Hey @pop22 - that's the basic 3-4-4? No other amendments other than worm castings? Do you top dress at some point? And how soon before planting do you let that cook or not? I was thinking of trying a side by side for shits and giggles.
Great thread so far and only 3 or 4 pages in. I picked up kindle copy of Small Spaces, Big Yields too. Thanks!
I didn't quite understand what you meant by this originally but I think I get it now. If the volume of soil is higher the temp will still be too hot for young plants as it composts. Is this what you mean?
I think I'll be using fabric pots as well. There have been a few comments pop22 was making about hydrolysis in relation to other asking about using hydroton clay pebbles and I can see how that might create issues with wicking in the wrong medium. Either way, I take the advice. I can always throw one in a pot later to see how it performs. Plenty of time for that.
Good article. I'll be mixing my ingredients and skip the layering. Plan to mix up a small batch of super soil that I had planned anyway and will let that cook for a few months. Bought a small bag of epsoma garden tone too and going to mix a few pots of that using your new recipe vs the earth dust for my comparison & the autopots are on the way. This is going to be an interesting next 6 months. Thanks again!
