New grower and i've decided to go organic. I have a compost heap already and i'm wondering what a good mix would be.
Im thinking compost and worm castings mixed with blood bone/mushroom mix and some sort of manure. Not sure about the nutrients either

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I would put the manure and blood & bone in the compost for at least a few weeks otherwise your mix will be too strong,
and mix it with some potting mix 1/3 and perlite 1/4 to 1/3.
Then they should grow like crazy.

Sweet, thanks for that. have a cow and horse manure mix breaking down on top of the heap now. Looking forward to the application

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I prefer to use the first recipe listed when I mix and have had great success with it.
http://www.organicgardening.com/feat...81-185,00.html

Good luck and good growing

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Nice link, thanks for sharing.

Really like that link, working on it atm lol

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You need to work with an organic mix that is balanced for maryjane and your situation.

There are many different kinds of amendments that can be mixed with others for the right balance. Some amendments are suited for outside and some for inside.

An Inside grower may wanna stick to amendments that are made from plants or minerals and not animals to keep the smell down.

Some of the common organic amendments are:

Bonemeal or Rock Phosphate for Phosphorous

Bloodmeal or Alfalfa meal for Nitrogen

Kelpmeal for Potassium

Greensand for trace minerals

Guanos are also nice to have because they provide microbiology and fungus that will start up the microherd. They can be mixed for a well balanced NPK or be used to fix a nutrient deficiency. Say you are low on Nitrogen late in veg... you can hit them with a nice High N guano Tea. Then in Flower you can use a High P tea to help the buds.


These different amendments break down at different times too.

Like Bonemeal is 4-5 months, bloodmeal is 2-3 months

So if you need to veg for a long time you may need to supplement with Nitrogen Tea after the bloodmeal is used up.

Guano takes longer to break down I think 3-4 months If you amend the soil with it.

But a Tea would act a bit different. It would be fast acting and any extra guano in the tea mix would work as a "top dressing" sitting on the surface of the soil.


Stuff like Compost, Peat or Humas is nice to have to amend your soil if your starting with really bad dirt. But the main nutrient amendments I think are most important. And a good balance will take you all the way through your grow with little maintenance and no deficiencies.

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http://www.primalseeds.org/npk.htm

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you can also do spikes and layers of dry nutes...kind of like little treats when the roots find them...lol...w99

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