QUESTION ABOUT MAKING MY OWN SOIL MIX

I would like to try a super soil mix, what would be a good percentage of each of the following ?

Peat Moss
Composted Manure
Lava Rock / Perlite
Worm Castings
Potting Soil

I'd also like to amend it with the following...

Oyster Shell
Gypsum
Azomite
Gaia Green Rock Dust
Langbeinite
Down To Earth Bio Live
Gaia Green 4-4-4
Gaia Green 2-8-4

And then make my own compost tea with the following.. Using 58 Gallon Barrels With Air Pump & 8" Air Diffusers in each barrel..

Worm Castings
Compost
Fishnure
Fish & Kelp Liquid
Kelp Powder
Bat Guano
Molasses

How does this sound fellas ?

There’s about 1,000 pages of info in the ROLS/Organic Feeding/Tea threads that will lay out all the details for your grow - from making your soil mix, feeding schedules, top dressing, making teas, and recognizing and correcting deficiencies. It would be very beneficial to skim at least the first 30 pages of those threads and take some notes. Itl save you many hours of researching, because it’s already been compiled and organized. Good luck, and happy reading!

MissinThe90’sStrains said:

There’s about 1,000 pages of info in the ROLS/Organic Feeding/Tea threads that will lay out all the details for your grow - from making your soil mix, feeding schedules, top dressing, making teas, and recognizing and correcting deficiencies. It would be very beneficial to skim at least the first 30 pages of those threads and take some notes. Itl save you many hours of researching, because it’s already been compiled and organized. Good luck, and happy reading!

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Well it's not that im super new to growing. Im got 3 successful crops under my belt totaling about 15 pounds. Ive used coco / perlite but I want to get into something more organic.. thanks for the post but that's not what Im asking.. Im wondering about my own mix, not somebody else's if that makes sense ? Im pretty sure above would do well, im wondering if anybody has tried almost the exact mix

I just made the switch to organic as well, after gardening for almost 2 decades. Those same threads that I mentioned guided me from the very beginning, answering every question I had. I took notes and read a lot. I’m almost through this round, and will never go back to the “other way” ever again. I know this isn’t what you asked, but it’s highly unlikely someone will have used your exact mix and be able to comment on it. You’re better off reading about a mix that’s already been used and tested thoroughly and then recreating that. Sorry, there really aren’t any shortcuts to learning a new method and style, but all the necessary info is free for the taking. I wish you best of luck.

1/3 spagnum peat moss
1/3 perlite or pumice or aeration
1/3 high quality castings. That’s it. Happy base soil.
Add 2-3 cups meals with balanced npk (crab, kelp, neam, alfalfa et.)
3-4 cups minerals and micros ( basalt, azomite, rock dust)
1 cup fungal food. ( simple carbohydrates like brown rice or baby oatmeal or malted barley)

buffers: oyster shell and gypsum 1 cups each per cf



per cubic foot. Done deal killer reusable soil.
Add about 1.5-2 gallons of water to start the cooking process.

Sounds about right to me, maybe a little heavy on the compost/EWC. I can do two back-to-back grows in my earthbox without re-amending with a similar mix of amended Pro-Mix. Water only - no teas.

I follow this
https://clackamascoots.com/blogs/news/coots-soil-recipe-coots-nutes and I also add 5% biochar.