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I don't add all of these elements every time I feed the worms.
4 cups perlite
1-2 cups well-rinsed coconut coir fiber
1 tablespoon greensand
2 tablespoons crushed or ground oyster shell
1 tablespoon granular rock phosphate
ΒΌ cup all organic alfalfa pellets
2 tablespoons kelp
2 tablespoons humate (humic acid ore shale)
Plenty of dried cannabis leaves, stems, and roots
2 cups shredded junk mail/paper
To a typical 2 gallons of kitchen scraps and cannabis plant matter, I would always want either some egg-
shells or crushed oyster shells in the mix to bring some additional calcium and for some pH buffering.
Don't add lime, dolomite or otherwise; these have never turned out well for me at any rate. Make sure you
use Red Wiggler worms, and make double sure you won't get freaked out by a few fruit flies or gnats here
and there. I can tell you right now that no TLO super natural grow is going to be bug-free. They are at-
tracted to the pristine all natural conditions that TLO brings to the table; it invites and enhances life. Who
knew?
Youmaybewonderingwhyyou'llneedalltheminerals.Mineralsbreakdownprettyfastwheninprox-
imity to high levels of bioactivity from the microbial life. These minerals are ones that are hard to make
available all naturally, like phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and many micro and secondary nutrients as
well. All those are very important to your grow, especially during flowering for large yields.
The calcium from the oyster shells is awesome, and so is the pH buffering. The coconut coir fiber is
a fairly effective pH buffer too, and the worms also seem to really love having it around. When the coir
breaks down (which it does pretty quickly in TLO) it brings decent amounts of K into availability in the
soil mix. If your earthworm food seems too wet, just add some more shredded junk mail and dry coconut
coir to it, and if it is too dry just add some chlorine/chloramine free water or more moist kitchen scraps.
The real key is to keep it somewhat moist, but never dry.
