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container, and spikes are essential forbringing in more important elements such as nitrogen and phosphor-
us, to name two biggies. Nitrogen and phosphorus cannot be added globally to the soil mix in sufficient
amounts, or there would be big problems with the microlife, and that is never a good thing in TLO grow-
ing.
Here are a couple of the main spike mixes I use, made from all-natural dry elements blended together:
ALL PURPOSE HIGH N SPIKE
2 parts blood meal
1 part steamed bone meal
1 part high N bat/bird guano (N-P-K example 12-8-2)
1 part feather meal
1 part kelp meal
FLOWERING SPIKE
1 part bulb food (NPK example 3-8-8)
1 part feather meal
2 parts high N bat/bird guano
1 part steamed bone meal
1 part kelp meal
In the picture of the store-bought Jobe spikes, you can see the concept that we're going for here. You push
these spikes into the soil mix for your roots to find and feed from. In TLO you can use these spikes if
you like, as long as they are all natural, or you can blend your own—like I do—with the recipes above. In
TLO you just make holes in your containers' soil mix and fill in those holes with the spike blends. I find
a wooden dowel about ½ an inch wide makes for a great spike hole maker. You want to make the spikes
BEFORE there are roots present, so I always do this during transplant, then the roots can find the spiked
nutrients and adapt to them accordingly.
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