Outdoor Soil mix for outdoor guerilla

[KonopCh]

Is this soil okay to use? I will use it with NPK tabs which slowly release nutrients for 2-3 months and I will add some more after 2 months. Soil composition: 65% white peat, 20% black peat, 15% perlite.

I am reading that white peat is lighter than black peat, so this is okay soil and ratio? Maybe try something else? Different ratio?

@Eyes on Fire maybe you can help too.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Yeah i would have to look into it some.A bit busy at this time .Just passing through.i ll read some and let you know.be posting soon this week and be herwe a little longer before long. But photos the tabd are fine most likely..What company makes them and for autos,ehhh,not so much unless your doing teas and top coating for specific genetics and desired traits and quality.

 

[BII]

Is essentially just peat and perlite considered soil? Isn't peat just a relatively inert medium, like coco, has no nutrients, is not 'living' soil? Does peat on its own like this, with no other soil components, even work, such as hold a steady pH?

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Peat
There are three types of peat used in agriculture: peat moss, reed sedge and peat humus. Peat moss is the most widely used and is derived from sphagnum and other mosses, varying in color from tan to dark brown. Peat has a high moisture-retaining capacity, being able to hold 15 times its dry weight in H2O, and contains small amounts of nitrogen. However, it has high acidity with a pH range of 3.2 to 4.5. Peat is almost always used in soilless mixtures, rather than as a stand-alone medium, with sphagnum, perlite, wood chips and coco being its primary partners.

Sphagnum
Very similar to peat moss, sphagnum is a moss composed of dehydrated acid-bog plants. Being perhaps the most desired moss for agricultural use, it is expensive to produce and as such, it is often used in soilless mixtures alongside peat moss. Sphagnum has very high water-absorbing properties and can absorb 10 to 20 times its dry weight in moisture. Sphagnum moss has a pH between 3.5 and 4.0. Much like peat, sphagnum offers excellent buffering qualities for the root structure, helping to prevent nutrient burn and making it very forgiving for beginner growers.


Its fine man. never heard of White peat thats why I had to re look.LMAO! gotta LOVE MS,Happy Harvesting @KonopCh

 

[Eyes on Fire]

and you ratios will depend on the texture and environment to be honest.outdoors typically a bit heavier and indoors essentiall;y as light as ya want depending on feeding regime.and again the Tabs will be fine with a tea or two probably with Photoperiod plants but autos they'd alright,but certainly not ideal

 

[dankstyle J]

and you ratios will depend on the texture and environment to be honest.outdoors typically a bit heavier and indoors essentiall;y as light as ya want depending on feeding regime.and again the Tabs will be fine with a tea or two probably with Photoperiod plants but autos they'd alright,but certainly not ideal

Your absolutely right not all outdoor soil is the same the advice I could give you based on me growing in quite a few areas in the Pacific northwest is going to be completely useless if your soil an environment isnt similar for example my soil is so full of microbes things get bio digested at a extremely fast rate an you wouldn't find this in the southeast or northeast of the country the ratios an soil mixes are completely different .

 

[KonopCh]

I just want to buy some fluffy mix so roots can get air. Without buying separated perlite and adding it to the mix. That's all.

 

[dankstyle J]

One of the best mixes ever made is down to earth pro organic its a soiless medium but is definitely something you can add to .I wish the gardening store had it because I would run my whole dep using it .In fact all there products are good an on that next level organic vibe .I did a living coco thing an got extremely good results every plant auto or photo got super big with that medium

 

[KonopCh]

Soiless medium is out of choices, because I cannot water it every couple days. I was thinking about coco too, but as I said, no go.