Seamaiden
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Not so much "important" as it is easy and easily available. It offers a good bit of N, breaks down easily and that leads to triacontanol I do believe.I would be adding the oyster shell instead of dolomite. I don't use lime in my mixes, just my preference.
Why do you feel it's important to add alfalfa in your soil mix? I always like to hear others' opinions. I consider it tolerable, but not preferable to put directly into the mix.
I can source each individual ingredient myself, but if I'm after quick and easy, Dr Earth has already done it for me, pretty much exactly as I would have done it. We don't have to DIY every little thing with regards to our soil. That's what Dr Earth can do for me that I cannot do for myself.What do you need from Dr.Earth that you can't do yourself? I find once I built a good soil, there isn't really much I can do. Plants are pretty much on auto pilot. If anything I make an SST once a week. Maybe once every couple weeks an act or a kelp tea. Aloe foliar spray/ipm not nearly as often as I should. Life is good. ;)
With respect,
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We do have to continually add back what's removed (in terms of minerals/nutrients), because we're removing quite a bit when we pull an entire plant, and almost all of what we've removed isn't going back into the soil. I mean, I don't know about most folks here, but for me I only compost the large fan leaves and the stalks. I'm smokin' the rest.