soil mixture

ok this is how this years soils gona be mixed,keep in mind il be giveing them tea threw veg then switch to boodah bloom in flower

soil from last year
composted horse manure
composted chicken manure
peatmoss
earth worm castings
blood meal
epsom salts
dolomite lime
hand full of live red worms
alflfa meal

gimi ur thoughts and advice

sbhippie said:

ok this is how this years soils gona be mixed,keep in mind il be giveing them tea threw veg then switch to boodah bloom in flower

soil from last year
composted horse manure
composted chicken manure
peatmoss
earth worm castings
blood meal
epsom salts
dolomite lime
hand full of live red worms
alflfa meal

gimi ur thoughts and advice

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that's a lot of nitrogen nutrients and not much else, you are gonna want some phosphorus and minerals too.
drop the blood meal, drop the Epsom, add minerals, and add kelp meal.
add fishbone meal, fish meal and crab meal, and forget about the teas, and buddah bloom
That's what i'd do.
You did ask for advice and thoughts.
You could probably use that recipe as is, if you do plan on giving it teas.
Just a lil better if you make the soil with the preferred amendments, that way teas aren't needed.
unless you like to make teas..

greasemonkeymann said:

that's a lot of nitrogen nutrients and not much else, you are gonna want some phosphorus and minerals too.
drop the blood meal, drop the Epsom, add minerals, and add kelp meal.
add fishbone meal, fish meal and crab meal, and forget about the teas, and buddah bloom
That's what i'd do.
You did ask for advice and thoughts.
You could probably use that recipe as is, if you do plan on giving it teas.
Just a lil better if you make the soil with the preferred amendments, that way teas aren't needed.
unless you like to make teas..

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right on well im just tryin to go woth stuff i can get at the local tractor supply and wal mart coas the only grow shops around here are a 45 min drive and they rape ya in price lol

greasemonkeymann said:

that's a lot of nitrogen nutrients and not much else, you are gonna want some phosphorus and minerals too.
drop the blood meal, drop the Epsom, add minerals, and add kelp meal.
add fishbone meal, fish meal and crab meal, and forget about the teas, and buddah bloom
That's what i'd do.
You did ask for advice and thoughts.
You could probably use that recipe as is, if you do plan on giving it teas.
Just a lil better if you make the soil with the preferred amendments, that way teas aren't needed.
unless you like to make teas..

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That's good advice!
Personally, I'd drop the manure for a high phosphorus guano & add soft rock phosphate.

sbhippie said:

right on well im just tryin to go woth stuff i can get at the local tractor supply and wal mart coas the only grow shops around here are a 45 min drive and they rape ya in price lol

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I gotcha man.
see if you can source epsoma products, they have some good "tomato" nutrients that work perfect

Chunky Stool said:

That's good advice!
Personally, I'd drop the manure for a high phosphorus guano & add soft rock phosphate.
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Yup that'd work too, only thing with guanos is that its so soluble its oftentimes washed away more-so than absorbed.
I like guanos for any needed topdressing (don't do much of those anymore)
fishbone meal and crab meal are good sources of not only calcium, but slow release forms of phosphorus as well as potassium.
Plus crab meal add chitin as well as acting like a ph buffer
But that soft rock is crucial.
That and kelp meal I wouldn't go without.

So what all do you need for a good all rounds cheap soil mix cause im in the same boat with trying to figure out what all I need to make a good cheap super soil

I would drop: blood meal, Epsom salt, alfalfa
I would add: azomite, kelp meal, bat guano, and powdered dolomite (specifically Greenway Biotech on Amazon. This brand has a noticeably better product than other dolomite brands)

Remineralizing with Azomite is the most valuable thing you can add to a used soil.
If you live in the sticks, Amazon has you covered.

Lilwatt said:

So what all do you need for a good all rounds cheap soil mix cause im in the same boat with trying to figure out what all I need to make a good cheap super soil

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Happy frog - 1 bag
Azomite. - 1 handful
Dolomite lime - 2 handfuls
Bat guano. -1 handful
Worm castings -2 handfuls
Kelp meal. -1 handful

thegreensurfer said:

Happy frog
Azomite
Dolomite lime
Bat guano
Worm castings
Kelp meal

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So I orders the kelp meal an blood meal an 4 big bags of perlite what else would I need to get me through the whole grow with out add anything else but maybe a little top dressing when I want to make them feel extra special azomite what is that an what do it do for the plant or soil

Dolomite and azomite will be worth the money.
"AZOMITE® is a highly mineralized complex silica ore (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminosilicate or HSCAS), mined in Utah from an ancient deposit left by an volcanic eruption that filled a small nearby seabed an estimated 30 million years ago. AZOMITE® is used as a naturally rich soil re-mineralizer for plants, as well as a feed ingredient for animals. In a typical chemical assay, AZOMITE® contains more than 70 trace minerals which include many rare earth elements(lanthanides). Many of these elements have been depleted from soils worldwide."

I will pick up lime an azomite anything else to help give me that extra boost