I'm missing something obvious to everyone else lol, what are spikes? About once a month, I give the plants a little top dressing with some (powdered) seaweed fertilizer, a dash of azomite, a dash of greensand, and a dash of earthworm castings. This in addition to whatever teas I feel like mixing up lol. Also, as to the organic rice, uhh isn't all rice organic lmao or are we talking about some special rice? I have some Basmati (sp?) rice, wouldn't mind tossing it into the mix. Cooked or raw?