top of page

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO NATURAL FARMING

LEARN - SHARE - GROW

"A Guide to Getting off the bottle"

OUR JOURNEY BEGINS!!

​

SOIL

​

The soil is the soul of your plant, much like a stomach is to a human.  The soil is where the plant feeds, and gets its terpenes, bug preventative qualities, and its ability to produce all the medicinal compounds found within the cannabis plant but this also goes for veggies and other non-cannabis related plants.

Soil is an elaborate system of microbes, enzymes, and other living creatures that “digest” organic compounds into usable foods that can be readily taken up by plants.

Living Soil (Super Soil)

 

Living Soil also called “Super Soil” is an organic pre-amended soil that has living microorganisms and enzymes including Mycelium, Mycos and other sources that have symbiotic relationships with the plants root systems.

Just like a stomach Living Soil is “Alive” with enzymes and microorganisms that are breaking down food to be readily available and usable by the plants root system for uptake.

​

This is the basis for your journey into Natural farming and away from bottled nutrients and chelated chemicals that will never give you the medicinal qualities that can be found in Living Organics.

​

CLICK HERE <- for a list of Living Soil Recipes.

Compost / Vermi-Compost / Bokashi Compost

 

Compost / Vermi-compost / Bokashi Compost is the 2nd step to Sustainable Organic Growing!!! Which is key to getting away from bottles and pre-packaged nutrients as much as possible.

Doing your own compost pile is invaluable to your soils both indoor and outdoor. Vermi-Compost as most know is using worms to speed up the process of composting, and add other beneficial microorganism’s due to the worms excreting even more microbes back into the soil.

​

CLICK HERE <- DIY Vermicompost and Compost Instructional

​

The ancient art of fermentation brings your nutritional values to a whole new level. Providing much more than just nutrition.

Fermentation provides everything from beneficial microbes and enzymes all the way to plant sweetness and or vegetative growth stimulation. Everything you need to farm naturally and organically can be done using fermentation.

Common Fermentations

​

FPJ = Fermented Plant Juice (Recipe) <--

FFJ = Fermented Fruit Juice (Recipe) <--

LABS = Lactobacillus Acid Bacterial Serum (Recipe) <--

FAA = Fermented Fish Amino Acids (Recipe) <--

​

OHN = Oriental Herbal Nutrients (Recipe) <--

​

BRV = Brown Rice Vinegar (Recipe) <--

​

Microorganism Collection and other Natural Farming Practices (CLICK HERE) <--

SUB-IRRIGATION

​

Sub-Irrigation is the method of watering your plant from the bottom via a wicking system which brings water naturally up from the bottom reservoir to the dryer top soil via capillary action.

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​

Why Sub-Irrigation??

​

40% Water Savings

30/40% Less nutrients needed

​

Plants have ready access to both nutrients and water and thus perform far better in a sub-irrigated system.

There is an endless amount of variations possible with sub-irrigation but a few of the best and most well-known are:

     Bucket SIP - (CLICK FOR TUTORIAL)

     TOTE SIP - (CLICK FOR TUTORIAL)

     Wicking Bed SIP - (CLICK FOR TUTORIAL)


 

The possibilities are endless with SIP and nature emulation.

(AACT) Active Aerated Compost Tea

​

What is AACT – IT is a blend of beneficial microbes that are actively aerated for 24 / 48 hours or even longer in some cases thus multiplying the number of beneficial microbes many times over.

AACT Truly recharges your soil with microbes and enzymes, so utilizing it at least 1 time every 2 to 3 weeks in a grow can greatly increase your yield, terpene profile, and over all plant vigor.

​

RECHARGE YOUR SOIL USING THESE TEA RECIPES (CLICK HERE)

​

BUILD YOUR OWN DUAL LIFT BREWER (CLICK HERE)

                                                                                     

ENZYMES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

​

Enzymes are like the Janitors of our soil and our reservoirs. Imagine a microscopic bug that eats the bad bacteria and replaces it with good quality bacteria that can help your plants thrive!!!

Enzymes come in many forms but the two most popular and effective enzymatic producing formulas are:

​

 LABS (Lactobacillus Acid Bacteria Serum) - (Download Recipe)

​

Eco-Enzyme – (Enzymes made up of kitchen scraps) - (Download Recipe)

CONCLUSION

​

 

If you use these 6 elements you can literally grow without spending a dime and only using household scraps and stuff that would normally go into the trash.  Getting to this point takes a bit of start up, but if your goal is bottle free organic growing this is how to get there!!!

​

 

-SOIL (TRUE LIVING ORGANIC SOIL)

-COMPOST / VERMICOMPOST

-FERMENTATION (Natural Farming)

-SUB-IRRIGATION (Earth Emulation)

-AACT (Active Aerated Compost Tea)

-ENZYMES (Disinfect)

​

 

Once you wrap your brain around all these amazing organic methods, and understand that the microbes are what feed the plant, then you can start to pull all your NPK, Microbes and enzymes from your soil and Ferments and never purchase another store bought item again!!!

You may start by just doing TLO and a few Teas, or TLO and Fermentation or any combination of variables, but my best results are when I combine all of these elements into one power house all organic growing system!!!

 

GROW WITH ME ORGANICALLY, SUSTAINABLY, EARTH FRIENDLY, BOTTLE FREE!!!

bottom of page