Im about to start an outdoor autoflower grow. Im using 5 gallon pots. My question is im thinking of mixing my soil as follows 1/3 coco, 1/4 perlite, and the rest mushroom compost. With a very lite fert of .5 .4 .4. All from organic matter. ? Will that be too hot for young autoflower??? And if not when should i initialize nutes???? Any comments or advice needed and grateful for.
Old Reviews outdoor autoflower soil composition help???
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From my understanding which isn't expert at all, is that its already been food for mushroom beds. Its pre bagged. Not sure the exact composition? But seemed pretty heady! Guana, kelp. Etc... mushrooms feed lightly and have quick spans, so they dont use most of the nutrients in their medium. So its basically expelled medium bagged up.
Im so glad you just made that point about a gentle soil well so to speak, and letting it grow and search for nutes. Was kinda thinking that whatever medium i chose. What do u think of adding coco to that mix for air.?
Have you read any of the threads on building soils... They might help you understand better. The compost should be living... Should be. Or how living is it. Cooking your newly mixxed soil will give it time to become healthy all the way threw. The microbes also maintain pH for you. Head over and check out the organic section....
Trying to read up on what i can. Just getting super overwhelmed! I grow way out in sticks. Well i will be. New to most facets of growing. Im trying autoflower this time. 3 dinafem r#2, and 3 fruit automatics. Im a disabled vet. Severe p.t.s.d. back was blown apart. Not complaining. Just live in a facist state and cant use what actually helps. Im very low on cash. And only have a 90 day window and my kids will be with me. I will be manning grow full time. In the middle of nowhere rebuilding a cabin my family just bought. As much as i can. Im down to about 80 bucks that i can afford for medium and nutrients? Which i know isn't much. Looking to grow good healthy pot. And have a pretty decent green thumb. Just no doe. Very little anyway. Don't want to just grow in dirt and hope. So please any advice on how to do 6 autoflower in 5 gallon pots, with a decent medium and atleast halfway decent food structure please let me know. I got 3 days left in town, then off to woods. Then 3 month window without kids. No time to order. There is a hydroponics store here. But not sure i will be able to afford their nutes. Do u possibly know any good nutrs that a chain stores like lowes home depot might have? This matter getting critical. This banged up ol hippie needs help, please
I live in Alaska....but I know that home depot and Lowes have a decent all purpose dry organic mix. I read the ingredients and make sure its all natural. I get the tomato or all purpose mix, I use little less than called for. Coco it good. I would rinse it first. Mix compost to coco. And your dry mix.... And add your perlte to the texture you like. Mix this well. Then mix some more.... Lol you want it mixed really good. Then let cook for as long as you have time for. I would say at least 2 weeks. I usually say 3...... But that gives the microbes a chance to multiply and start breaking down some of that organic nutes you put in there. Which is what feeds the plants. Now I don't know which latitude your at. But a lot of people will start the baby's in a tiered cups. The inside cup has the bottom cut out and the outside one has holes like a pot. This way you can start them inside and transplant them by pulling cups apart after they have shown sex. They are a lot hardier after showing sex. But if you are in a decent climate you might be able to start outside, I don't know. I know I can't....lol now this type of soil will keep getting better with the more grows. You will need to add more organic matter to it after a few grows as you see it using up stuff. Nitrogen is one that gets used up quickly. And can be a lack of it in new soils at least until it get broke down in to a use able form.... Hope some of this helps. And it sounds like your on the right path.... Let me know if I can help in anyway.
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