Making my Own Potting Soil

1- soiless mix
1- fox farm ocean forest
1- worm castings
1- bag of epsoma garden tone
1- can of coffee grounds
1- cup of garden/dolomite lime (may not need this if the soiless mix already has lime, look at the package)


mix all this shit together water it thouroghly and let sit for 1week

questions to that mix

1 - For the soiless mix can you give me a list of stuff that is classified as soiless?
2 - I can't get fox farm around here is there some thing that I can use in place of it?
3 - If I can't get worm castings what can I use in place of it?
4 - For the coffee grounds do they have to be unused or is it used coffee grounds?
5 - What is epsoma garden tone and what can I use in-place of this if i can't get this?

I like it simple

-1part Peat moss
-1part inert top soil
-1part compost

I also add pea gravel(non limestone) for a cheap way to increasing drainage

Originally Posted by RetiredMatthebrute

1- soiless mix
1- fox farm ocean forest
1- worm castings
1- bag of epsoma garden tone
1- can of coffee grounds
1- cup of garden/dolomite lime (may not need this if the soiless mix already has lime, look at the package)


mix all this shit together water it thouroghly and let sit for 1week

i like ur mix. how does it drain?

Originally Posted by RyanTheRhino

I like it simple

-1part Peat moss
-1part inert top soil
-1part compost

I also add pea gravel(non limestone) for a cheap way to increasing drainage

i like ur mix too. but i add lime and a few other things...
Peat/Lite base
Nitrogen via Composted Cow Manure, Worm Castings, Leaf Compost...the list goes on. it's dark and smells beautuful. you know it when you smell it.
I add horticultural grade charcoal. Then I add the minerals. Azomite if nothing else. Lime. Rock Phosphate, Greensand and rock 0-0-50. Nuttin ever burns and I don't wait and cook either. I just replaced the Blood Meal with another form of slow release N. EZPZ.

Originally Posted by RyanTheRhino

I like it simple

-1part Peat moss
-1part inert top soil
-1part compost

I also add pea gravel(non limestone) for a cheap way to increasing drainage

Thanks I think I will go with this but use seedling soil and mess around with it to see if I find some thing that works well.

you can use broken up Charcoal to aerate and help with drainage .

What can I put into the soil that helps keep the PH of the soil balanced?

This is my mix and it works great I've always had great results. I'm always trying to improve it. Here's what I do.
1. One 1.5 cu ft of Fox Farm ocean soil. you only need 3/4's of the bag. Save the last 1/4 for later.
2. One bag of light warrior only use half the bag.
3. Roots Organic Cocofiber. You only use half the bag.
4. 8 cups of perlite.
5. 3 cups earth worm castings.

I mix all of them together in a baby pool. Mix really well!!

it's a simple mix It holds nutes better and using fox farm alone has stuff you really don't need and to much of some stuff you do. I've come up with other mixes but this one is my basic It works great.