soil help

It'd probably work out alright. I've mixed some similar local cheapo manure and potting soil with good results in the past, you do find a bunch of chunks of bark and crap in the soil though. Could do a 40%soil 40%manure 20%perkite mix or equal parts of each depending on how well it drains.
 
also is there anything else i should add like lime or something i hoping to get by without having to ph anything
 
JohnBaked said:
It'd probably work out alright. I've mixed some similar local cheapo manure and potting soil with good results in the past, you do find a bunch of chunks of bark and crap in the soil though. Could do a 40%soil 40%manure 20%perkite mix or equal parts of each depending on how well it drains.
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thanks i was gonna mix the whole bags of each 2gether would that work
 
Might need 2 bags of perlite depending on how much is in the potting mix already and how big the bags are of perlite, and I'm not to sure about adding lime.. I've never really adjusted my ph levels and they've typically stayed within a good range using light to average nutes and filtered tap water. Another question, are you growing in containers or in the ground?
 
well im gonna have to drop the manure i just read you shouldnt use it inside ill be growing inside under 1000 hps so if i just got the soil and perlite would that be okay i have ff nutes already
 
Should work out good just give it a good bit of perlite and a little in the bottom of the pot and you're off. Just make sure to hold off on nute for a week or two till ya see some growth.
 
thanks alot also if anyone knows if i should add some lime some things i read say yes because it will work as a ph buffer other thing say no
 
Okay soil burner's so with soil you want fast drainage so 50/50 your soil and perlite. Then add your compost/manure to that mix at say 1 part compost to 3 or 4 soil mix, start with 4 parts soil to 1 part compost if plants react well with out burning than do 3 to 1 mix. I use to mix massive amounts of soil and this worked the best.
 
if you want to avoide the manure .. you could add stuff like blood/bone meal to your soil for some fast/slow N. and trace elements..
(mix it in 1-4 weeks before your going to use it)

and yes lime is a good PH buffer ..and provide calium .. I use it .. tho I use Mearl (Oceanic Lime .. that also keep a lot of trace elements aso)
I also add Kelp meal and some Epsom salt .. and the blood/bone meal and some bat guano P.

trying to avoide to PH or add anythng to my water .. sept some super thrive in veg and molesse in flowering ..

my base mix is 30% coco and 70% organic soil mix (peetmoss/worncasting/perlit aso)


ther is a lot of recipes on the net .. try to google Organic soil mix ..
 
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