Hovz
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Hello everybody I'm here to get some opinions and be critiqued to ensure i make a good soil mix.
LC’s Soiless Mix #1:
5 parts Canadian Spaghnam Peat or Coir or Pro-Moss
3 parts perlite
2 parts wormcastings or mushroom compost or home made compost
Powdered (NOT PELLETIZED) dolomite lime @ 2 tablespoons per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of the soiless mix.
I searched and could not find powdered dolomite lime, I bought some Agricultural limestone which i've read is like dolomite lime. It is a sand like texture and it has 21.60% calcium and 13.03% magnesium which i read was good because it should be about a 2:1 ratio of cal : mag.
Should i use the same 2 tablespoons per gallon?
RECIPE #1
1 tablespoon blood meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
2 tablespoons bone meal per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
1-tablespoon kelp meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix or Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract as directed
(OPTIONAL) 1 tablespoon per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of Jersey Greensand to supplement the K (potasium) in the Kelp Meal and seaweed extract.
I have the blood meal, bone meal, and kelp meal, but didn't get the jersey greensand, does anyone suggest i use it? I've read burnone say it is not needed.
So i plan to follow this soil mix using sphagnum peat, perlite and EWC or Mushroom Compost.
I can't wait to start my first organic grow, i have some clones about to take root, I know i need to Stir and mix it a few times a week so the bacteria can get oxygen and break down the bone meal and make it available. My question is, if i dont have liquid karma, will using water bubbled with a airstone still allow the bacteria to break down the bone meal and allow the lime to better adjust the ph of a peat based mixture?
Im excited to start growing healthy plants.
LC’s Soiless Mix #1:
5 parts Canadian Spaghnam Peat or Coir or Pro-Moss
3 parts perlite
2 parts wormcastings or mushroom compost or home made compost
Powdered (NOT PELLETIZED) dolomite lime @ 2 tablespoons per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of the soiless mix.
I searched and could not find powdered dolomite lime, I bought some Agricultural limestone which i've read is like dolomite lime. It is a sand like texture and it has 21.60% calcium and 13.03% magnesium which i read was good because it should be about a 2:1 ratio of cal : mag.
Should i use the same 2 tablespoons per gallon?
RECIPE #1
1 tablespoon blood meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
2 tablespoons bone meal per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
1-tablespoon kelp meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix or Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract as directed
(OPTIONAL) 1 tablespoon per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of Jersey Greensand to supplement the K (potasium) in the Kelp Meal and seaweed extract.
I have the blood meal, bone meal, and kelp meal, but didn't get the jersey greensand, does anyone suggest i use it? I've read burnone say it is not needed.
So i plan to follow this soil mix using sphagnum peat, perlite and EWC or Mushroom Compost.
I can't wait to start my first organic grow, i have some clones about to take root, I know i need to Stir and mix it a few times a week so the bacteria can get oxygen and break down the bone meal and make it available. My question is, if i dont have liquid karma, will using water bubbled with a airstone still allow the bacteria to break down the bone meal and allow the lime to better adjust the ph of a peat based mixture?
Im excited to start growing healthy plants.