It won't beWe're going to need an award for Russet Killer when you get done with those suckers.
Yep no fun learning about pests the hard way but somebody's gotta do it an its me ugh.Bloody bugs .
That looks an sounds great truly using your environment to come up with awesome soil ideas .That soil should be very nice looks rich an fertile .The peppers are coming along nice .Do to the russet s I haven't been reusing soil an have been mixing it but letting it age pretty nice almost all batches have had some nice white mold on top friends who don't control there humidity an get a soil mix from me always ask off the mushrooms are bad lol heavy humidity any mycelium pops good activity lol .Blending soil . Ok guys this is what I have done , First photo is out of my big bin , The pots are 18 ltr x 5 so I used 10 ltr base soil [ big bin ] This has been cooking for around 12 months . View attachment 859837
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Then I used 3 ltr worm soil .- 2 ltr worm and curly grub castings -- 2 ltr pig dirt -- 1 ltr bio char , pre charged . There are also worms in the mix . It is now all potted up . I will be using it in 3 to 4 weeks time , I wanted to pot it now to let it settle .View attachment 859838
I topped them with Turkey compost .
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This is the results I have so far with this mix , These pepper plants I have only feed cal/mag due to the cob lights .
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No worry man that soil looks good .Sorry Dank , that post was meant to be in my thread . I didn't mean to jump on yours .