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Anytime bro. Can u please help me out though. With the lime. Pretty sure it's a cup of lime per cubic foot of total mix. But I could be understanding wrong and it's a cup per cubic foot of peat. Actually going to be using promix hp as my peat source. I have a Ton of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thank you guys. That's why I love the farm!
I would lime for the volume that doesn't include the rice hulls, so I would lime for the castings/compost and the peat. You can always add more, but if you've put in too much, it's tough to get back out. ;)So I plan on making a batch of my own soil soon. Have all the components just a question. If I start with one cubic foot of peat then add my cubic foot of rice hulls and a cubic foot of ewc/compost mixture that's three cubic feet. Do I add my lime at one cup per cubic foot of mix or one cup per cubic foot of peat. I'll gladly post my mix if that would better help answer. Just a little confused on the lime issue.
I don't know of any other than brewery supply outfits. I get mine from the local feed shop OR, since I'm in California relatively near the Central Valley, I have also found some bulk suppliers. But I've got to go pick up the hulls myself and they're not bagged, so it *must* be covered.Sea, is there an online source for rice hulls you can direct me to?
Or what type of local businesses should I look to that may use rice hulls?
Thanks.
That's my favorite way, through the local feed store.
I would lime for the volume that doesn't include the rice hulls, so I would lime for the castings/compost and the peat. You can always add more, but if you've put in too much, it's tough to get back out. ;)
I don't know of any other than brewery supply outfits. I get mine from the local feed shop OR, since I'm in California relatively near the Central Valley, I have also found some bulk suppliers. But I've got to go pick up the hulls myself and they're not bagged, so it *must* be covered.
If you can't find rice hulls locally, then see what you can find. For example, in the south it might be peanut hulls, pecan shells, that sort of thing. Out here it's not just rice hulls but also walnut shells. Keep these terms in mind: agricultural waste, sustainable, renewable.
Thanks sea. I'll be posting my mix soon as I get out of work today. Wanna get it right out the gate.That's my favorite way, through the local feed store.
I would lime for the volume that doesn't include the rice hulls, so I would lime for the castings/compost and the peat. You can always add more, but if you've put in too much, it's tough to get back out. ;)
I don't know of any other than brewery supply outfits. I get mine from the local feed shop OR, since I'm in California relatively near the Central Valley, I have also found some bulk suppliers. But I've got to go pick up the hulls myself and they're not bagged, so it *must* be covered.
If you can't find rice hulls locally, then see what you can find. For example, in the south it might be peanut hulls, pecan shells, that sort of thing. Out here it's not just rice hulls but also walnut shells. Keep these terms in mind: agricultural waste, sustainable, renewable.
I was always under the impression that walnuts and their hulls can become toxic to plants and animals sea,here is a link to what im talking about,
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/info_walnut_toxicity.htm
Allelopathy! Oaks also use it and I'm sure there are plenty of other plants that use chemistry in this manner. The link is talking about live walnuts, as well as the issues for equines and canines (my dog eats a lot of the acorns that drop from our black oak, which are supposed to taste awful without processing and are also said to be rather nasty while raw, yet there she sits, eating the damn things up, then eating a stick).I was always under the impression that walnuts and their hulls can become toxic to plants and animals sea,here is a link to what im talking about,
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/info_walnut_toxicity.htm
Great answer, and thanks for that epsom as soil conditioner thought.I am on this thread to get information more than give. If someone sees a slight in this recipe I am more than open to it. Especially if it saves on time and $$$. Please do not think I am offended. I just was answering the 'why' questions you posed as best I could.
I can't really tell what it is we're supposed to be looking at here.View attachment 430186
Is this good or bad??? I can't transplant and there's no more room to top dress ....
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