[redrut]

Bio Henkie’s Method:

Soil beds, 9 plants per sq m, 5% old soil re-used to carry over bacteria, soil matured for at least 3 months before planting- the longer the better, lets worms loose to aerate and fertilise

Soil:

10 ingredients, very vague
Phosphate-“living phosphate”, a granulate from Italy from fermented grape pulp, fast acting plus bone meal, slow acting
Potassium- vinasse, sugar beet remains plus others not specified
Worm castings
Bacterial strains
Compost

Comments from Bio Henkie:

Just-fertilised soil burns plants
Natural (rock?) phosphate does not dissolve readily in soils unless they are too acidic and contains a lot of cadmium which is poisonous and undesirable.
Recommends foliar feeding (carcinogens?) or root feeding with sea weed extract or guano over acidifying water for deficiencies and long flowering varieties
A&B fertilisers disturb biological life and do more harm than good

I'm using Aurora Innovations Buddha Grow/Bloom. I'm not sure I follow on how

A&B fertilisers disturb biological life and do more harm than good

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[gratefulart]

W.O. mother fn W!!!! I am a super nube to organic soil mixes and have been searching around for a simple but good one to do with Promix HP. Very detalied and extensive thread for a beginner. Learned a whole lot. Thanks a bunch for all the time and effort put into this one J Fresh.
Stay Grateful

[marian123]

I need your help . I will make a vegetative soil mix and flowering soil mix feed only with water and some compost tea , all for indoor growing . I need your opinion about what can change or what is wrong .


Vegetative soil mix (put in this mix seedling in 2gallon smart pot)

90L biobizz light mix
10L worm casting
20g seeweed meal
90g basalt meal
15g guano peru
10g epsom salt
60g lime

This soil can be too strong for seedling , if not is enought to provide nutrients for full vegetative stage ? Guano peru is 1/2 from recomandated dosage , in this case is to strong to use , i ask because is only source of N ?

Flower soil mix (tranplant in 3 gallon smart pot)

90L biobizz light mix
10L worm casting
400g guanokalong
60g bone meal
30g guano peru
60g seeweed meal
150g basalt meal
10g epsom salt
80g lime

This soil can be too strong for flowering ? Is necesary between vegetative soil mix and flower soil mix a light soil to adaptate plant for your need .

Thanks

[joe fresh]

personally i would never mix salt into the soil(epsom salt)....immediately absorbable by the plant and its a salt, so either plant eats it all immediately or the saltjust sits in the soil as an extra salt...watering with salts is one thing, mixing them in your soil is another imo

[Reg Dixon]

This is my mix.

20% vermic (nutes inside)
50% coco chips/coco coir
10% perlite
20% local bagged potting soil

Mix, does not need nutes initially cos of the nutes in the vermic.
Very light but still holds a bit of water so you don't have to water every day when it gets bigger.

Sometimes I sprinkle stones on top of the soil in the pot to make a bit of a covering although I don't know why I do this.

[Mr Apricot]

very nice thread

Excellent useful info here many thanks Joe

[Deadave]

Thank you for this list saved me alot of time.


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[marian123]

Originally Posted by joe fresh

RECIPE #2
If you want to use guano in your soil mix...

Bongaloids guano mix
1/3C hi N guano per gallon
1/2C hi Phos guano per gallon
1TBS Jersey greensand per gallon
1TBS Kelp meal per gallon


RECIPE #3 (My favorite)
If you want to use guano tea and kelp...

Guano Tea and Kelp:

Seedlings less than 1 month old nute tea mix-
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
1-cup earthworm castings/5 gallons of water every 3rd watering

Veg mix-
1/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano (PSG)
1/3 cup High N Bat Guano (Mexican)
1/3 cup Earth Worm Castings (EWC)
5 tsp. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
5 tbs. Liquid Karma
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
@ 1-cup mix/5 gallons of water every 3rd watering.

Flowering nute tea mix:
2/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano
2/3 cup Earth Worm Castings
2/3 cup High P Guano (Indonesian or Jamaican)
5 tbs. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
@ 2 cups/5 gallons of water EVERY watering.
You can use queen size knee high nylon stockings for tea bags. 3 pair for a dollar at the dollar store. Tell 'em you use them for paint strainers. Put the recommended tea in the stocking, tie a loop knot in it and hang it in your tea bucket. The tea should look like a mud puddle. Agitate the bag in the water vigorously. An aquarium pump and air stone will dissolve oxygen into the solution and keep the good bacteria (microherd) alive and thriving. Let it bubble a day or two before you use it. If you find you are making too much tea and having to throw it out, use 2 1/2 gallons of water and cut the nute amount by half.

1) Can feed direct with this compost tea with nutrient (guano with N and guano with P) ori diluate to water liek 1:2 , 1:5 ?

2) At outdoor this my is use for every water or at 3 feeding ? (you say "@ 1-cup mix/5 gallons of water every 3rd watering. " and i don;t what know .

[Konaboy]

I need some help, were setting up a large underground grow 100 feet by 200 feet 2 floors and i could use some help with design and lots of other stuff. My pat experience was all outdoors in Aloha land.

We have very secure and safe place with no distractions. I will need help on lighting, ventilations, etc