You could blend in compost you buy, animal poop is good. You could blend in slow realease now or just some typical 10-10-10 mineral based fertilizer after plants are a few inches high. Mos5 places need to add magnesium (dolomite lime is good, but takes months to break down,critical for tomato’s ), sometimes you have to do a ph adjust too. If you grab a soil sample a d look up,your county extension office for ag, they will usually test it for you. Prevents a bummer year of things getting sickly right as things ripen…
Awesome, awesome; thank you so much for your input. I'm so excited to get some things growing, might do some aeroponics experiments too this year.
Yea, they’re fun. I use to teach a lot of ways to grow. Aero, hydro, dwc, drip, fogponics, and hybrid versions in between. Fish ponics is neat, but then you have to keep fish alive as well as the plants.if you’re going that route, get a good ph and ppm tester, it’s critical. I’ve gone back to soil after all of it, it’s cheaper not buying all the component fertilizer, tastes better because the organic s and bacteria / mycelium in the root zone cause the plant to create it’s essential oils more, and that also improve s bug resistance.
Also, don’t forget to mulch over your soil. Really helps in moisture control which in turn helps the soil be alive more, which releases more nutrients and promotes earthworms and such, which are your friends.
I see; I might just skip aeroponics in that case :)
So aquaponics is pretty tough? It sounds great on paper.
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