Super swamp soil

[mooons]

Hey guys I am going to be in the swamps this summer, and I dont want to be there often, so I plan to make some sort of super soil for my swamp tubes. So here I go..

2- bales of peat moss (6 cu ft)
15lbs bag of lime
50lbs bag of oyster shells (In honor of Nelson)
4lbs of bone meal
2 cu ft of perlite
10 lbs of sand
1.5 cu ft mushroom compost
Ground baby food (fullduplexs idea)
3 gallons of feed (ground corn , corn cob, alfalfa hay and a extremely small amount of powdered molasses, this is kind of like alfalfa meal on steroids)

Depending on soil consistency more perlite might be added.

Im trying to not order anything online, all of this can be bought with cash or is free.

And for non swamp version of this recipe i would cut down on the peat moss, add more mushroom compost, and add a bit more sand.

Thanks any thoughts welcome

-MOOONS

 

[StickMan]

Hey MOONS, I don't see much in there for Nitrogen, you may want to look at either blood meal or Mexican Bat guano for this.
Not much for K either. Kelp meal and wood ash are a good source for K.

Peace.

 

[mooons]

Hey stickman thanks for the response. i thought mushroom compost had a good bit of nitrogen? Also feed with pulverized corn kernel and cob covers this pretty well imo. I will add wood ash though for K. I was going to get kelp meal, but id have to order it in and Id like to avoid that.
Thanks for review of it stickman!

-MOOONS

 

[StickMan]

Hey MOONS this from http://www.mushroomcompost.org/faqs.htm
Mushroom compost contains an average of 1.12 percent nitrogen in a mostly organic form that slowly is available to plants. Also, mushroom compost contains an average of 0.67 percent phosphate (phosphorous) and 1.24 percent potash (potassium), as well as other plant nutrients such as calcium (2.29 percent) magnesium (0.35 percent) and iron (1.07 percent). The average pH of mushroom compost is 6.6 (6.0 to 7.0 is an ideal range for most plants). The amount of carbon relative to nitrogen is an important indicator of nitrogen availability for plant growth, and an ideal compost should have a ratio of 30:1 or lower. Mushroom compost has an excellent 13:1 ratio, indicating outstanding nutrient availability and mature and stable organic compost.

So yes it does have provide some N as well as K.

 

[swampman]

Could Use A Fish emulsionToo.
Say a 5-1-1 ..And Make Compost teas.

Next Round For Amends Id Get the Guanos as well ..

I have a Recipie too About to Mix. gonna Follow Levers Recipie
Nothing Like oysters.. ..

Kelp4less has Extremely fast shipping
They also Have Yucca extract and Every trace Mineral And Aminos ..

https://www.kelp4less.com/

Enjoy and ave a Great grow !!!

 

[mooons]

Thanks a lot guys I had kelp meal, cotton meal, ground crab shells and fish meal all on the list when I was ordering online, but i shall see what I can dig up locally. Thanks a bunch!
-MOOONS

 

[mooons]

Revised

2-bales of peat moss (6 cu ft)
15lbs bag of lime
50lbs bag of oyster shells (in honor of Nelson)
4lbs of bone meal
4lbs of blood meal
4lbs of wood ash
1lbs of epsom salt
Ground baby food (fullduplex's idea)
2 cu ft of perlite
10 lbs of sand
1.5 cu ft mushroom compost
2 gallons of fee (ground corn , corn cob, alfalfa hay and a extremely small amount of powdered molasses)


-MOOONS

 

[mooons]

Any thoughts on the revisions?

 

[kryptogreen]

Animals may dig into your mix seeking the blood & bone meal plus the corn byproducts, just my 2 cents, but my dog was always trying to eat an organic plant food that had bone & blood meal in it, Epsoma Garden Tone was the product. I top dressed some tomatoes plants with it and had to watch him every time he got near them or he would literally eat it and I can only imagine what a good size coon would do were he to smell it.

 

[swampman]

I couldnt Say because i havent seen Any with corn in it ...Maybe just add the Alfalfa.