Help/Advice needed with soil mix

First of, long time lurker on this awesome forum, glad to be part of the community, hopefully one of these days, i will be able to stop posting "help me!!" posts, and learn enough to make a positive contribution, but for the time being "help me!!"

I got a recipe for an organic type soil, and followed it best i could, but due to some products that i could not get over here, i had to make some amendments, and it turned out not so organic, but thats not my question.

My main question is, my mix consists of +- 50% peat, 30% potting soil, 10% compost (store bought), 5% nutes (this is where i could not get tomato tone, so i went with bio carbon granules with a reading on the bag of 2:3:1 (14)).

First Question, the peat seems not to dry off, i am really trying very hard not to overwater my baby, but after almost 6 days the soil is still very moist, i have later read on problems about peat where they never really get dry, and you should not let them dry out completely, and also when watering, one must be careful about "water pcokets" where the water is not absorbed, but lies between the peat, and plant drowns.

So, how do i water this, is it right that it does not dry out? advice needed please.

Secondly, my plants are not looking so good, not bad, but not good (will upload a pic when im home again), something that i missed in my mix, is lime, so i later found out that peat is very acidic and i should have added lime. Also read now that lime takes a while to get working, so it does not seem that adding it now will work?

So, should i add lime now, just wait it out, or can i safely in some way, take the whole plant out of the current mix, and repot it in normal potting soil?

Thanks

I wouldn't use Peat, it does stay wet and can cause problems for your roots. The faster they dry out the faster your plants will grow, it just involves your attention that much more.

So, is it possible to repot into new soil?

How big of pots? and how far along?

Plants about 1 month old, amd pot size about 2 gallon

You could honestly transplant a healthy plant as often as needed. If it's looking healthy it shouldn't slow it down.

There is nothing wrong with peat based mediums...almost everything you see planted at homedepot or lowes or any nursery is in it-promix is peat based and growers have been using that for years. They also use cheap chemical fertz. Peat was coco before coco if that makes sense. It likes a slightly lower ph then most soil and it has it's disadvantages. Promix comes with perlite and lime already added to help combat some of them. I think adding perlite would of helped your mix drain/dry big time. I use promix for my tomatoes and peppers outside(and i use to grow with it). I even amend the promix with MORE perlite and when plants are young it can take awhile for them to dry out. I would suggest ammending your mix with perlite and lime or just transplanting into a different medium. I look at it like this, the plant can survive and recover from one hell of a stressful transplant but if your mix isn't good your gonna have nothing but problems and might not even make it to harvest.

Thx for the time on that reply. I just did a replant, like 5 seconds ago. I just hope it gets better from here. They are resting now, lights out. Will add some pics tomorrow. Once again, thx to everyone that took the time to read and reply.

I have been using peat for years with no real problems. It comes dehydrated to keep the weight down, water weighs 8lbs per gallon so it adds up if the peat you're transporting is moist. But for the grower it needs to be "worked" to absorb moisture otherwise it will repel water. Worked by hand, kneaded actually. Then it absorbs water readily.
If enough perlite is added to provide air spaces it can remain a little moist. It doesn't need to fully dry out and if it does it will repel water once again so I don't ever let it dry totally. So the key I guess is adding enough perlite because O2 to the root zone is vital.
Lime can be added as a drench. 1tbsp/gal water and just water it in. It does work almost right away. I will sprinkle it on top occasionally and of course when I'm making my mix I add a handful in the beginning. I never was concerned with how long it took to work I just thought it worked right away. Perhaps I was mistaken but the plants always looked good so I assumed I did it right. I hope this helped a little. If u have other questions feel free to ask away. There are no dumb questions, just unanswered ones.

Thanks alot dannyboy, really appreciate the help.