This is very much an experiment for me. They are growing in 5 gallon homemade SWCs. I need to fertilize all three SWCs. I bought some Miracle-Gro 3 lb Organic Choice Blood Meal from Lowes yesterday. I was thinking I could mix it with water and pour it down my fill pipe but the instructions say to sprinkle it around the plants, work into the soil, and then water. I was thinking I'd make a trench, pour it in, and then water.
The only bugs I'm seeing so far are black gnats (fungus gnats?). I put out a homemade trap using apple cider vinegar but it doesn't seem to be catching anything. I saw that someone had used the sticky yellow fly traps. Any other options I should look into?
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