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Old 08-18-2009, 01:10 PM
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Default Help with soil mix.
I need help mixing my soil. The below ingredients are the ingredients I will be using, I know I could/should use more, but this is what I've got and this is it. The soil will be used for flowering.

How many parts of each I should be mixing? And how long should I let the soil "sit" for before transplanting my plants into it?

Premier Promix Potting & Seeding Soil
Contains:
Peat Moss
Perlite
Vermiculite
Limestone
Wetting Agent

Garden Safe All Purpose Organic Potting Soil
Contains:
0.06-0.09-0.06
Peat Moss
Composted Organic Matter (Humates)
Perlite
Humus
Organic Wetting Agent
Lime

Blood Meal

Bone Meal

Perlite


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that Garden Safe All Purpose Organic Potting Soil sounds like pretty good stuff, id say just use that, maybe mix a little vermiculite in and your golden
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that Garden Safe All Purpose Organic Potting Soil sounds like pretty good stuff, id say just use that, maybe mix a little vermiculite in and your golden
Really? I was under the impression I needed the blood/bone meal, or even some extra perite.
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I would try to not use a soil with a wetting agent in it, unless you're growing outside. Too much moisture is MJ enemy; especially in flower.

Also don't add blood to a flowering mix, because it's high in nitrogen and that's flowerings enemy.

I would go with a similar off the shelf mix (minus the wetting agent), and add 20% Pearlie to it. You could add some bone meal if you want to use that for fertilizer. supplementing with a flowering nute like earth juice is also a good idea.
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I would try to not use a soil with a wetting agent in it, unless you're growing outside. Too much moisture is MJ enemy; especially in flower.

Also don't add blood to a flowering mix, because it's high in nitrogen and that's flowerings enemy.

I would go with a similar off the shelf mix (minus the wetting agent), and add 20% Pearlie to it. You could add some bone meal if you want to use that for fertilizer. supplementing with a flowering nute like earth juice is also a good idea.
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunalty this is all I've got to work with, and can't really afford to buy anything more.

If I was to use the soil I've got, plus the bone meal and perlite, what would be the mixing ratio?
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Default Perlite!
You definitely want the perlite. I've been growing in this mix and my plants are really happy in it. If anything its a little rich. Just to give you an idea of the proportions....
32 Qts Hyponex Soil -Organic material and Primarily derived from hypnum Peat, Forest products or Compost, Sand and Perlite.
32 Qts New Era potting mix - 40% peat, 35% composted organic material, 20% vermiculite, 5% sand. This is very light like a starter mix.
15 lbs worm castings
8 Qts perlite
1 cup sand
1/2 cup lime
10 Tbls Blood meal
12 Tbls Bone meal

But for a flowering mix I skip the Blood meal, half the bone meal, and I added 10 TBLS batguano (0-5-0)
Theres a lot of peat in the New Era mix hence the 1/2 cup lime (fine dolomite)
 

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