What’s up Dude, Scotty and the rest of the DGC. I started using Recharge a couple of weeks ago and so far I have only seen positive results. Plants look happy, green, and perky. So, I am very intrigued by microbes now and I also plan on swapping out one of my Bloom boosters for a run with Mammoth P. I have been hearing you say lately that you are not too worried about ph (to a degree)when using Recharge.
I use tap water in 5 gallon buckets letting sit for at least 24 hrs. My Ph out of the tap is right around 8, after it sits out for a day or two it’s around 7.3/7.5. In the past I have used GH ph down, sulfuric acid mix with distilled water, and lemon juice, which I have grown to like the best.
Now, on the past couple of waterings I decided to stop ph’ing the water and have not seen any negative results. I will try and keep updated on how this is gowing, but so far, so good. Has anyone else tried doing this yet? Are we putting too much stock in Ph and not enough feeding the soil?
How does everyone mix everything together? I typically put everything in using into a rubbermade 1 gallon jug, put everything in the water,cap and shake until my arm hurts. Does this hurt microbes? Should I be gently stirring? I know this sounds dumb, but….
It has been mentioned many times that Recharge can be used with any nutrient line and on anything with roots. I have now started using it on my indoor house plants(palms,spider plant and an aloe plant)and now we have a couple Venus fly trap seedlings(I bought for my 10 y/o daughter after she told me science is dumb and they only learn about plants. You can’t be more wrong, child) From everything I have read about them Fly traps require zero nutes and almost dry conditions. Should I, could I use Recharge? Mix at 1/2 tsp/gallon? I want to learn as much as I can about Recharge and I am starting to sound like a commercial to my mom(lots of house plants) and brother(fellow grower ). Keep up the great shows, peace from the Land of Lincoln.
I do use recharge on all my house plants. Haven’t seen anything negative. But I do give half the recommended amount that we use in cannabis. Do you feed your house plants nutrients as well? Maybe Jmystro or Scotty can chime in on this. Do you use good soil in the house plants?
Since I have slowly collected different nutes over the couple of years, I decided to start hitting some of the plants with it. We started a couple of sunflowers last year and the only thing I had on hand was some fox farms ocean forest. I stepped those up to 3 gal pots until I eventually put them outside, in the ground again with FFOF. I also gave them TIger Bloom and Big Bloom. Those thing were like 12′ tall by the time they died. I will be doing it again, this time with Recharge and see what happens. The spider plant threw off some really nice flowers a few days after hitting with Recharge for the first time. Those are in a planter with a soil/sand mix. The little palms we have looked like they started to really stand up after the feeding, also in soil/sand mix. I’m looking forward to weening off of pre-brewed bottled teas as it seems they maybe they aren’t what they are cracked up to be. I can say Recharge is.
Like Frank’s Red Hot sauce…. Recharge, I put that shit on everything
I actually would NOT use recharge on the venus fly trap. Its great for pretty much everything else though, including any other houseplants.
I dont know much about venus fly traps, but my understanding is that if you want them to grow traps and actually eat bugs, they need to be HUNGRY. I’ve read that if you put them in rich soil or feed them, they wont bother trying to eat bugs since they are already getting all the nutrition they need through their roots.
The microbes in recharge work by colonizing the roots and helping them uptake nutrition, so I would guess this would probably prevent the fly trap from growing traps or eating flies.
https://www.flytrapcare.com/best-venus-flytrap-soil
Not much to read, but it confirms what soup said… Sphagnum moss and perlite mix are suggested… I’ve never been too good at keeping those carniverous plants for too long
Absolutely DO NOT feed carnivorous plants plant nutrient. They do not get ANY of they’re nutrition from the soil. Only feed them insects and other bugs. Some insects, ie crickets, might kill the trap it was caught in, that’s not a problem, if it’s inside and not getting insects, you can use a moist shrimp based fish pellet and feed it manually. Hit me up on g+ sparkyoneup I have some great info I can share.
Rich is right. No fertilizers or plant foods of any sort. Do not use ‘healthy’ soil. AND, do NOT let the plant dry out. I live in the Rocky Mountains where humidity usually hovers around 20% when it isn’t actually raining. My trap plants live under a glass dome, to keep the humidity up, and a grow-light over the dome.
I’ve had great results from sphagnum moss with some perlite in a very tall planter to give the roots lots of growth. The Flytrap roots grow very long. Mine can actually reach a ‘water table’ at the bottom of the planter when the roots reach about 10 inches.
Instead of fertilizer, I feed any fully open traps with crickets. Pet stores like PetsMart sell crickets for lizards and such. Buy the small ones and put the bag in the refrigerator – not freezer – for about a half hour to put them to sleep. Then you can pour the bag of bugs onto a paper plate and use tweezers to put the crickets into the traps. (which is a quite fun)
If the trap with the cricket starts to turn black in a week or so, then it is done. Use some very small scissors to snip the trap as close in to the bulb as you can without damaging the plant. Regularly trim off any leaves/traps which have turned black.
I find my plant grows new traps every other week
One thing to think about is replicating their natural habitat, which would be — i am not kidding — Holly Ridge North Carolina.
Look it up.