Bigbudsdrivemenuts
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I'm trying to think ahead early to next year and I'm really thinking I want to make my own super soil recipe. Nothing super crazy complex but a nice healthy balance on fungus and microbes feeding my soil and roots.
So here's what I'm thinking. Next season my girls are going to be transplanted clones into 20 gallon smart pots. I want to have a 50/50 ratio (give or take) of super soil and a nice light organic soil. Super soil on the bottom so that it doesn't burn my young clones.
I want a mix of two to three bales of promix from Menards, approximately 10-15 lbs of earthworm castings, a nice rich wood ash (potash) not sure on the quantity yet. I'm going to use a large bag of either vermiculite or perlite for aeration. I'm not sure how much I should use or wether to get it high in nitrogen or high in phosphorus but organic bat guano, a cheap bag of Azomite of Amazon. It's apparently got a lot of trace minerals. I'm going to use some bone meal and blood meal. I'd like to put this out in some sort of bin and let it cook for a month or so.
Side note, after I make this soil would a compost tea be beneficial to my plants as well or would that be overkill?
Let me know what you guys think and definitely don't be shy to critic my ideas.
Happy growing
So here's what I'm thinking. Next season my girls are going to be transplanted clones into 20 gallon smart pots. I want to have a 50/50 ratio (give or take) of super soil and a nice light organic soil. Super soil on the bottom so that it doesn't burn my young clones.
I want a mix of two to three bales of promix from Menards, approximately 10-15 lbs of earthworm castings, a nice rich wood ash (potash) not sure on the quantity yet. I'm going to use a large bag of either vermiculite or perlite for aeration. I'm not sure how much I should use or wether to get it high in nitrogen or high in phosphorus but organic bat guano, a cheap bag of Azomite of Amazon. It's apparently got a lot of trace minerals. I'm going to use some bone meal and blood meal. I'd like to put this out in some sort of bin and let it cook for a month or so.
Side note, after I make this soil would a compost tea be beneficial to my plants as well or would that be overkill?
Let me know what you guys think and definitely don't be shy to critic my ideas.
Happy growing