[FRANMACHINE]

Is it okay to transplant cannabis to a diff soil mix? I am now using biobizz light mix for sprouting and planning to transplant them to a diff soil mix!

[Ru5tyNaiL]

Yes, as long as it's suitable to grow in and not too hot, with good aeration.

[exstr]

If I were going to use this mix exactly but replace the dolomite lime with something else so I could reuse/recycle the mix later, what would be used to replace the lime, and at what ratio? Any opinions on which *water only (maybe top dress some at certain parts of cycle) mix is best?

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Colorado's mix

-7 bags of roots organics soil
-10 cups of dolomite lime
-8 cups of fishbone meal
-4 cups of kelp meal
-2 cups of green sand
-1.5 cups of soft rock phosphate
-30lb bag of worm castings
-4 cups of peruvian bird guano (10-10-2.5)
-2 cups of Azomite"

[alaskalive]

Now there is a list of mixes to cover every taste in life!

[Iffy]

Hi Folks,
I have recently switched to growing in soil and have noted with great interest the amendments/additions that are popular with most. However, I find it almost impossible to get some of the stuff mentioned Happy Frog etc.
Taking into consideration everything I have read here, I have put a mix together (much like sticky367) with whatever is available to me locally (UK).
I hope you folks who have grown in soil for years will point out any deficiencies/omissions;

My Soil Mix.
• 10 scoops New Horizon – peat-free, organic, multi-purpose compost.
• 1 scoop Hydroton Clay Balls (mixed sizes).
• 2 scoops Gro-Sure Perlite.
• 1 scoop Potting Grit.
• 1 scoop DE (Diotemaceous Earth/Azomite).
• 2 ½ scoops Earth Worm Casts.
• ½ scoop ‘Westland’ Garden Lime
• 1 scoop ‘Westland’ Fish, Blood & Bone Meal.
• ½ scoop ‘Westland’ Seaweed Enhanced.
• ½ scoop ‘Westland’ Sulphate of Potash.
• ¼ scoop Vitax Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom Salts).

I also add molasses, humic/fulvic mix & Super Phosphate (when flowering) to the water - alternate waterings.
I don't use 'cups' as it would take all day, so I use a large scoop. Based on 10 scoops, so its an easy percentage.
Regards & happy growing -

[Iffy]

Hi Folks,
I've just been watching a Youtube clip on 'Super Soil'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98guT1V2h0

So basically you mix your ingredients including mycorrhizal fungi, mixing it all up, watering and leaving under cover in a warm place. After 3-4 days you will see a huge bloom of mould over the soil. Mix this all in and you have 'Super Soil'!
Anyone tried this??
Iffy

[Iffy]

Further to my last post,
Here's link to a guy who uses oats in his Super Soil.
The video shows where the mould has bloomed especially around the oat flakes!
I can't wait to try this one....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98guT1V2h0

[redneck shogun]

Originally Posted by exstr

If I were going to use this mix exactly but replace the dolomite lime with something else so I could reuse/recycle the mix later, what would be used to replace the lime, and at what ratio? Any opinions on which *water only (maybe top dress some at certain parts of cycle) mix is best?

Use the 3 part lime mix, it is the best if you recycle.
1 part powdered dolomite lime
1 part agricultural gypsum
2 parts powdered oyster shell

Ive gone a couple years without even using the lime but have recently went back to using it with these rates just because I want to use up what I already have. Maybe it works without because my soil is 7 years old or maybe I never needed the lime to start with but I usually err on the side of diversity in my amendment decisions.

[GET MO]

Killer thread!!!
Here is the Revs master soil recipe, i was going to try this but don't have time to do much cooking, so will most likely use my own recipe (which is throw a bunch of worm casting/ worms from the worm farm, some happy frog, compost, steer manure, chicken manure, perlite, coco, and local bagged soil amendments over last years soil and rottatill the the shit out of it.)

anyways heres the rev's recipe:
REV'S TRUE LIVING ORGANICS SUPER SOIL MIX


BASE MIX
2 gal Quality Organic Soil-mix (or good organic recycled soil mix)
2 gal Thoroughly Rinsed Coir (coconut fiber)
2 gal Perlite (small nugget size)
2 gal Earthworm Castings (fresh earthworm castings, and/or fresh compost works too)
AMENDMENTS
1½ cup Grow or Bloom ‘Pure’ by Organicare (or 1 cup 5-5-5)
½ cup Greensand
¾ cup Ground Oyster Shells (1 cup if no crushed oyster shells)
1½ cup Crushed Oyster Shells (optional)
½ cup Dolomite Lime (powdered)
1 cup Prilled (pelletized) Fast Acting Dolomite Lime
¼ cup Blood Meal (and/or High N Bird/Bat Guano 12-8-2 N-P-K if flowering 1/8 cup of each)
¼ cup (heaping) Feather Meal
1 cup un-steamed (granular) Bone Meal (like Whitney Farms brand)
½ cup Bulb Food (3-8-8 as one good N-P-K example)
¼ cup Soft Rock Phosphate (powdered)
½ cup (heaping) Gypsum (powdered)
½ cup Kelp Meal
4 cups (heaping) Composted Steer Manure (this inoculates your mix with specialized bacteria and primo organic matter)
½ cup Azomite granular (add an additional ¼ cup greensand if no Azomite)
1 cup Humic Acid Ore granular (like from Down to Earth brand)
1 cup Alfalfa Meal (or 2 cups pellets – make sure pellets are all organic no additives)
½ cup Rock Phosphate Granular (optional)
1 cup (heaping) organic rice (important for the good fungi in this soil-mix)

This mix should be moistened (Do not get it soaking wet!) with chlorine free water, and turned over every few days, for about 15 days before use. This is what I call “cooking” your soil, and letting it get pretty dry before use, is fine. The nutrients don’t evaporate or anything, so no worries there, per storage over time. If this soil-mix turns out to be too hot (powerful) for some reason, just cut it with good bagged organic soil until you get the strength your environment and genetics demands.
I find cooking mine for about 30 days works the best for me, but I have often used it sooner, like at 2 weeks, and just remember the warmer it is outside wherever the soil-mix is at, the faster the cooking processes will happen. You can use a pH meter (soil pH meter) to tell when it is done cooking too. I wait until it is in the 6.2 – 6.8 range, which normally takes about 2 weeks, because as it kicks off cooking the pH will often be very low, like around 4.9 isn’t uncommon when it first starts to cook.
ONLY FOR USE WITH PURE WATER SOURCES, LIKE REVERSE OSMOSIS, RAIN, OR DISTILLED WATER. DO NOT USE WELL, TAP, OR SPRING WATER WITH THIS RECIPE.
This soil-mix is meant to be used along with the spike and layer TLO dynamic, and while it is quite capable of standing alone, it works supernaturally when you add the spike and layering dynamics.

[Monyo]

Hi, very nice guide but unfortunately some things are really hard for me to get... I am starting really soon with 3 imported strains (Nearing delivery). (It's hard in here, Asia, law sucks)

I have this
I have already a month old local weed plant. This seems effective but I don't know about seedlings. (after germinating)
(Coco Dust, Carbonized Rice Hull, Perlite Soil Conditioner, Soil)
I also have here Vermicast (EWC).