Fox Farms Ocean Forest mix.  No water yet, as I’m hoping the new soil will dry out the soil I could not remove without damaging roots.

  • Attempt 2

    Just kind of winging it on Attempt 1 has left me with one pathetic looking seedling. So this time I’m going to prep the soil better, and possibly just start the seeds in soil instead of a paper towel.

    So, for right now I’ve got four shot glasses which are soaking the seeds in a 0.5% hydrogen peroxide and water solution. This is where I made my first mistake last time. I soaked them in 4 parts water and 1 part HP, instead of 5 parts water and 1 part HP. I’m not sure if that is the cause of my issue, but it certainly did not help.

    I’ve got the heating pad set to 72 right now.

    Soil

    Here is a gallery of the soil products I bought to adjust the soil PH and feed the little twats.

    The base soil is testing at PH 7.1. I’d like the low 6’s, so I’m adding acidifier. My container is 12 QT – 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 5 1/2. Filling it about 2 inches, I’ve got the calculations below:

    (15.5/12)*(11.25/12)*( 2/12) = 0.1666 cubic feet

    The soil acidifier says a lot on the back, but the only somewhat help thing they say is “Apply 12lbs per 100 square feet for each one point reduction in soil PH desired.

    (12*454g)/100 = 54.48g per sqft.

    *0.1666 cubic feet = 9g of product.

    So I added 11g of the stuff because it was a little more than 2in full, and I’m adding some other stuff. I also added a couple cups of earthworm castings, a couple tbsp of the plant food, and some perlite to regulate moisture.

    An astute reader would probably realize(as I did an hour later), that the acidifier gave measurements in sqft, but I calculated things in .166 cubic feet. So, in square feet I actually have .94, which changes my calculations for the acidifier quite a bit. For the moment, I’m letting the soil chill for a while, and I’ll test again to see how much more I need to add.