Indoor Need suggestions on soil mixture please

[Casper79]

Hello AFN Fam. I finally ordered my 200 watt Apollo 6 Cidly LED this afternoon. I was going to use Advanced Sunshine mix #4 as my soiless mix and add a bag of Roots Organic to it with the worm castings (veg stage), bat guano (bloom stage), ect. The closest place to me I found that sold it online wanted to charge an extra $45 to ship it to me. INSANEE!!!! The 2 bags were only 35$ as is!! SoooOOO. I went to today and got a 16 gallon rubbermaid tub to mix the following soils into. I just need help with the correct ratios for an autoflower. Mind you I will only be doing 1 bean at a time in a 3 gallon pot. Id like to already have them all premixed into the 16 gallon tub though. Is it ok to just mix them all as is together? They are all 8 quart bags. Here is what I got. All are by Miracle Grow. Sorry had to go the cheaper route this time around.

(2) 8qt bags Miracle Grow Organic Mix


(1) 8qt bag Miracle Grow Moisture Control soil


(1) 8qt bag Miracle Grow Perlite


(1) 8qt bag of Miracle Grow Sphagnum Peat Moss



I also today ordered a 1lb bag of worm castings to add for veg, and a 2.2 bag of Jamaican Bat Guano for bloom. Both as well as my LED will be here before I start my grow. Just wanna know to mix ALL together, or in certain ratios in a 16 gallon tub. Thanks AFN Family!!!!

:Gary:
Casper79

 

[GoAuto6]

This was at Lowes
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Mix them together and you have something simmiler to Pro-Mix
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[swampman]

Id Leaves the MGMC OUT ..
use the Organics as Mhch as Possible...
The MGMC .MAKES AWFUL flavors in Autos.!!!

 

[ochocinco]

I'm with swampman would definitely drop the MGMC, and would probably add another bag of that moss but am honestly not sure have never used those before. I would also suggest like goauto to hit up Lowes, not only do they have the moss but also a decent selection of composts, some nutes like fish fertilizer which would be good for veg, dolomite lime, and a decent cheap ph/moisture meter. Good luck with the grow dude.

 

[mooons]

Yes home improvement stores usually have blood and bone meal along with fish emulsion, manures (not the best quality) but its offers damn good start.

 

[ripster]

On your MGOM it's NPK ratios are 0.10 - 0.05 - 0.05 and the MGPM is 0.15 - 0.05 - 0.08 and your MGP is 0.04 - 0.01 - 0.06

So, so far your N=.29, P=.11, and k=.19. This don't include anything your going to add. So be sure and add up the rest of your stuffs NPK ratios. Don't want to burn your new seedlings.

 

[Casper79]

Thanks guys for your help. I wont be using the MGMC. I will get another bag of Peat Moss as well, and look at the other composites that I can get to add. And thanks Ripster for reminding me of the NPK values. I forgot. I also have the worm castings and bat gunao coming in as well. so I will be sure to see their NPK ratios before adding them to the mix.

 

[lykaboss]

Here is what i use.... it might help ya
50lb bag of Black Kow (get at lowes)
4 cups of blood meal
4 cups of bone meal
1/2 cup of epson salt
1 cup of sea weed extract
Perlite

All easy to obtain for the most part and cheap, its an excellent mix

 

[Casper79]

Thanks Lykaboss. Do you just mix all that together?

 

[Casper79]

Hey Ripster the Bat Guano is 1-10-1 NPK and the worm castings are 1-0-0 NPK