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Pure Kush

Pure Kush

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I am still learning and READING A LOT. What I am wondering what is a easy to make/mix organic soil. Like I guess you could say recipe.

I cant afford, and dont have the resources to get A LOT of shit you guys on here do. I live in a very SMALL town, we dont even have a home depot only lowes with very SLIM choices. SO please keep this simple for me!
 
randomseed

randomseed

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Pure Kush said:
I am still learning and READING A LOT. What I am wondering what is a easy to make/mix organic soil. Like I guess you could say recipe.

I cant afford, and dont have the resources to get A LOT of shit you guys on here do. I live in a very SMALL town, we dont even have a home depot only lowes with very SLIM choices. SO please keep this simple for me!
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There are many companies that do decent shipping rates when ordering stuff in bulk.
 
Da Almighty Jew

Da Almighty Jew

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go pick up some dirt from any nursery. Keep in mind there will proably be a ton of bugs in it. You will need a way to control bugs if you go that route. Get Dolomite lime from somewhere. I dont know where your goin to get it but thats your job to figure out. Get yourself some bone meal (P) blood meal(N) Guano(N P) Seaweed or kelp meal(k). Look to see if they have greensand another source for P. Check local nurseries and feed shops, tractor shops for cottonseed meal, soy meal, alfalfa meal, or other types of meals.

You have work to do, get to it
 
Pure Kush

Pure Kush

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What all items should go in my compost pile?

I know the obvious like:
Vegies.
Table Scraps.
Dead plant matter.

What else.
 
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Wetdog

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You have feed stores in the area? I get some at Lowes or HD, but the big majority of stuff I use comes from feed stores.

Wet
 
kbo ca

kbo ca

Active Member
Paper napkins
Freezer-burned vegetables
Burlap coffee bags
Pet hair
Potash rock
Post-it notes
Freezer-burned fruit
Wood chips
Bee droppings
Lint from behind refrigerator
Hay
Popcorn (unpopped, 'Old Maids,' too)
Freezer-burned fish
Old spices
Pine needles
Leaves
Matches (paper or wood)
Seaweed and kelp
Hops
Chicken manure
Leather dust
Old, dried up and faded herbs
Bird cage cleanings
Paper towels
Brewery wastes
Grass clippings
Hoof and horn meal
Molasses residue
Potato peelings
Unpaid bills
Gin trash (wastes from cotton plants)
Weeds
Rabbit manure
Hair clippings from the barber
Stale bread
Coffee grounds
Wood ashes
Sawdust
Tea bags and grounds
Shredded newspapers
Egg shells
Cow manure
Alfalfa
Winter rye
Grapefruit rinds
Pea vines
Houseplant trimmings
Old pasta
Grape wastes
Garden soil
Powdered/ground phosphate rock
Corncobs (takes a long time to decompose)
Jell-o (gelatin)
Blood meal
Winery wastes
Spanish moss
Limestone
Fish meal
Aquarium plants
Beet wastes
Sunday comics
Harbor mud
Felt waste
Wheat straw
Peat moss
Kleenex tissues
Milk (in small amounts)
Soy milk
Tree bark
Starfish (dead ones!)
Melted ice cream
Flower petals
Pumpkin seeds
Q-tips (cotton swabs: cardboard, not plastic sticks)
Expired flower arrangements
Elmer's glue
BBQ'd fish skin
Bone meal
Citrus wastes
Stale potato chips
Rhubarb stems
Old leather gardening gloves
Tobacco wastes
Bird guano
Hog manure
Dried jellyfish
Wheat bran
Guinea pig cage cleanings
Nut shells
Cattail reeds
Clover
Granite dust
Moldy cheese
Greensand
Straw
Shredded cardboard
Dolomite lime
Cover crops
Quail eggs (OK, I needed a 'Q' word)[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Rapeseed meal
Bat guano
Fish scraps
Tea bags (black and herbal)
Apple cores
Electric razor trimmings
Kitchen wastes
Outdated yogurt
Toenail clippings
Shrimp shells
Crab shells
Lobster shells
Pie crust
Leather wallets
Onion skins
Bagasse (sugar cane residue)
Watermelon rinds
Date pits
Goat manure
Olive pits
Peanut shells
Burned oatmeal (sorry, Mom)
Lint from clothes dryer
Bread crusts
Cooked rice
River mud
Tofu (it's only soybeans, man!)
Wine gone bad (what a waste!)
Banana peels
Fingernail and toenail clippings
Chocolate cookies
Wooden toothpicks
Moss from last year's hanging baskets
Stale breakfast cereal
Pickles
'Dust bunnies' from under the bed
Pencil shavings
Wool socks
Artichoke leaves
Leather watch bands
Fruit salad
Tossed salad (now THERE's tossing it!)
Brown paper bags
Soggy Cheerios
Theater tickets
Lees from making wine
Burned toast
Feathers
Animal fur
Horse manure
Vacuum cleaner bag contents
Coconut hull fiber
Old or outdated seeds
Macaroni and cheese
Liquid from canned vegetables
Liquid from canned fruit
Old beer
Wedding bouquets
Greeting card envelopes
Snow
Dead bees and flies
Horse hair
Peanut butter sandwiches
Dirt from soles of shoes, boots
Fish bones
Ivory soap scraps
Spoiled canned fruits and vegetables
Produce trimmings from grocery store
Cardboard cereal boxes (shredded)
Grocery receipts
Urine [/FONT]
 
