- Spring Soil Amendments -
- 2/28/22 -
Worm Casting Topping
- 1 bag of Worm Gold Plus, distributed to (10) 20 gallon grow bags, 1 pot and one 12 gallon tote.
- 1 day before planting, other amendments had one week to settle in
- I poured enough to cover about the first 2 inches of top soil
Process
- Mixed in the first 2-3 inches by hand then leveled out the soil
- Watered in
- 2/20/22 -
Amendments
- 3 bags of worm gold plus
- 1 bag of perlite
- 1 44lbs bag of rock dust azomite
- 5 8qt bags of vermiculite
Amounts
- Poured amendments in already potted soil.
- Potted in 10 gallon and 20 gallon grow bags.
- Rock dust, I used a cup and put 2 scoops in the 20 gallon bags and one in the 10 gallon bags.
- perlite and vermiculite about 3-5% of each to the ratio of the whole soil.
Mixing
- I used a small shovel to do the mixing in each bag.
- First Id just move the amendments back and forth to get an initial mix.
- Then Id twist the shovel all around following a circular pattern.
- Then move the soil/amendment from the edges of the grow bags making a pile in the center.
- The amendments start to pool up on the sides so this helps disperse them.
- Then I’d go back and forth once again. Twist once again. Repeating until it looked mixed.
Water
- Let the soil and amendments mile for at least a day
- The worm castings I will wait until I plant and top the first couple inches of soil with it, mixing it gently by hand. Then planting my seeds.