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I am trying to shift towards organic. Need to figure out compost teas, but so far this is what I have.
I mix my own soil, each box has this:
- 3cu ft of sphagnum moss
- ~3cu ft of bagged manure from big box stores (moo-nure, mushroom compost, humus+chicken manure, humus/cow manue conditioner)
- 1-2cu ft perlite
In the cabbage box and bush bean box I also added some vermiculite in lieu of some of the perlite and added in (pelleted) dolomite lime and Espoma Plant-Tone fert.
Buckets are about the same but no vermiculite.
my seedling soil is moss+perlite+espoma plant-tone and a few handfuls (IIRC) of mushroom compost. I start in jiffy pellets and transplant into this mix. First for this year, and so far it's doing well.
The moss+perlite+espoma+lime is working great as a potting mix for trees I just received from Arbor Day (bare-root stock) and some young trees from the big box stores. Just make sure it's nice and wet, I don't even bother watering them after planting.
Anyhow, pics of whats going so far:
I mix my own soil, each box has this:
- 3cu ft of sphagnum moss
- ~3cu ft of bagged manure from big box stores (moo-nure, mushroom compost, humus+chicken manure, humus/cow manue conditioner)
- 1-2cu ft perlite
In the cabbage box and bush bean box I also added some vermiculite in lieu of some of the perlite and added in (pelleted) dolomite lime and Espoma Plant-Tone fert.
Buckets are about the same but no vermiculite.
my seedling soil is moss+perlite+espoma plant-tone and a few handfuls (IIRC) of mushroom compost. I start in jiffy pellets and transplant into this mix. First for this year, and so far it's doing well.
The moss+perlite+espoma+lime is working great as a potting mix for trees I just received from Arbor Day (bare-root stock) and some young trees from the big box stores. Just make sure it's nice and wet, I don't even bother watering them after planting.
Anyhow, pics of whats going so far: