Super soil too hot? help!

[Roland.357]

Hi guys, I just joined today and I appreciate all of the welcoming vibes. I'm doing my 2nd outdoor organic grow this year. Last year I did a gorilla grow in northern Illinois that came out wonderful considering the climate.(Largest plant 9oz, smallest plant 21g) Though this year I am in western Colorado! Not worried as long as I stay at 6 plants. Well anyway, I decided to make a super soil this year based roughly off of Subcools recipe:

6 cu. ft. Earth Gro potting soil(sand,perlite,compost, forest products)
-6 cu. ft. mushroom compost(composted poultry and horse manure, hay, cottonseed hulls, and sphagnum peat)
-20 lbs worm castings(1-0-0)
-4 lbs bone meal(4-12-0)
-2.5 lbs blood meal(12-0-0)
-2.2 pounds Peruvian seabird guano(12-11-2)
-1/3+1/4 cup Epsom salts
-Slightly over 1/3 cup of azomite
-16 quarts of perlite(half small pieces half large pieces)
-8 quarts of vermiculite
-6 packs of mykos inoculant
-5 bricks of rinsed Coco coir
-3 tbls of Humate(humic acid)
-1/3+1/4 cup of dolomite lime

What do you think? Is this soil too hot to transplant 5 week old seedlings into and then just water from then out? Let me know thanks!! Btw this is my first post so sorry in advance for any mistakes

 

[SJ KOrganic]

1.How long did you let this mix ferment for?
2. Have you done a run-off test of just the soil by itself (put soil in cup, put Ph'd water in cup, remember the PH that went in, measure ph after soil is added)

It is likely that if you stayed in his guidelines you will not have issues. Obviously this mix isn't intended to be used as a standalone soil, you need to top dress with a buffer such as Roots Organic. Assuming you know all of that fun stuff, It will take you a few rounds to learn the boundaries of your mix.

For example: I started off doing 4 cups SS the rest roots....I felt this was not enough. Next round a i bumped it to 8 cups. Starting to notice a slight burn on the tips during veg with 1 of 3 strains...So it comes down to strain specifics too. But there is a decent sized window, i wouldn't worry.

My current issue is that i feel like my mix is not HOT enough....I put 6.2 water in, it comes out 6.4....But its bagged straight from TGA, fermented for 60+ days. So i would really be curious to know what your run off comes out to!!

 

[Roland.357]

Absolutely

1.How long did you let this mix ferment for?
2. Have you done a run-off test of just the soil by itself (put soil in cup, put Ph'd water in cup, remember the PH that went in, measure ph after soil is added)

It is likely that if you stayed in his guidelines you will not have issues. Obviously this mix isn't intended to be used as a standalone soil, you need to top dress with a buffer such as Roots Organic. Assuming you know all of that fun stuff, It will take you a few rounds to learn the boundaries of your mix.

For example: I started off doing 4 cups SS the rest roots....I felt this was not enough. Next round a i bumped it to 8 cups. Starting to notice a slight burn on the tips during veg with 1 of 3 strains...So it comes down to strain specifics too. But there is a decent sized window, i wouldn't worry.

My current issue is that i feel like my mix is not HOT enough....I put 6.2 water in, it comes out 6.4....But its bagged straight from TGA, fermented for 60+ days. So i would really be curious to know what your run off comes out to!!

im going to let this mix sit for 5-6 weeks. I'll go into the lab at my school tommorow to test the ph of my water and my run off and let you know what happens!