Im looking for a soil recipe, I need A LOT OF soil

Metasynth

Metasynth

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capncash said:
Yeah thats the route im going to go, what are you amending with?
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Perlite, sand or peat depending on base mix, blood meal, guano, bone meal, lime, worm castings...I'm not 100% yet, but I'm going to start checking to see what is readily available and affordable in my area, Many recipes will work, depends on what is in the soil you end up ordering and what you can get your hands on easily.
 
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drewbot

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20 yards ain't all that much. I bought all of the EWC in Humboldt this year... and they're expensive. I don't have any great advice except for this: Rice Hulls.... get some rice hulls if they're available. Treated rice hulls. Use them in place of perlite. Vermaculite is frowned upon unless you need a lot of moisture retention. Someone mentioned going with more of a hydroponic setupi. That's what I'm doing. Not sure if it's right but that's what I'm doing.
 
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capncash

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Danielsgb said:
What I would do is 60% Local soil as they mention, 20% Compost, 20% Manure. (Peat Moss if price allows) Then use a front end loader to mix it. Then I would send a sample in for an analysis. Texas A&M does one for $15 it tells Macros, Micros, & pH. It will tell you lbs of fert. to add if there is a deficiency.
Daniels
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Yeah thats what i was thinking, i can prob borrow a front end loader. Do you let the soil sit for a while before using?
 
Danielsgb

Danielsgb

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I replied to your PM, but I'll throw up some info here for you.
Some will be copied from my thread, I'm kinda rushed to edit real nice, but here they come. Hope you don't mind & I'll delete if you think I'm hijacking your thread.
Daniels
 
Danielsgb

Danielsgb

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Here's some info on soil.

Danielsgb said:
Thanks. Keepn' 'em Green.:mrgreen: The first one was cool, beginning was slow of course. It was mostly about soil types. Cool way to determine what your soil is. Take several samples into a bucket. Mix well, then fill 1/3 to 1/2 a Mason jar. Add a bit of detergent and water to the top. Shake well then let sit for a day. Then measure the layers. The % of Silt, Sand & Clay in this triangle will tell you which yours is. Kinda cool huh?:blsmoke:
Danielsbongsmilie

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Danielsgb said:
Keeping busy for sure.
On to my next question or advice needed. I got my soil report back from A&M. I added 1 teaspoon of the time release Humic Acid mix to 1 gallon of soil. I mixed it good, but why would some of these numbers go down. I assumed they do run off testing among others.
Here's the base soil and new analysis in blue. differences in red.
pH 7.1 Slightly Alkaline 6.7 Slightly Acid -.4
Conductivity 500 umho/cm Slight 1,430 Moderate +930
Nitrate-N 49 ppm Critical Levels are CL and N is - 258 +209
Phosphorus 95 ppm CL 50 156 +61
Potassium 331 ppm CL 175 483 +152
Calcium 2,822 ppm CL 180 3,667 +845
Magnesium 445 ppm CL 50 522 +77
Sulfur 86 ppm CL 13 151 +65
Sodium 192 ppm CL - 158 -34
Iron 45.10 ppm CL 4.25 47.60 +2.5
Zinc 4.36 ppm CL .27 4.41 +.05
Manganese 15.36 ppm CL 1.00 12.79 -2.57
Copper 1.07 ppm CL .16 .85 -.22
New analysis with time release Humic Acid & others from my Uncle Wes;-)

The base Soil Analysis:blsmoke:

So why would it drop the Sodium, Manganese, & Copper?:eyesmoke:
So would it be an 4-1-3 since it's NPK spike was roughly that ratio?:mrgreen:

So do you think 1 teaspoon would be the right amount to add when I try using it to a gallon of soil?. Would a 200 ppm added for nitrate make it too hot or is that a trial to see thing?
I don't know what Conductivity is in soil, but I assume moderate is good. Jack's Classic should be fine for all the micro nutrients. Calcium didn't rise on the graph despite a large increase. It says CL is 80 and it went to 3,667.

Since I showed you how do do Full Pics, could you tell me how you divide a quote to answer in two, or three parts?:mrgreen:

I got some pics of stuff when I got home but I'll probably get to all tomorrow.
Daniels:eyesmoke:
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