Life is beautiful my friend and I’m beginning to see the sun shining again. I hope your world is green, thank you for your thoughts 
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man i am so sorry about the bugs. i freaking hate that.
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No big deal. I’m keeping them under control. Growing with a living soil I’m learning to embrace that bugs are a natural part of the process.
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Made another batch of gummies last night and sampled them. I used 150 gummy bears like the recipe calls for. Just one is a much better dose than the first batch.
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Weekly update.
All are doing great and starting to bulk up.
Lsd
Northern lights auto
Gorilla glue
Sour d
Gelato
Purple Punch
Northern lights should be finishing up over the next couple of weeks. Also looked up Purple Punch which has a fast flowering period. That could explain why she looks farther along than the others. 50 to 60 days.
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After dealing with gnats last time,
I can’t rate predators highly enough. You are an excellent cultivator and teacher, those bugs are dust…
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Thank you my friend. It’s much appreciated.
Just trying to give back what people here have taught me over the last couple of years. I love feeling like we’re all in this together.
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Me to my friend 
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Pretty colours. I love lollies
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Really beautiful plants shindig
Well done.
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Potted the new plants today in ten gallon pots. The mix is 1/3 digested manure, chicken compost and old soil. I added green sand for silica and rhizo mix for the beneficial critters, hardwood char charged with uric acid. I peed on them🙂. I picked stinging nettle, hair vetch and buckwheat wheat stalks to use as my compost layer. Then covered with soil.
Stinging nettle
Hairy vetch
Soviet skittles
Sugar Black Rose
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Looks good. I need another tent so I can go perpetual.
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Almost forgot the Sour d clone. She is ready to move to the flower tent when a spot opens up. I don’t mind vegging for a little while longer. I cropped the branches to spread her out a bit.
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Hi shindig so how deep do you have this layer of green mulch of nettle etc.?
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Green layer is about 2.5 cm under the surface.
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Have you always started your seedings in there final bags this way and what are the benefits of the layer of green mulch to the seedlings as they grow.
Nitrogen?
I usually do a similar process with my potatoes when im planting them out using comfrey leaves.
Also know kitchen wastes can be processed straight into the earth were one intends to grow plants veggie at a later date.
Keen to learn ideas growing organically
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I don’t grow directly in the compost pile. I grow around the compost pile. Compost is normally hot to plant in. The green layer is for the worms. Hair vetch adds nitrogen, buckwheat for phosphorus and stinging nettle for several reason. Nettle is high in vitamins and minerals. Also contains silica and helps aide in the plants overall health.
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The new ladies are looking good today.
I’m using a hemp mat to cover the soil. It’s for growing micro greens. My neighbor has been doing it for a while and there is a lot of fine hair roots under it. This also allows me to top dress with no issues. Also it should help keep the bug population at bay.
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I’ll be ordering more for the rest of the plants.
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