Organic Compost

Hey I just started a Compost pile and I wanna know if anyone else knows anything highly nutritional i can add other than fruit peels,egg shells, ect. Plus anything that helps speed up decomposition. Thanks for help

Brown seaweed and cats.

Cats?! are you serious?

Cats that get into my garden end up under it . . . .

nice does that work out well? Do those little demons push up daisies?

I grow aparagus outside. Catstuff is toxic to them. I don't know if planting the cats add nutrients to the soil, but it does stop them from poisoning the dirt. Around here though, the red/brown seaweed though is a traditional additive to compost. My personal bias is to not use organic fertilizers in an indoor garden. Indoors I use sterilized soil and chemical ferts. It's too easy to get an infestation of mould or critters into an indoor ecosystem -- and it's a lot of work to eradicate them and sterilize the room once it's happened. I've got those darn black flies in my grow room right now. They didn't come from the dirt or fert -- another grower was inspecting my setup, and he brought the flies with him from his house. It only takes one . . . and this example shows how vulnerable an indoor garden is to pests, even when you do everything you can to keep them out. So, save yourself some potential problems and think carefully about making your own dirt or fert for indoor growing.

I grow strictly outside... Notice the outdoory word earthy... And organics is best for health and ecosystem. I prefer the high i get from it. But i do admitt i just smoked some FIRE hydro from altanta... Tasted just like pine:p but yeah Bud grow from the sun is amazing... In my personal opinion its the best way.

I grew outside when I lived in a more temperate region . . . .notice the outdoory word "rodekyll." :) I preferred it for a lot or reasons. Up here though, we have a very short growing season, avg temp of about 42f, and 100+ inches of rain a year. I've gotten plants to begin budding outside, but never to finish. If I was growing outside, I would not hesitate to use organic ferts. I'm making compost right now from plant clippings, fish carcasses, seaweed, and just about everything from the indoor garden that isn't smokable. I'll use it outside though . . .

make sure not to use weeds. I used weeds and it made little weeds come up in the soil. This was carelessness on my part. I have put egg shells rotten veg/fruit, peelings. I want to make it a worm farm also for the worm castings. Thanks for any info

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Originally Posted by Earthy Dank

make sure not to use weeds. I used weeds and it made little weeds come up in the soil. This was carelessness on my part. I have put egg shells rotten veg/fruit, peelings. I want to make it a worm farm also for the worm castings. Thanks for any info

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Go out and buy a nice cantalop and cut it up and place it on your compost pile and cover with some wet or damp newspaper. Go back out in a few days and it should be covered in red worms those are the ones you want for a wormfarm.

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