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[Eyes on Fire]

Now you have an NPK rating of your soil with stated materials. so now all you need is to mix it. consoder bokashi as well as a probiotic for your soil that works nicely with the neem AND kanja cake/meals as well.

 

[Noons]

Hi guys, I'm going to mix up my soil today. What do you think of the below ratios?

Soil mix bottom 1/3 pot

Organic compost 5l
Worm castings (with some composting horse manure) 5l
Coco 6l
Coconut fibre 3l
Perlite 6l (added after cooking)
Blood and bone 600gm
Dolomite lime 40gm
Rock dust fert (trace elements) 40gm
Sea bird guano 290gm
Epsom salt 30gm
Seamungus (seaweed, fish, humid acid) 500gm
Mycorrhizal fungi innoculant 60gm


Then I'll make a base for the top 2/3 of the pot

Organic compost 7l
Worm castings 7l
Coco 7l
Coconut fibre 4l
Perlite 8l
Mycorrhizal fungi (seed application as per product instruction)

Thank you!

 

[Noons]

Not all of these products have the values on them but what I have is as follows

Blond and bone 5.5 - 4.5 - 0.3
Seabird guano (richgro organic phosphorus fert) 0 - 15 - 0 - 0

Seamungus analysis
Nitrogen Analysis (N)
4
Phosphorus Analysis (P)
1
Potassium Analysis (K)
1.5

 

[Noons]

Just picked up the last ingredient which was the worm compost which includes a bit of horse manure, worm capsules and coir bedding. The guy pH tested it for me which I guess is okay with the lime I'm adding. Just wondering if 40gm would be enough lime... Guess I can add more if the ph doesn't settle

 

[NastyN8t]

Imno good at converting metric but the list looks decent.

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[Noons]

Imno good at converting metric but the list looks decent.

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Oh of course, thanks mate. I'll convert now for reference

 

[Noons]

Soil mix bottom 1/3 pot

Organic compost 1.3 gal
Worm castings (with some composting horse manure) 1.3 gal
Coco coir/peat block 1.58 gal
Coconut fibre 0.79 gal
Perlite 1.58 gal
Blood and bone 21 ounces
Dolomite lime 1.4 ounces
Rock dust fert (trace elements) 1.4 ounces
Sea bird guano 10.2 ounces
Epsom salt 1.05 ounces
Seamungus (seaweed, fish, humid acid) 17.6 ounces
Mycorrhizal fungi innoculant 2.1 ounces


Then I'll make a base for the top 2/3 of the pot

Organic compost 1.8 gal
Worm castings 1.8 gal
Coco 1.8 gal
Coconut fibre 1 gal
Perlite 1.8 gal
Mycorrhizal fungi (seed application as per product instruction)

 

[Noons]

A bigger batch for the base soil, but the ratio is more my concern... I think you get my drift

 

[NastyN8t]

Here's my latest recipe but I mix it a lil different each time but I've done water only ( never pH d) with black strap molasses in flower. ..

5 gallons coir
2.5 gallons Coco loco
2.5 gallons pro mix ultimate organic
4-5 gallons composted cow manure
5-10#s worm castings
8-12 quarts perilite

Amendments
1/2 cup blood meal
1 cup bone meal
2 cups kelp
1 1/2 cups espoma tomato
10-15 table spoons dolemite
4-6 cups d.e. earth

Works good for me, maybe a little lite on N but I get 2-3oz plants w minimal effort


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[Noons]

@Eyes on Fire was just wondering if you could help with something, doing my base soil from scratch. Just castings, compost, perlite and coco. Would it be a good idea to add a little dolomite in there to balance pH or could this cause issues with seedlings? Thank you!