Jjgrow420
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Bokashi
Fucking good shit man. Literally just picked up another bag and loaded up the gals outside. Been using for a couple years now on top of other dry amendments
Anyone ever use red soil for growing ?
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Fucking good shit man. Literally just picked up another bag and loaded up the gals outside. Been using for a couple years now on top of other dry amendments
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I would go with 2:1 peat moss to soil. See if it works and adjust from there.
Green Refuge
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I would if I had any experience and materials for that style but I'm totally clueless on that front.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
If you have access to nutrients, it is not so bad. Having good water helps.
Green Refuge
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That's exactly what I'm doing right now. I have a bag of Gypsum and vermiculite I might throw a little in the mix.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Easy on the gypsum. While it is very hard to induce Ca or S tox, I’m not so sure about lockout liability.
BudmanTX
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that's a compost...ok wow didn't know that
Jjgrow420
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It's a fermented fertilizer on bran (most likely). Does it smell sweet like cereal?
BudmanTX
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oh please tell me it doesn't...lol
Jjgrow420
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Lol it does or doesn't ?
Because it does. I'd eat it if i could. Lol
BudmanTX
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i really didn't need to read that....lol
Jjgrow420
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I'm sniffing on the bag right now
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VincenzioVonHook
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Just some general Info on my experience with red soil. My garden soil is red and clay based, looks just like the red soil in your cup. Had to use some azomite, dolomite lime, peat or coir, wetting crystals and vermiculite to break the soil. It was solid as a rock, and just turned straight into red mud at first.
After breaking the soil with rock dust/limes and constantly tilling in compost and vermiculite over 6 months, it can grow pretty well, and has a good amount of potassium. Red soil is low in nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium and will need to be amended in you don't have your feed down pat.
This is what comes out of it now after a few years of garden composting. These didn't have any extra curricular feeding bar seasol every week or two, and the odd top dress of Coco meal and mulch every six weeks.
I have used the clay soil from my yard to make potting mix, in equal parts with peat moss and worm castings, alongside fish and bone meal for N and P, Coco meal and potassium sulphate for K and S, kelp meal and alfalfa meal for growth stimulants and microbe activation, Neem meal for PM, and dolomite/glacial rock dust for mineral and microbe boost. The mix then gets 70/30d with perlite/vermiculite mix and does a good job.
Just depends on how long you need to or want to cook and break the soil before you grow in it.
After breaking the soil with rock dust/limes and constantly tilling in compost and vermiculite over 6 months, it can grow pretty well, and has a good amount of potassium. Red soil is low in nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium and will need to be amended in you don't have your feed down pat.
This is what comes out of it now after a few years of garden composting. These didn't have any extra curricular feeding bar seasol every week or two, and the odd top dress of Coco meal and mulch every six weeks.
I have used the clay soil from my yard to make potting mix, in equal parts with peat moss and worm castings, alongside fish and bone meal for N and P, Coco meal and potassium sulphate for K and S, kelp meal and alfalfa meal for growth stimulants and microbe activation, Neem meal for PM, and dolomite/glacial rock dust for mineral and microbe boost. The mix then gets 70/30d with perlite/vermiculite mix and does a good job.
Just depends on how long you need to or want to cook and break the soil before you grow in it.
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natureboygrower
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Gypsum is pretty user friendly. I use 3-4 cups to 3 cu ft of soil. Or a cup per cubic ft.
Wastei
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That looks more like coco coir to me.
Green Refuge
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Thanks for the info. The soil here is similar to yours I tried it by itself in a solo cup and it turned into mud after watering. I mixed 50/50 red soil and peat moss and still muddy. Outside in the yard I think it'll work well but putting it in a pot it's looking like a mud feast.
Green Refuge
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Yeah it does have a sweet scent. I sprinkled a little with the "peat moss" and made a pot to test it out.
Green Refuge
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That's what I thought. I've used peat moss in the states and never looked like this. This shit has fibers like coco and feels like it.