[below frigid]

Here is this years soil mix. Is there anything else that I should really have in there.
My base is a blend of mostly native soil and some Roots 707 with extra perilite, chicken and steer manure mixed in. Some of the soil has been reused over 10 years just re amended every season. I made a blend of
bone meal, fish bone meal, crab meal, blood meal, feather meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, seabird guano, gypsum, oyster shell, dolomite, humic acid, rock dust and lots of compost. Did not add anymore worm castings this season since I made 6 yrds of compost. It has got some worm castings every year in the past. Anything I am missing??? Do you think I am making a mistake forgoing the castings??? Thanks.

 

[iKharon]

Here is this years soil mix. Is there anything else that I should really have in there.
My base is a blend of mostly native soil and some Roots 707 with extra perilite, chicken and steer manure mixed in. Some of the soil has been reused over 10 years just re amended every season. I made a blend of
bone meal, fish bone meal, crab meal, blood meal, feather meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, seabird guano, gypsum, oyster shell, dolomite, humic acid, rock dust and lots of compost. Did not add anymore worm castings this season since I made 6 yrds of compost. It has got some worm castings every year in the past. Anything I am missing??? Do you think I am making a mistake forgoing the castings??? Thanks.

Mix I use...

 

[below frigid]

Mix I use...

Thanks for that, we have a lot of the same ingredients. I see that feather meal is your main source of N. I know it is released slowly over time. I like to use a few different sources some N now blood meal and some N later feather meal. It seem I always come up a little short on N come September/ October with a little more yellowing earlier than I would like. The good side is I know all the N is used up. Not sure if it matters to much when it's all organic.

 

[Homesteader]

Should be a good mix but you may need to toy with the ratios over time and you can cut a lot of that for redundancy you may find as well.

 

[tj Wise]

Mycorrhiza and Azomite -- and i'd add a small amount of fresh Worm Castings, too. I would stir in something like one cup of each per one yard.

 

[tj Wise]

A handful of straw and/or cardboard might be appreciated by the earth worms & fungi.

 

[below frigid]

A handful of straw and/or cardboard might be appreciated by the earth worms & fungi.

I made 6+ yards of compost from Straw, Alfalfa and some Bloodmeal. I think the worms and fungi will be happy since I have see worms and mushrooms already in the compost pile as well as all that good white stuff growing all over the compost. Going to split up the 6 yards up into 40 - 200 gallon pots.