SOIL HELP PLEASE

[sweeperman]

HELLO I HAVE A ?ABOUT MIXING MY SOIL I WAS LOOKING FOR THREAD ON BASIC SOIL MIX BUT I DID'NT FIND ONE. I HAVE A GROW STARTED AND MONEY RAN SHORT,I ALWAYS USE FOX FARM HAPPY FROG.BUT IN MY TOWN IT COST 25.00$ A BAG AND I WOULD HAVE TO BUY 7OR 8 BAG'S.SO WHAT I GOT WAS 1BAIL OF SUN SHINE MIX#8 3.2CUB FEET,1 BAG OF EARTHWARM CASTING WIGGLE WORM 30 LB,4CB FEET OF PERLITE CHUNKY,1 1LB BOTTLE OF EARTH JUICE ROOTER'S MYCORRHIZAE.AND I MIX IT LIKE THIS, #1 30LB WORM CAST 2CB FEET OF PERLITE,AND I USED ALL OF THE BAIL AND HALF OF BOTTLE OF MYCORRHIZAE. SO PLEASE TELL IF I'M ON THE RITE TRACK THANK U SWEEPERMAN

 

[Phedrosbenny]

Sounds very good to me.The more you work with it the more you will most likely end up tweaking it one way or the other.

Good luck to you .

 

[sweeperman]

Sounds very good to me.The more you work with it the more you will most likely end up tweaking it one way or the other.

Good luck to you .

BUT IT'S A GOOD START

 

[B.C.]

Search for the Organics for Beginners thread. It'll help with the basic whats and how much-es, and more importantly, why.

Good luck! BC

 

[raphenilweed]

sounds good. only time will tell. my only recommendation is to stir, stir, stir and stir well!

 

[sweeperman]

THANK I'M A NOOBIE SO I HOPE IM NOT KILLING THEM

 

[PhytoChrome]

Soil mix sounds good if you are going to use alot of liquid fertilizers. If you want to save even more money, buy granular organic fertilizers and mix them in, then supplement with liquid additives and nutrients.
You can get pre-mixed Fertilizers like Happy Frog from Foxfarm, or Rainbow Mix from Hydro-Organics. Look into Alfalfa meal, Fish Bone Meal, Bat Guano, Limestone, Montmorillonite, Azomite, Palm Bunch Ash, Kelp Meal, Rock Phosphate

It takes alot of experimenting, but produces the best flavors on the planet. Have Fun!

 

[FreezePop]

I think you need to try not typing in all caps. It's very rude and denotes yelling in an online forum.

 

[sweeperman]

caps

caps

I think you need to try not typing in all caps. It's very rude and denotes yelling in an online forum.

big thank's freeze i did'nt no that i was'nt yelling .thank u nice 2 no

 

[yortbogey]

sounds good.,maybe a little dolomite lime powder for a nice ph buffer......the AZOMITE......would cover ALL your needed trace minerals.......sould be enuff.from the initial soil to cover the VEG time....then only needing a g00d bll00m fert for flowering........

 

[tryn2getby]

Not far off what i use .... you definetly got a handle on it & as others have shared "time will tell" ...but... i think you have made some good choices & should save alot of money over the FoxFarm pre-made stuff....best of luck

t2

 

[Leroy Brown]

People sleep on Espoma products, just sayin'.

 

[Weird Jimmy]

I didn't break down the ratio of your mix, but a simple base to start with with is 50% peat, 30% perlite, 20% EWC, 1 tbls or Oz dolomite lime per gallon of mix....

 

[sweeperman]

dolomite

dolomite

sounds good.,maybe a little dolomite lime powder for a nice ph buffer......the AZOMITE......would cover ALL your needed trace minerals.......sould be enuff.from the initial soil to cover the VEG time....then only needing a g00d bll00m fert for flowering........

thank you yortbogey so do i add that to each 5gl bag that my plants r in.?

 

[B.C.]

wull?!?! look at that, it's a KISS method!

wull?!?! look at that, it's a KISS method!

a simple base to start with is 50% peat, 30% perlite, 20% EWC, 1 tbls or Oz dolomite lime per gallon of mix....

This ^^^

Espoma products

Plus this ^^^ and yer set!

Right on you guys! lol Take care.... BC

 

[sweeperman]

adding dolomite

adding dolomite

I didn't break down the ratio of your mix, but a simple base to start with with is 50% peat, 30% perlite, 20% EWC, 1 tbls or Oz dolomite lime per gallon of mix....

thank you weird jimmy so is it ok to add the dolomite now with the plants all ready in the bag's?

 

[303hydro]

sounds good.,maybe a little dolomite lime powder for a nice ph buffer......the AZOMITE......would cover ALL your needed trace minerals.......sould be enuff.from the initial soil to cover the VEG time....then only needing a g00d bll00m fert for flowering........

Good advice- Domlite + Earthworm Castings = Perfect PH