Im'One
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i been trying learn all i can about organic soil.
I had made soil using foxfarm happy frog, ocean forest, peat and perlite in equal parts. I used it indoors with pretty good results. After using it took it outside and left in the rain and sun in barrels with drainage.
I began putting three month or longer aged horse manure in a barrel with holes and an aeration pipe, then added red wigglers. I turned the mix every month
After three months i checked and the manure had broken down. It looked like ewc from the store.
I then made my mix using coffee cans that hold about .8 square ft.
Heres my mix, keep in mind im in rural oklahoma and cannot get the esoteric ingredients.
So please hold off on too much of that??
Total footage about 4 cubic foot soil mix
Made from....
24 part used soil
16 part ewc
8 part peat moss
8 part biochar
8 parts perlite
Added amendments
2 cups alfalfa meal
2 cups blood meal
2 cups bone meal
2 cups kelp meal
2 cups oyster shell
2 cups diatomaceous earth
2 cups ag lime
2 cups azomite
Do i need epsom salts?
I typically have been using my well water which is hard and about , 6.8 ph and 330ppm
Will that work or do i need to use rain or get a filter?
For my precious grows i have used mega crop in my well water and alternate with a calmag made from well water and one teaspoon epsom every fourth feeding. Towards the end of bloom i give some big bloom.
I had made soil using foxfarm happy frog, ocean forest, peat and perlite in equal parts. I used it indoors with pretty good results. After using it took it outside and left in the rain and sun in barrels with drainage.
I began putting three month or longer aged horse manure in a barrel with holes and an aeration pipe, then added red wigglers. I turned the mix every month
After three months i checked and the manure had broken down. It looked like ewc from the store.
I then made my mix using coffee cans that hold about .8 square ft.
Heres my mix, keep in mind im in rural oklahoma and cannot get the esoteric ingredients.
So please hold off on too much of that??
Total footage about 4 cubic foot soil mix
Made from....
24 part used soil
16 part ewc
8 part peat moss
8 part biochar
8 parts perlite
Added amendments
2 cups alfalfa meal
2 cups blood meal
2 cups bone meal
2 cups kelp meal
2 cups oyster shell
2 cups diatomaceous earth
2 cups ag lime
2 cups azomite
Do i need epsom salts?
I typically have been using my well water which is hard and about , 6.8 ph and 330ppm
Will that work or do i need to use rain or get a filter?
For my precious grows i have used mega crop in my well water and alternate with a calmag made from well water and one teaspoon epsom every fourth feeding. Towards the end of bloom i give some big bloom.
