Please Critique my soil recipe!

meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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So I have been watching the recent build a soil you tube posts and they really promote pumice and rice hulls over perlite. When making a new batch I will be using that as opposed to perlite and following their ratios (which it seems like I am already very close). My question is for my already existing batches of soil that contain perlite... is there a way to go about ... re amending with pumice and or rice hulls? Or if I want to re approach my recipe do I slowly phase out my old batches and just start a new? Thoughts?
 
m4s73r

m4s73r

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
So I have been watching the recent build a soil you tube posts and they really promote pumice and rice hulls over perlite. When making a new batch I will be using that as opposed to perlite and following their ratios (which it seems like I am already very close). My question is for my already existing batches of soil that contain perlite... is there a way to go about ... re amending with pumice and or rice hulls? Or if I want to re approach my recipe do I slowly phase out my old batches and just start a new? Thoughts?
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Pst its cause they sell those for more then perlite. if you ust rice hulls then you are going to use a lot of them. They break down pretty quick. Then everyone sleeps on Vermiculite as well... Dont ever year about it in recipies even though it has a very high cation rate as well as a slow break down period and will hold nutrients. Lets see pumice or rice hulls do that. Veriety is the spice of life. Even true in soil.
 
m4s73r

m4s73r

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well then dont sweat it till you got more. Egg shell takes a long time to break down. To much can also effect your soil PH making it more alkaline. So while they are worthwhile and should be added do it when your adding fresh mulch. The composting in the pot can make your soil acidic after a period of time so adding some egg shell will kinda balance that out. I do recommend getting a cup blender from amazon to help break it down. I use this thing for all kinds of stuff. Blending aloe, egg shell, kelp.


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meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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m4s73r said:
well then dont sweat it till you got more. Egg shell takes a long time to break down. To much can also effect your soil PH making it more alkaline. So while they are worthwhile and should be added do it when your adding fresh mulch. The composting in the pot can make your soil acidic after a period of time so adding some egg shell will kinda balance that out. I do recommend getting a cup blender from amazon to help break it down. I use this thing for all kinds of stuff. Blending aloe, egg shell, kelp.


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Yeah I have an old magic bullet that I use, the thing is loud as hell though at this point because the parts where the cup attaches to the base is getting ground down. So I could use a new one. I use id to grind up dehydrated banana peals because my family goes through about 10 lbs a week lol not sure what I'm going to do with them yet. Suggestions?
 
m4s73r

m4s73r

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If it was me id feed em to my worm bin. if not my worm bin, then compost them. Everyone talks about ewc around here. but if you got 10 lbs of dried out organic material a week, you should be composting that.
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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m4s73r said:
If it was me id feed em to my worm bin. if not my worm bin, then compost them. Everyone talks about ewc around here. but if you got 10 lbs of dried out organic material a week, you should be composting that.
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Yeah its very cold still here so no composting outside. I need to get a worm bin again. They love banana peals.
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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What do you all think... can I put plants right into this recipe going into flower? I have a bunch that has been sitting for about 6 weeks, but I'm upgrading my flowering pot size drastically and am in need of a bunch more. Should I maybe make up my new batches (about 60 gallons) and then mix then equal parts to my aged batches?
 
myke

myke

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
What do you all think... can I put plants right into this recipe going into flower? I have a bunch that has been sitting for about 6 weeks, but I'm upgrading my flowering pot size drastically and am in need of a bunch more. Should I maybe make up my new batches (about 60 gallons) and then mix then equal parts to my aged batches?
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I thought I read some where about 15% you can add and plant right away?What size container Geez 60 more gallons?I would put new stuff as far away from where the plant is.
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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myke said:
I thought I read some where about 15% you can add and plant right away?What size container Geez 60 more gallons?I would put new stuff as far away from where the plant is.
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12 earthboxes is my plan well 6 earth boxes and 6 inntainers lol I have almost 100 gallons aging now in totes around my basement.

As far a the % goes I was thinking the same. My recipe seems very on par with something like a build a soil lite I think.
 
natureboygrower

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My concern would be that alfalfa, Mean. I use everything else in your mix ( just planted some tiny ass seedlings in it yesterday actually, as a test) I've used alfalfa straight away outdoors, not positive, but it it seemed a little hot. Curl/ clawto some leaves but it still grew fine. Something you might want to research.
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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natureboygrower said:
My concern would be that alfalfa, Mean. I use everything else in your mix ( just planted some tiny ass seedlings in it yesterday actually, as a test) I've used alfalfa straight away outdoors, not positive, but it it seemed a little hot. Curl/ clawto some leaves but it still grew fine. Something you might want to research.
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Good to know! Thanks for the input man!
 
myke

myke

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Curious if over 5 years made a diff.
I’ve been mixing my home made that has rock dust with promix and 444. I was wondering if I should be adding rock dust. I guess not. The 444 has some in it not much.
 
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