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So far I’ve covered pages 1-10 of this thread and it seems everyone has small variations but organic soil recipes are similar. Especially when it some to EWC, peat, coco, perlite, etc. Some use what they got for Calcium. There are several sources for that. Likewise the NPK can be sourced from an all purpose fertilizer like Gaia’s 444 or varying sources like insect frass, alfalfa, kelp.Good point. I must admit, I bought the smaller packages to try first and for the containers as I find them more manageable and less dusty than the 10kg paper bags (which I bought for 444 and bloom).
I didn't follow the Gaia Green reqs, im roughly following the REVs living soil recipe and tried to match ingredients I exchanged at same micronutrient and npk levels. I have no knowledge of release times, so I'm kinda going on faith and trust from the internet...we know that always ends well! lol
I still am having problems wrapping my head around adding 1 to 4 tablespoons per gallon of all these minerals and nutrients. It just seems like so much.
Anyway, so you think im close to on point with my TOTAL recipe amounts or should I be mixing all of the dry amendments, then blending THAT at 3 tablespoons per gallon?
I still am having problems wrapping my head around adding 1 to 4 tablespoons per gallon of all these minerals and nutrients. It just seems like so much.
Anyway, so you think im close to on point with my TOTAL recipe amounts or should I be mixing all of the dry amendments, then blending THAT at 3 tablespoons per gallon?
I run a close recipe to that of The Rev and would make a few changes. I would add some dolomite lime and use more kelp, greensand, blood-meal, alfalfa, and feathermeal. I would use less DE, granular humic acid, and langbeinite (that stuff is pretty strong).
That is also a lot of all purpose fertilizer added in but may not be that bad if it breaks down slow enough.
Just my $.02.
You definitely want to put it all together and let it cook.
You’ll need a big spreed sheet, but here’s a easy explanation on mixing your dry amendments. https://oaksterdamuniversity.com/combining-n-p-k-ratios/
Update. Worms dont seem to mind it, good enough for the time being. Can see some of the loose litter starting to be eaten on the top. Will probably need to strain it when I get the batch ready for usefigured this is a semi generic thread so if i shouldnt have posted this here my apologies.
ive got a bag of Timberline Top Soil in my yard. I was considering putting it into my vermicompost but upon reading some of the shiet reviews on Lowes.com and the like, I am reconsidering using it as anything but spot filler or a top dress upon planting my veggies.
Figured Id get the input from the squad first.
So this topsoil has alot of bark and wood and sand in it and really isnt all soil but a mix of organic material with soil. I figure the bark and wood and sand arent a big problem in a vermicompost as the worms will probably eat through the bark and wood over time. I will be using the vermicompost for growing veggies and cough cough...."flower" come spring or summer. Hopefully by then most of this stuff will be broken down by the 2000+worms I have in the bin.
My questions are thus... i know this soil is shit as is currently. But I can see my worms working on it overtime making it more usuable. However, I cant find any test results on it for toxins and heavy metals. The Timberline TopSoil claims to be material taken from a forrest. Can anyone inform/shoot me a link for the test results of this soils test results. Do you guys think this will turn into something good enough after composting with my food scraps in my vermicompost? Should I just dig a hole in my yard and use regular dirt as vermicompost filler or is this Timberline TopSoil acceptable enough?
Most of the food scraps in the vermicompost are greens and fruits and veggies. I would imagine that the bark and wood material would be decent enough as a carbon material to aid in the composting process with those greens fruits and veggies and once it all breaks down and fades to black that it would be worthy of putting in my vegetable garden and possibly my grow tent..
Thoughts?
I sure hope you recycle because you have got a nice mix. I use a little less detailed list but a cheap copy of your beautiful mix. And the recharge requires less additives and the second and third grows got larger and sweeter buds. I'm a big believer in Dolomite and have learned to put almost nothing in my soil recharges and I put 1/4 a teaspoon in my 20 gallon Dechlor Barrel. I also use 30% Perlite as a way to also buffer the Ph to a more neutral state. Once again impressive recipe.Hey everyone I've seen a couple threads with different soil mixes in them and I was thinking It might not be a bad idea to compile them into this thread. I'm also interested to see what mixes everyone is working with. So here goes this is my soil mix I've been messing around with lately.
Soil Mix:
3 cubic ft Master Nursery potting soil(peat based)(1.5 bags)
25lb Napa floor dry(diatomite)(1 bag)
.5 cubic ft Ancient Forest Humus(1 bag)
1 1/6 cup mykos(mychorhizae)
3.5 cups insect frass(2-2-2)
2.25 cups Neem Seed meal(5-1-2)
6oz rock phosphate(0-3-0)
9 oz azomite(0-0-.2)(Trace Minerals)
9oz fish bone meal(3-16-0)
2 cups Dolomite lime(Calcium/Magnesium)
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Wow! NiceThis is how I put together my current mix that I am using for an indoor soil bed experiment.
Following items added to my current inventory of around 60 or so gallons of soil mix.
Fish Meal 3 cups
Fish Bone Meal 3 cups
Alfalfa Meal 4 cups
Soybean Meal 2 cups
Soft Rock Phosphate 3 cups
Neem Seed Meal 2 cups
Crab Shell Meal 2 cups
Kelp Meal 2 cups
Oyster Shell Powder 2 cups
Oyster Shell 2 cups
Gypsum 2 cups
Dolomite lime 2 cups
Azomite 3 cups
K Mag 2 cups
Glacial Rock Dust 10 cups
Epsom Salt 1 cup
Added in around 4-5 cuft of coco, peat, ewc, homemade compost and pumice.
Wetted down with homemade yarrow extract and some AEM solution.
Should have around 120-130 gallons of mix.
Check out my journal to see how things are going.
What does soil mean to you?for my next grow, im thinking going with:
25% perlite
25% coco coir
25% compost
10% worm castings
15% soil
anything I should change in this mix?
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