I will be running a soil mix in about 3 Weeks that has no amendments and only these ingredients that I had kicking around to see what a natural local composition of soil mix will provide:
3 Parts Pro Mix HP (recycled)
2 Parts Compost (2 years old from a tonne of variety of kitchen scraps)
2 Parts Walnut Shells ( Split in halves, a few years old - for aeration)
1 Part Horse Manure (Aged 10 Years)
1 Part Guinneapig Droppings/Bedding
1/4 Part Charcoal (little bits left over from the firepit ashes)
I don't think I will add dolomite lime even though I have some because my tap water is 190ppm with calcium and magnesium aplenty, and I don't think ph balance will be a concern as this stuff has composted for awhile and should be between 6-7 (Fully composted material will have a completely neutral ph.), and since its all organic it doesn't need ph adjusted anyways as I have read.
I will be only feeding blackstrap molasses and Liquid karma with every watering 5ml/G each. Liquid karma stops after 3 weeks bloom.
I originally had plans to go all out with hundreds of dollars of ammendments but want to see what a fully natural soil will provide for nutrition. At least for the first run, I understand I need to amend it each run with either more of these ingredients or amendments.
If things go bad I have some pure blend pro to supplement.
3 Parts Pro Mix HP (recycled)
2 Parts Compost (2 years old from a tonne of variety of kitchen scraps)
2 Parts Walnut Shells ( Split in halves, a few years old - for aeration)
1 Part Horse Manure (Aged 10 Years)
1 Part Guinneapig Droppings/Bedding
1/4 Part Charcoal (little bits left over from the firepit ashes)
I don't think I will add dolomite lime even though I have some because my tap water is 190ppm with calcium and magnesium aplenty, and I don't think ph balance will be a concern as this stuff has composted for awhile and should be between 6-7 (Fully composted material will have a completely neutral ph.), and since its all organic it doesn't need ph adjusted anyways as I have read.
I will be only feeding blackstrap molasses and Liquid karma with every watering 5ml/G each. Liquid karma stops after 3 weeks bloom.
I originally had plans to go all out with hundreds of dollars of ammendments but want to see what a fully natural soil will provide for nutrition. At least for the first run, I understand I need to amend it each run with either more of these ingredients or amendments.
If things go bad I have some pure blend pro to supplement.