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and if outside, no worms will visit you, if you have perlite. they dont like it. it hurts em.Don't get bent out of shape.
Just giving you alternatives for when you put that outdoor plot in and your mix calls for $1,000 worth of perlite.
I can't even begin to count how much money I 'wasted' on all sorts of shit. We all spend money, but we also let eachother know about money saving opportunities...because as time goes on...a penny saved is a penny earned, in a big way.
Just give it time, it will make sense.
nice! i use smokin tomatoes! cheaper than cali soil, and i think better too!Morgans composting (Gregs mix)
dairy doo, smokin tomatoes is awesome!! just use it once! better than foxfarm!!Dairy doo with smelt hulls? Manure with ashes?
How often do you top dress?SOIL
30% Pro-Mix HP or BX
15% Mushroom Compost
15% Earth Worm Castings
30% Perlite
ADDITIONS
1. Gaia Green 4-4-4: 3 or 4 tbsp/gal.
2. Wallace Wow Premium Mycorrhizal Inoculant - 1/2 cup per 20gal pot.
TOP DRESSING
Gaia Green 4.4.4: 2 tbsp/gal - Veg/Flower Start/Flower Middle
or
Gaia 4.4.4 and Gaia Power Bloom 2.8.4 - 2 tbsp/gal
Veg: 70/30
Flower Start: 50/50
Flower Mid: 70/30
I will also be adding molasses to the water . . . thanks
How often do you top dress?
I just made a batch
3 bales of peat
8 cubic feet perlite
2 8 pound bags of worm castings
2 cups bone meal
2 cups blood meal
6 cups espoma tomatotone(got a bunch of these marked down last year)
1 bag of pelletized lime from home depot, the little bag, I don't remember what size they are
2 cups epsom salt
2 bags of happy frog
1 bag of organic compost from home depot
It's such a bitch to mix big ass soil batches by myself, woulda been enough for a couple years if I didn't decide to plant so many veggies because of the apocalypse.
I buy a bunch of it at a time and get it cheaper. I also like putting little plants in straight happy frog for simplicity's sake. FFOF burns babies in my experience. Happy frog and perlite is awesome for the after seedling stage and in my head blending it into the main mix cuts down on stress.
This is my first time using an organic soil mix
I just made this mix yesterday, hoping to get some feedback on it before I mix it together and start to let it cook. Will be using 7 gallon smartpots, in a 6.5 x 6.5 x 6.5' tent under 2 315w CMH lights
3.8 cubic ft Pro-mix BX (M)
.5 cubic ft Perlite
1 cubic ft Malibu Compost/ Bu's Blend (probably need more??)
1 cup of blood and bone meal
1.5 cups of Kelp meal
1.5 cups of Neam meal
1.5 cups of Shrimp meal
2 cups of crushed Oyster shells
1.5 cups of Alfalfa meal
3 cups of earthworm castings
Wouldn't the pro mix bx and the perlite be enough to help with that??Alot of great ingredients here.
Bus blend is great compost but is a little dense to use without any other base. So I would consider adding some woodier compost, peat or coco to balance it.
Wouldn't the pro mix bx and the perlite be enough to help with that??
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