G'Day all , Well things are cruising along in Hecno land . , The girls are just living of the soil at this stage , I do have 1 wonky one
that I am going to keep , just to see how she turns out . Good structure on thesegirls , look like they are built to carry some weight .
@The_Skunkist syd barrett should start to see them take off now as I believe they will have a good root base now as well . Recap photos day 7 .
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Today , day 14 .
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now the wonky one .
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@Waira Yes the soil is fluffy . I don't yous perlite as I don't like it , I find pumice stone is way better and there is tons of it on the beaches here and it last a hell of a lot longer . What I do is sieve it with a garden sieve The thing is I have not been adding it to the soil , but it does have little stones and things .
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But - I am finding my soil retains moisture very well without being water logged , like I can get a handful squeeze the hell out of it and it doe's not bind . So far the plants above had only been watered once after sprouting . I have been finding this for a while now , but I do have to keep a eye on it , as the plants get bigger I have to water every 3 days or so . The only thing I can put it down to is the turkey dirt , there nests never get water logged even in the middle of the wet season and remain damp a long time after the rains stop . This is the part of building soil I love , figuring what is going on .
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One thing I do recon , is there will be heaps of native microbes in here . I also have about another 400 ltr on the go , just cooking away nicely .
Fresh out of the garden today . :smoking:
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