Earthworms and Compost Extract
This past week I applied compost extract, using the compost from Ground Up Soil. I gently massaged a couple of cups of compost in a 400 micron bag for 5 minutes. I then applied as a soil drench into the future cannabis containers and sprayed on the bare soil as the cover crop seeds are now emerging, which is exciting considering its been well below average as far as spring temps go... highs in the upper 40s F wooo!
Anyways, I used a battery powered backpack sprayer from my 4sons to at the very least get these microbes out on the bare soil, sprouting plants and lawn. This has a diaphragm pump and the psi is 70 psi, which is perfect for the microbes.
I bought some earthworms for my buddy Scot's cannabis containers from Down to Earth Organics which has local earthworms for sale there. He applied them and I let him use my compost I stored away from last weeks shipment to cover them lightly for good measure after I soil drenched everything.
The compost from Ground up soils is tested using a microscope over at Earthfort, a company that tests soils. This compost has a lot of micro and macro aggregates created from microorganisms! It also smells like a forest floor!
I also ended up applying compost extract as a soil drench for my friend's fruit trees. As you can tell we added compost to the base of each tree last week, which helped push all the blossoms out and reducing pest pressure from ants. These fruit trees were planted back in October.
For fun and to prevent my buddy from breaking out the pesticides, salt fertilizers and etc I am treating the lawn via foliar spray with extracts to help prevent and chemical applications. We also applied compost last week to the patches with grass seed. Tall bush in the middle of the lawn also got the extract as a soil drench and foliar.
Next week the temperatures will be warmer so I will be making a Compost tea to apply as a foliar for everything!
Feel free to come over to stay at my home anytime! That grass looks amazing. So what exactly did you put in that sprayer?
compost extract. Typically, Compost tea is applied as a spray but due to costs etc I used the sprayer to spray the extract out over the exposed soils as the plants are still sprouting.
Oh ok. I recently got some seaweed extract for foliar spray, and plants never looked so happy! I defiantly need to look more into it. And man I so wanted to do that thing with the rocks, and sand in my pots. But chickened out. But perhaps ill do one for outside as a learning experience.
We just added straight up supersoil in the fabric pots.
Yeah man he got skills!
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Man you just have to get a lot of food grade diatomaceous Earth and spread that around and then wet it down. especially in that greenhouse.
Diatomaceous earth absolutely wreaks havoc on bugs and they really hate the stuff.
It's full of chelated micronutrients that is super awesome for plants and they absolutely love it.
Definitely spreading that around will knock down all of your issues
Don't forget a layer of sand on top of that soil do remove the possibility of fungus gnats.
Although if you have a bunch of that diatomaceous earth mixed into your growing soils... LoL that would definitely be double plus good.
I take it you cannot use natural dog poop for fertilizers otherwise I can be a Dog millionaire...
You know I use Diatomaceous Earth daily, 1 tsp, with psyllium husk powder. I used Diatomaceous Earth many years ago but found it to only be affective when dry for pest controls and unnecessarily messy.
When I moved here a few weeks ago the fruit trees were struggling since they were planted right before winter. The ants that were all over the blossoms are gone now and now the blossoms are blooming due to the real good compost from Ground up soil.
While I am here helping out, applying compost, compost teas, and extracts, I am trying to do as minimal as possible here aside from applying compost etc as I need to start studying the next part of my soil school with the microscope and acquiring compost materials ie wood chips and green material. https://www.soilfoodweb.com/.
Once (or if) I create a static compost pile here than dog manure can be added to it!
You know my buddy added 40 tons of loam back here and added a 1 inch layer of organic matter ontop of some cover crop seeds. Also we are living next Flat Creek and surprisingly there are no flies or fungus gnat issues not even mosquitos. I have lived in a few places across the west coast and Oregon by far has the best and healthiest soils I have seen. I think the soils are so much more ideal for growing and helps with pest problems in general.
We will see though. As I get good at the microscope I will be able to see pest issues and soil biology needs before they become a real big issue hopefully!
Integrated pest Management starts before the problems arise...