Cut the bottom off a solo cup, place about 4” from the plant on top of soil. Then put sand all around the plant 1-2” deep to cover the area around the plant. If in a pot, cover the top, don't put any sand in the solo cup. That is where you can place your nutrients. This also gives you a place if you need to test soil for the amount of moisture or PH level. If you can find a cup with a top, that would work best.
Next add worms to your soil. Earthworms are the best for nutrient distribution. If you are adding a lot of extra organic items, you should also add some red wigglers. If the soil stays moist and there is food, the worms will not die. They don’t like any type of salt. They will not eat your roots. They only eat organic matter that is rotten or not living.
Temperature does matter. We don’t recommend putting your soil in the sun or the freezer if you don’t like the soil temperature, your plants most likely won’t like it either.
Feeding Nutrients:
To speed up the nutrient conversion process use 1 tsp of nutrients plus 2 cups of water plus 1 tsp of casting and bubble for no more than 24hrs. Then water into your plants as you would normally water them for that day.
Watering:
Watering in small amounts more often is better than watering large less often. When you water in large amounts, you over saturate the soil, and you wash your nutrients to the bottom or even out of the soil.
Microbial Tea:
When bubbling tea, add your weekly nutrients into the mix to allow it to bubble all together. Any left-over solids can be watered into the soil or top dressed.
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