Good day folks. So i made the switch to organics a few runs back and had been hsing a basic pre mixed amendment pack on top of a base mix and had success.
I had used a bail of promix hp, about 15-20l of ewc and this mix called easybake from a local Canadian business. Easybake is a 3kg package consisting of feather meal, kelp, neem, composted turkey manure, DE and SRP I believe. It worked well tbough i thought it was a little N heavy as i did see some clawing on some plants.
I then used the same mix and added some crab shell meal, fish bone meal and sul po mag. Again, this worked well and I even reused this mix a couple times for veg and flower albeit that 2 flower crops gpt cut short due to different circumstances. On the 3rd run, i did notice some cal mag deficiencies.
I am now sourcing things to make my own mix and its turning out to be what I will call the kitchen sink mix. I know more isnt always better but that diversity is beneficial so I hope to find a middle ground.
For this new mix, i will use for the base a bail of promix hp (7 cf expanded i believe) 20-30l bag of EWC, 32l bag of sea soil which is a local organic bagged compost comprised of 2 year composted fish scraps and forrest fines. For aeration, there is a lot of perlite in the promix hp but i also have a small amount of pumice and lava rock as well as some vermeculite. I also have 2 gallons of charged bio char that will be added.
Now for amendments, i still need to figure out the amounts to use but I am thinking I will go with .5 - 1 cup of each per cf and I believe the mix will come to about 8cf. I may go with half the amount of mix depending on the room i have to mix ( in a condo).
I have alfalfa meal, kelp flour, feather meal, crab shell meal, fishbone meal, sul po mag, dolomite lime, rock phosphate ( 0-3-0), glacial rock dust (not sure I have enough of this as its only a 1.5kg bucket) neem meal, azomite, granular humic acid, dried molasses and a small bag of bokashi bran that was a freebie with a recent order. Ibwas also thinking ofnadding some flax meal and DE as well.
I like the no till idea and am going back and forth on using a couple of large totes in my 5x5 tent or just storing the mix and using it as needed to fill 5 gal pots.
Any input on this mix as far as quantities or anything that is redundant or shouldnt be used? As always, any input is appreciated.
I had used a bail of promix hp, about 15-20l of ewc and this mix called easybake from a local Canadian business. Easybake is a 3kg package consisting of feather meal, kelp, neem, composted turkey manure, DE and SRP I believe. It worked well tbough i thought it was a little N heavy as i did see some clawing on some plants.
I then used the same mix and added some crab shell meal, fish bone meal and sul po mag. Again, this worked well and I even reused this mix a couple times for veg and flower albeit that 2 flower crops gpt cut short due to different circumstances. On the 3rd run, i did notice some cal mag deficiencies.
I am now sourcing things to make my own mix and its turning out to be what I will call the kitchen sink mix. I know more isnt always better but that diversity is beneficial so I hope to find a middle ground.
For this new mix, i will use for the base a bail of promix hp (7 cf expanded i believe) 20-30l bag of EWC, 32l bag of sea soil which is a local organic bagged compost comprised of 2 year composted fish scraps and forrest fines. For aeration, there is a lot of perlite in the promix hp but i also have a small amount of pumice and lava rock as well as some vermeculite. I also have 2 gallons of charged bio char that will be added.
Now for amendments, i still need to figure out the amounts to use but I am thinking I will go with .5 - 1 cup of each per cf and I believe the mix will come to about 8cf. I may go with half the amount of mix depending on the room i have to mix ( in a condo).
I have alfalfa meal, kelp flour, feather meal, crab shell meal, fishbone meal, sul po mag, dolomite lime, rock phosphate ( 0-3-0), glacial rock dust (not sure I have enough of this as its only a 1.5kg bucket) neem meal, azomite, granular humic acid, dried molasses and a small bag of bokashi bran that was a freebie with a recent order. Ibwas also thinking ofnadding some flax meal and DE as well.
I like the no till idea and am going back and forth on using a couple of large totes in my 5x5 tent or just storing the mix and using it as needed to fill 5 gal pots.
Any input on this mix as far as quantities or anything that is redundant or shouldnt be used? As always, any input is appreciated.