Oh I see; It's not really a 12-12-12 thing Herb because those materials are not like chemical. They have to be broken down to provide the nutes. Actually geheim you are on the same path , kind of, as I. As long as my soil has a host of microbes whatever I add to it will be broken down. I allways try to add some carbon in relationship to the nitrogen and it seems to break down. I mean I will sprinkle coffee and or rice for the microbes to eat once in a while. I did find that Fish emultion can take a while to break down. It is possible to get a build up of fish emultion in the soil that is not broken down. I did once and I had fungus from too much fish. That fungus was hard to get rid of. I sprayed bleach water on new "blooms" for a long time. It liked to live on and traveled the drip lnes. Nasty weird stuff. I like to mix fish and brewed coffee. I have added fish, kelp, b1, some earth juice bloom and honey before. As long as the soil is healthy and one doesn't get too crazy a gardener can play with all kinds of organic materials.
Oh yeah , it sounds like you enjoy the soils and organics as much as me.. Cool.. It's good to read about other gardeners trying different things. I found with organic materials the plants and microbes seem to handle ph swings. In fact in my dirt box it seems to correct itself naturally. I have 6.5 ph water here and the soil is always good. I like that. I thought to turn you on to a fish product since you mention the hydro as well. A snippit from their page: " Best Choice in Liquid Fish Enzymatically digested using a low pH, low heat process which insures that the natural organic compounds are left intact while eliminating bacterial breakdown. " " target="_blank">http://groworganic.com/item_F1....html
