Soil mix for outdoor(my recipe)

[Iamthewitness]

Ok so I did this based on revs fast attack and advise from eyes on fire specifically in his recycling soil thread.

Bag at of dr. Earth pot of gold (says 12-14 gallons)

about 2 gallons maybe a bit more of coast of Maine potting soil

2-Maybe 2 nd half gallon perlite

about the same from EWC

about a half gallon maybe bit more of organic cow compost mixed 50/50 or so with vermiculite

about a a gallon give or take of coco coir

3/4 cup fish bone meal
1 cup alfalfa meal
1/2 cup azomite rock dust
1 cup powdered dolomite lime
1 cup kelp meal
1/2 cup rock phos
1/4 cup crab meal
1/2 cup eggshells ( finely ground a little more so than the crab meal, done quickly in old food processor after drying and frying them a bit in pan)
about strong 3/4 cup of insect Frass

to be watered in with mild EWC tea and molasses. Also considering adding rice wash, I am open to suggestions. ( old fashioned for me tho , no air stone)

this is mix will sit for month and half to 2 months then off to nature in potz

 

[Iamthewitness]

I also have Peru seabird guano pellets but was thinking of saving that for maybe a vegg tea.
Also have pelletized dolomite lime but went with powdered...

 

[Eyes on Fire]

pellet lime is good to have,hold onto it man.but looks fine.the only thing youll wanna do prior to planting it test some reg photo beans and throw up some pics for me to see and if they look great then youll be able to plant directly into it.but i think you might have to either use a large plug or tiering pot or similar or just thin it a little and it'll be just fine.:Sharing One:

and if you want to go ondschool just put a half gallon or even a full gallon of water in the sun in a bucket and throw a small bit of lose casting in there with some mole and Mikes and let it bake shaded from direct sunlight but niice n warm and stir it every cpl hours really hard to force air into it every few hours and that'll do fine but ya prolly dont need to do that.just a lil bit of cal mag suppliment if ya got it and a small touch of mole and any WP you want and that'll be fine. sound like you got right about 17-18 gallons total of soil.the Dr Earths bags are 1.5 Cubic feet and thats right about 10 solid gallons true once watered. so its possible it could be sliiiightly hotter but just thin prior to planting with any used soil or basic organic soil at a 20% mix or maaaybe 30 but thats all youll need to do imo.:Sharing One: if ya got just under 20 gallons of soil Id add(enough to round it to 20 full gallons) a plain ole organic soil or used soil and Id get rid of the vermiculite but its fine if its all ya got i prefer perilte.but that should be ok.:Hookah:

well if your doing autos id thin it out to 20 or so gallons.photos in your OD garden id keep it the same and use the plug or whatever style ya like..should do ya nicely

 

[Iamthewitness]

Thanks man I appreciate the input, am doing autos and autos is all I've got so I'm gonna cut it 20-30 percent as you suggested, gonna be in pots they will have. Bit of. A head start ( few weeks for most ) ( month to month and half for a couple ) then into final pots, hoping to not have to do much to them once there in final pots.

 

[Iamthewitness]

Ok so I added about 2and1/2 gallons of coast of Maine potting soil plus about 3/4 gallon of perlite and mixed it up till my forearms cried for mercy, this afternoon gonna water with molasses and maybe rice wash. Shoul this be good now?

 

[Iamthewitness]

JUST GOnna update this again for the records and for any experts that feel the need to give(welcomed) advice. i added another 3 maybe 4 at most gallons more of coast of maine potting soil, along with 1/2 cup more of crab shell, and 1/4cup more of insect frass, watered in again after mixing berry well. Its gotten a couple teas in an attempt to kickstart some life in there made mostly from ewc, kelpmeal,alfalfa,insect frass and such(its only gotten 2 of those and it got some of the waste from those) i mightve given it a little honey es in the last watering but other than that just molasses. NOW ITS gonna sit for at least another 4 weeks, maybe at most 5 or 6 for some plants, then shes .....