If you are in a situation where you cannot transfer your sprouted seedlings from a light nutrient starter mix to a grow mix and need one container to do it all is layering the soil with the nutrient dense mix on the bottom and the light stuff on top a viable option? I don't think I'm using anything in my mix that will burn the seeds but it's my understanding that seeds germinate best when there is a minimum of nutrients in the soil. And since I won't be in a position to fertilize the soil often I want the grow mix to have everything the plant needs to grow. Is it possible to get the best of both worlds with layering and what percentage of the container would you devote to each?
Layering Soil?
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GanjaGod420000
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Yes, I do it all the time when I run out of containers for my signature perlite, peat-moss, and light soil mix to nurture young seedlings in... I usually fill my larger 5-gallon containers with an all-natural, layered soil mix, with slow-release supplements like dolomite lime, feather meal, bone and blood meal, alfalfa meal, worm-castings, and N-rich bat guano, closer to the middle to bottom, all in with an organic potting soil throughout, with plenty of greensand, peat-moss, and perlite throughout the top layers, and when I decide to begin flowering, I then use p-rich guano teas and other p-rich things to ramp up my phosphorus and potash levels, while still providing for some nitrogen intake, as well. An occaisional round of half 3% hydrogen peroxide and distilled H20 always seems like a welcome treat for the plants as well, allowing the roots to be oxygenated and better-able to take up fresh nutes afterwards... I also use a natural C02 generator for my above-ground feeding, as well as an insanely intense mixed spectrum of H.I.D. lighting, and very adequate ventilation to spur on healthy, lush growth... So, yes is the answer to your question... Good luck with the young ones!
Dtoad420
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yep ganjagod said it, and i do it my self...forexample when im transpotting for my babies to go into flowering my whole bottom lahyer is filled with bone meal, and bud bloom mix..and i do this with bat guano during vegging...i also layer about an inch or two on top with bat guano or w.e
GanjaGod420000
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I sure do wish the local nurseries around the area I live in would carry the P-rich guano! Those bastards just about all carry that 10-3-1 shit, which is aight, but not for flowering... I can't just order it online or anything that easy... But, then again, I wish we had a legislature that wouldn't slice the throat of every medical bill we send up... I wish, I wish, I wish....
Dtoad420
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love high p guano but ive been using dr earths Bloom and Buds organic fert and its done wonders...see if ur local nursery has that
Thanks for this. I'll be using a basic mix of 2 parts peat, 1 part Amazon Bloom soil, and 1 part Perlite-I'm gonna gas it up with some worm castings, alfalfa and kelp meal and a few other items but I like the idea of just peat, perlite, and greensand for the top layers. Any idea on how deep this layer should be?