[Jesco]

G'day All,

I will be starting my first indoor grow sometime later this year, I think I have most things covered at this point other than soil...

I have looked around a fair bit here on IC but the recipes I have found contain products difficult or impossible to find locally - hence this new thread. Access to a proper grow shop is also difficult for me (although not impossible).

So far I have a half dozen bags of coco/perlite mix - what could I add to this in terms of nutrients? I was thinking of doing a combination of liquid fertilisers and also some goodies in the soil.

I also have a strong preference for keeping it organic, or at least mostly organic.

Thanks for any advice

[aunz420]

Hey Jesco,

My organic mix (indoor and outdoor):

1/3 organic soil/potting mix
1/3 coco coir
1/3 organic compost

then for feeding; Seasol powerfeed veg and tomato mix + Seasol seaweed, and then Seasol powerfeed flower for flowering stage

[aunz420]

all of which can be purchased from Bunnnings.

Even if you wanted to make an even more personalised mix I think you could source all ingredients from good old Bunnings

[Jesco]

Originally Posted by aunz420

Hey Jesco,

My organic mix (indoor and outdoor):

1/3 organic soil/potting mix
1/3 coco coir
1/3 organic compost

then for feeding; Seasol powerfeed veg and tomato mix + Seasol seaweed, and then Seasol powerfeed flower for flowering stage

Sounds good to me aunz420, many thanks
Even better it's available from Bunnings too.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by aunz420

Hey Jesco,

My organic mix (indoor and outdoor):

1/3 organic soil/potting mix
1/3 coco coir
1/3 organic compost

then for feeding; Seasol powerfeed veg and tomato mix + Seasol seaweed, and then Seasol powerfeed flower for flowering stage

sweet cheers

yeah ive found a few good things at bunnings

they had a line of hydro nutrients in powder a few years ago, think it was for orchids or smth

[Organolyf]

Heres a 'No-till' mix I came up with, measurements are for roughly 120L of soil, all sourced from bunnings and stock feed stores/locally plus i make my own worm castings...

-125 grams Sphagnum Moss
-250 Live worms
-15L Sweet garden soil fix (a composted mix of sugarcane mulch,baggage,mill mud)
-2.5L Coarse charcoal
-25L Mushroom compost
-50L worm castings
-25L Compost
-5L Rice hulls
-1 hand full of dolomite lime
-1 hand full of fine clay/ soil wetter
-1 hand full of fine sand

Compost mix:
(mixed frequently and aged for 6months in a 200L drum, watered in with great white shark beneficial microbes)

1Kg washed and pulverised pumice
1Kg Coarse charcoal
25L Sugar cane compost
25L Cow manure blend
25L Poultry manure blend
50L Mushroom compost
50L Coarse perlite
25L Peat moss
20L Rice hulls

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Organolyf

Heres a 'No-till' mix I came up with, measurements are for roughly 120L of soil, all sourced from bunnings and stock feed stores/locally plus i make my own worm castings...

-125 grams Sphagnum Moss
-250 Live worms
-15L Sweet garden soil fix (a composted mix of sugarcane mulch,baggage,mill mud)
-2.5L Coarse charcoal
-25L Mushroom compost
-50L worm castings
-25L Compost
-5L Rice hulls
-1 hand full of dolomite lime
-1 hand full of fine clay/ soil wetter
-1 hand full of fine sand

Compost mix:
(mixed frequently and aged for 6months in a 200L drum, watered in with great white shark beneficial microbes)

1Kg washed and pulverised pumice
1Kg Coarse charcoal
25L Sugar cane compost
25L Cow manure blend
25L Poultry manure blend
50L Mushroom compost
50L Coarse perlite
25L Peat moss
20L Rice hulls

have you used this before? if so how was it, I'm considering switching to no til