Jraven's soil 2017

[Eyes on Fire]

Divided in two, here's my tentative recipe for the 1st half
40 gallons base soil
0.5c bat guano 0-7-0 i would go rounded with this minimum.a rounded half cup
0.5c bat guano 9-3-1 I would go too maybe a level 3/4 cup or juuust under.
1c composted steer manure I would go with 1.5 to 2 full cups rounded. and in spring collect IMO's and combine them or make your own from scratch.
3c fishbone meal
3c alfalfa meal
3c neem meal
3c kelp meal
1/2c feather meal I would go too 1 full cup with an extra week of blend or cooking times if you can mannage bro.
1c blood meal
1/2c egg shell 1 full cup maybe a little less.
1/2c shrimp shell
1/4 cup crab shell a rounded half cup would work nicely here imo
1/4 c Epsom salt and the salts you could go with a fat rounded half cup or even 2/3 of a cup.
1/2 c azomite 1 full cup here too.
1/2 c diatomaceous earth
1.5c hydrated horticultural lime
2c rock phosphate
1/4c gypsum you can play a lot with gypsum man. you can add more if you would like
1c Cascade Minerals soil booster
Organicare grow and bloom 1/2 cup each
2T Humagic maybe 1 level TBspoon or slightly under.

and this is a 40 gallon total mix right? those are the changes I would do man.

 

[Jraven]

Good stuff brother yep I think I can manage most of those changes. Yes 40 gallons I've got @80 total the two halves are maybe slightly different. Thanks a bunch for the input.
You got me thinking about the imo's I think the snow and ice are backed off enough now I may be able to collect something

 

[hecno]

You have problems with snow and ice . I would like the bloody rain to give me a break .

 

[Jraven]

Our rain has arrived here too, washing away the snow and ice and nudging us towards spring. It stayed above 40f/5c last couple nights.

 

[trailanimal]

Oh darn, that's the soil there on the blue tarp, not the char...here we go. It is nice, wish I had a big pile!
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don't need too much

 

[trailanimal]

looking good, gonna be fun watching your plants respond to your soil build

 

[Jraven]

Yea got my trepidation in full force but yep getting real excited now...been getting ready for planting starting this coming week.

 

[Jraven]

So here's a early morning look at the solarium...this week is going to see a transformation. Gonna grow some canna in here!

 

[Eyes on Fire]

nice man!!

 

[trailanimal]

So here's a early morning look at the solarium...this week is going to see a transformation. Gonna grow some canna in here!
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With your smok'in hydro you could run a couple of cobs in there to zero out the overcast days. The one I'm running is drawing 5.7 amps from the 12v batt system, including the 150w inverter and timer that power it.