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What is this Mix missing ??

Dreamscape

Member
As someone who is a complete beginner to Organics i'm using the MSM mix and was inspired by the "crucial must have organic supplies" thread.

I was just curious if from looking at this list below if you felt there was anything in particular that this mix absolutely NEEDS.

As of right now my plants are doing well and dont have any MAJOR defeciencies

Ingredients in the soils are:

Composted Forest Humus x2,
Sphagnum peat moss x3,
Earthworm castings x3,
PacificNorthwest seagoin fish ,
crab meal,
shrimp meal,
vermicultural compost (bedding material and livestock manure) x2 ,
Sandy loam x2,
perilite x2,
fossilized bat guano x2,
granite dustx3,
Norwegian Kelp meal x2,
dolomite lime and oyster shell for Ph x3
Humic acid from leonardite and Mycorrhizal innoculents.....

then the additional cup of "peace of mind" adds

feather meal,
hydrolyzed fish,
fish bone meal,
sulfate of potash,
magnesia,
alfalfa meal,
blood meal,
bat guano,
rock phosphate,
kelp meal
and gypsum....plus 12 species of Mycorrhizae and 6 species of benificial bacteria.....

I've added chunky perlite to the tune of it being 35% or so of the total mix.

I also feed with only water and:

Blackstrap Molasses @ 1 tablespoon per gallon every or every other watering.
Liquid Karma
Hygrozyme


What ... if anything should I add to this ???
 

Sleepy

Active member
Veteran
what kind of water do you use?

what is your pH??

other than that, jeez...get a nice dark beer and chill.
 

Dreamscape

Member
Hey sleepy old pal :wave:

I use belmont spring water currently ... ph'd to around 6.3 - 6.7

I'm fairly certain the water is less than 100ppms and the starting ph is at around 5.7 or so ...
 

habeeb

follow your heart
ICMag Donor
Veteran
^ true, your thinking to much like me man. just let them / and yourself ride the wave and relax. feed them if there hungry, if there not then don't...

this is where the simplicity of a bottle can come in handy. I'm going back to one veg bottle and one flower bottle for a while to appreciate life and simplicity. will I ever go back to mixing nutes and different ingredients who knows but I know you can grow a plant without hassle, and it seems to me, the more you relax and take it easy the better they come out..
 

Sleepy

Active member
Veteran
Hey sleepy old pal :wave:

I use belmont spring water currently ... ph'd to around 6.3 - 6.7

I'm fairly certain the water is less than 100ppms and the starting ph is at around 5.7 or so ...


damn, i wish my water was that easy!

you are set...

flip the timer and flower those plants!!!
 

Dreamscape

Member
^ true, your thinking to much like me man. just let them / and yourself ride the wave and relax. feed them if there hungry, if there not then don't...

this is where the simplicity of a bottle can come in handy. I'm going back to one veg bottle and one flower bottle for a while to appreciate life and simplicity. will I ever go back to mixing nutes and different ingredients who knows but I know you can grow a plant without hassle, and it seems to me, the more you relax and take it easy the better they come out..


You guys are right ... I'm going to end up burning myself out. I guess i'll just stick to what i'm doin and K.I.S.S. :)

thanks for the advice guys
 

tjmccoy

Well-known member
Veteran
habeeb,

thats great advice man,

what are you going to try for your one bottle solution? PBP?
 
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