first outdoor, please help me with my soil

K so ive got a decent little setup going in BC, first time i've tried an outdoor, im using clones of 3 different stains with about 75 of them total

currently i've got about 65 five gallon pots, all cleaned out and ready to go, ive also got the locations for the sites im going to be using, all of them will have at least 12-18 hours of sunlight a day, and this summer should be a good one in BC

i've got alot of info from various sites but im somewhat concerned with my soil.. i've got alot of differeing information, alot saying that if you get good quality soil you should still be adding more to it etc.

right now all i'm using is just this Miracle-Gro soil, it seems to have alot of stuff in it already so im kind of weary to add more stuff like bone meal, worm castings, etc. this is the soil i have now:



i think mine may be a little different but similar

the information is in this link, u can click on the PDF at the bottom to see the packaging:

http://www.miraclegro.ca/productdetails/?id=2


what else should i be adding to this mixture for my plants? is the soil alone enough?

also what kind of fertilizer/water + nutrients should i be adding as i go?

Is that soil organic?

Since it seems like you're going all out anyway:

https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/44686-subcools-super-soil.html

to be honest im thinking it may not be 100% organic..

BUT.. i have not bought all the soil yet, only soil for 1 patch which is about 4 of those bags, they are the "super size" ones i guess u could say

i will look into the mixture you posted for my others, but i have to lug all my shit fairly far and almost all by hand so lugging hundreds of pounds of soil and mix is somewhat tedious [i know hard work pays off in somthing like this, but i'm burnt out as it is right now lol]

sniperslayer said:

i will look into the mixture you posted for my others, but i have to lug all my shit fairly far and almost all by hand so lugging hundreds of pounds of soil and mix is somewhat tedious [i know hard work pays off in somthing like this, but i'm burnt out as it is right now lol]

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Okay. From what you said before it seemed like you were planning on completely replacing the soil.


If you use the super soil concentrate you could do half-and-half with the native soil...

Angus said:

Okay. From what you said before it seemed like you were planning on completely replacing the soil.


If you use the super soil concentrate you could do half-and-half with the native soil...

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Ok, I think the soil in the area I have the bags of soil at right now the soil should be ok.. So in the pot do like a 25/75 mix? Is there anything else I should add during planting or the first watering?

50/50 mix with native soil. First waterings just plain water. Throw some dolomite lime in there too.

Oops, saw your gonna use the MG. 75/25 should be cool.

Where/how is the dolomite lime used and how much?

1 heaping tablespoon per gallon of soil.

Mixed in with the soil prior to planting the clones?

Yes, mixed in.