Jeffdt1966

Jeffdt1966

Active Member
urine ??? after all that your gonna piss on it .... lol ... might as well take a dump while your pants are down
:spew:
 
Nullis

Nullis

Moderator
What is there to read up on? Be specific.

You know what happens when my dog (he's a big dog) pisses on the grass? The grass there dies. His urine burns the grass and naturally begins to smell if not immediately diluted (and even so). Can't say I would ever have the urge to piss in my compost pile either, even if I were to dilute it. Several other things on that list wouldn't go into my compost pile either. I suppose I just keep it as vegetatively-derived and unprocessed as possible, although I do compost paper-based pet-rodent bedding.

OP. there are a lot of things you can get at lowes for organic gardening. Definitely look out for Espoma plant foods such as Garden-Tone or Bio-Tone Starter+ as are balanced, inoculated and organic dry fertilizers, every Lowes should have them. Should definitely have dolomite lime there. Sometimes they have big bales of sphagnum peat moss and compost. Check any compost/manure before you buy it, some brands are shitty and half sand. There might actually be other organic soils there at this time of year. There should at least be MG 'Organic Choice' which is basically sphagnum peat with composted bark-fines and poultry manure/litter and perlite.
 
kbo ca

kbo ca

Active Member
Nullis said:
What is there to read up on? Be specific.

You know what happens when my dog (he's a big dog) pisses on the grass? The grass there dies. His urine burns the grass and naturally begins to smell if not immediately diluted (and even so). Can't say I would ever have the urge to piss in my compost pile either, even if I were to dilute it. Several other things on that list wouldn't go into my compost pile either. I suppose I just keep it as vegetatively-derived and unprocessed as possible, although I do compost paper-based pet-rodent bedding.

OP. there are a lot of things you can get at lowes for organic gardening. Definitely look out for Espoma plant foods such as Garden-Tone or Bio-Tone Starter+ as are balanced, inoculated and organic dry fertilizers, every Lowes should have them. Should definitely have dolomite lime there. Sometimes they have big bales of sphagnum peat moss and compost. Check any compost/manure before you buy it, some brands are shitty and half sand. There might actually be other organic soils there at this time of year. There should at least be MG 'Organic Choice' which is basically sphagnum peat with composted bark-fines and poultry manure/litter and perlite.
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urine is has very concentrated levels of nitrogen. I'm not reccommending that you urinate directly on your plants, that would kill them, just like your brown lawn. Ever heard of a naturally sustained farm? Hippie folk live in the wilderness, they grow all of their food, and guess what they use for fertilizer?? You guessed it, human excriment. THey don't have plumbing, so they drop their business in saw dust and then throw it on their compost pile along with food scraps and other items listed above. check out google, type in urine in compost. Pretty easy to do and you might learn a thing or two! Respect
 
Nullis

Nullis

Moderator
Granted, it has nitrogen. Urea in particular; which is ammonia-nitrogen (can anyone else vouch that cannabis prefers nitrates?). Interesting how quickly we jump from urine to human excrement as fertilizer. You can call that 'naturally sustained', I suppose; but it isn't very organic.

Still not convinced that I am going to learn anything from using pee as fertilizer.
 
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Wetdog

Well-Known Member
Nullis said:
OP. there are a lot of things you can get at lowes for organic gardening. Definitely look out for Espoma plant foods such as Garden-Tone or Bio-Tone Starter+ as are balanced, inoculated and organic dry fertilizers, every Lowes should have them. Should definitely have dolomite lime there. Sometimes they have big bales of sphagnum peat moss and compost. Check any compost/manure before you buy it, some brands are shitty and half sand. There might actually be other organic soils there at this time of year. There should at least be MG 'Organic Choice' which is basically sphagnum peat with composted bark-fines and poultry manure/litter and perlite.
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There ya go! Lowes awaits.

Wet
 
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