[blackpulpit]

Hello all, I have well over 50lbs of Build a Soil "Craft Blend" Nutrient mix and want to start a 30gallon no-till using equal parts: Peat Moss, EWC/Compost and Lava rock for aeration as stated on the B.A.S. website.


My question is:

Is this 30 gallon of E.W.C/Compost/Peat moss/Lava rock mix.... have enough "minerals" to get through a few cycles of grows???....based upon B.A.S. recommendation of 2 cups per cubic ft of soil "Craft Blend" nutrient pack? so adding 8 cups of nutrient pack to mix roughly

"worried about minerals" or should I add a cup or 2 of more basalt, rock dust and oyster shell powder?

B.A.S. says 2 cups to re-generate old used soil, but, not sure if I need to add more minerals or enough is already in the mix (has basalt, gypsum,azomite in mix)

thanks all want to mix things right before hand and then cook for awhile.

[Limeygreen]

Mix, let sit until ready for use, send in for field soil test. Slow nickel has mentioned in his thread a reliable lab and his recommended soil testing but a field soil test should be done to find out saturation levels. Spectrum labs was saying about 15 usd for a soil test for nutrients which is nothing as far as soil test costs go.

Once you have your soil test, go from there and amend as needed, ideal soil book is a great investment and will tell you numbers of where you want to be, ratios etc.

[blackpulpit]

Thanks for the response, I can't send it in for checking since I live in Costa Rica, spoke by phone quickly to B.A.S., basically make the regular no-till recipe from site with minerals and then add in 4 cups roughly of craft blend for additives nutrient wise, they told me as far as mineral ratio in the mix it is best to use mix for nutrients and not depend on enough minerals for a long no-till grow, reason why to make no-till with minerals then craft blend mix.

[bismu]

On another note... Did organiclivingsoil shut down?

[wasgedn]

or should I add a cup or 2 of more basalt, rock dust and oyster shell powder?

dunno bout oyster but i guess this stuff too...you can ad more rockdust yes...
i used 1,5 liter rockdusts on 50 liter soil..thats the highest amount i used ,i also have
some pots with less...keep the drain allright...vermiculit and perlit and silicia sand i have..

Did organiclivingsoil shut down?

what do you mean ?

[wasgedn]

Ideal-Soil-Handbook-New-Agriculture
its really in depth

[h.h.]

They sell you a "nutrient" mix, then they don't tell you what's in it? Sort of worthless when you end up having to guess and ask elsewhere. I would ask for my money back.

[blackpulpit]

They (B.A.S.) tells you everything it has in it, they don't hold back on that, question was is the minerals in the mix enough or if I should use more.

[wasgedn]

build a soil is top notch state of the art supply site....again use more rockdust for no till..
also i water rockdusts in compost tea....ultra fine silicia sand is my secret weapon..
dont forget covercrops....

to much rockdust is not good for drain , makes pots heavy and can make the soilmix to fine ...this is only negatives from to much rockdust...imo...

bentonit holds water but is in my mix too...

14 liter supersoil no till second run...bit less than 1,5 liter rockdust on 50 liter soil but this is the second run...



sry for doublepost but i think it helps....

[bismu]

Originally Posted by wasup

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what do you mean ?

Livingorganicsoil.org is not loading for me.... anyone else experiencing the same?