Just add water soil recipes please!

Fast dog

Fast dog

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I want to go organic don't want to buy bottled nutrients anymore or ph it's boring and expensive I'm looking for recipes with as little ingredients as possible with just add water with enough for a 6 week veg and 9!week flower I'm in uk so would have to be available please state quantities cook time etc... Thanks guys.
 
lio lacidem

lio lacidem

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Fast dog said:
I want to go organic don't want to buy bottled nutrients anymore or ph it's boring and expensive I'm looking for recipes with as little ingredients as possible with just add water with enough for a 6 week veg and 9!week flower I'm in uk so would have to be available please state quantities cook time etc... Thanks guys.
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All you need to do is go to the organics page on here. There are alot of recipes on there.
 
Cpappa27

Cpappa27

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I was given this recipe from a well known member on here 2 and a half years ago and its worked so well I havent strayed from the recipe much at all. Its cheap and simple and all the ingredients are usually available everywhere. I added powdered fish fertilizer to it is the only thing I did different.
peat/perlite at 70/30 or promix (same thing)
1 40lb bag composted manure (never dehydrated manure it will burn), or leaf compost...that's your N
10 lb bag worm castings (more N)
1 handful dolomite lime
1 handful epsom salts
1/4 cup azomite
1/4 cup greensand
1/4 cup rock phosphate
1 bag horticultural grade charcoal
humic acid, add as directed or leonardite
This will be plenty of nutes with just water for an 8 week strain for the most part. Some strains are cal/mag whores and they require a little more but in most cases this will be enough. Read your plants and go from there. Good luck.
 
Fast dog

Fast dog

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Cpappa27 said:
I was given this recipe from a well known member on here 2 and a half years ago and its worked so well I havent strayed from the recipe much at all. Its cheap and simple and all the ingredients are usually available everywhere. I added powdered fish fertilizer to it is the only thing I did different.
peat/perlite at 70/30 or promix (same thing)
1 40lb bag composted manure (never dehydrated manure it will burn), or leaf compost...that's your N
10 lb bag worm castings (more N)
1 handful dolomite lime
1 handful epsom salts
1/4 cup azomite
1/4 cup greensand
1/4 cup rock phosphate
1 bag horticultural grade charcoal
humic acid, add as directed or leonardite
This will be plenty of nutes with just water for an 8 week strain for the most part. Some strains are cal/mag whores and they require a little more but in most cases this will be enough. Read your plants and go from there. Good luck.
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How long do you cook for and how many pots will this fill also can you start your clone in that ?
 
Cpappa27

Cpappa27

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With this one I dont have to cook. I mix and use immediately and never ahd a problem with burn. I make my own grow bags so Im not sure of the gallon size as they are all a little different but I can usually fill up about 10 of my 5-7 gallon homemade grow bags, sometimes some is left over but usually just enough. I grow from seed and not familiar with cloning so I cant comfortably answer that question. When I start my seeds however I start them in plain unfertilized plain peat and transplant into the final pot.
 
Cpappa27

Cpappa27

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This mix gets me through an 8 week strain with 5 weeks of veg. Your going a little longer so you may have to feed it come the last couple weeks. Maybe not but maybe, the plant will let you know. For extra boost, depending on the strain and the size, I would sometimes supplement with various organic nutes made by Humboldt Nutrients depending on how I read the plant. Good luck and also this recipe is just one of thousands out there. It worked really well for me from the first time and I like it cause I dont have time to cook soil.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Cpappa27 said:
I was given this recipe from a well known member on here 2 and a half years ago and its worked so well I havent strayed from the recipe much at all. Its cheap and simple and all the ingredients are usually available everywhere. I added powdered fish fertilizer to it is the only thing I did different.
peat/perlite at 70/30 or promix (same thing)
1 40lb bag composted manure (never dehydrated manure it will burn), or leaf compost...that's your N
10 lb bag worm castings (more N)
1 handful dolomite lime
1 handful epsom salts
1/4 cup azomite
1/4 cup greensand
1/4 cup rock phosphate
1 bag horticultural grade charcoal
humic acid, add as directed or leonardite
This will be plenty of nutes with just water for an 8 week strain for the most part. Some strains are cal/mag whores and they require a little more but in most cases this will be enough. Read your plants and go from there. Good luck.
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DO NOT put Epsom salt directly into soil mix's! BAD idea.....

Sorry Cp but, that's not good!
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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I might start you out here

http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/1116550-easy-organic-soil-mix-beginners.html

This will help you learn the why's and what for's of beginning water only soil building.

I would take this time to suggest you buy and read these 2 books also - very good way to understand organic and how it works!

http://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Microbes-Organic-Gardeners-Revised/dp/1604691131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462973518&sr=8-1&keywords=teaming+with+microbes

http://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Nutrients-Gardeners-Optimizing-Nutrition/dp/1604693142/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y
 
Cpappa27

Cpappa27

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Dr. Who said:
DO NOT put Epsom salt directly into soil mix's! BAD idea.....

Sorry Cp but, that's not good!
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Dont be sorry Im always up for learning something new. Ive been using it for a couple years now and I dont see any problems. After I fill my pots with soil I water them and then let them sit till my seedlings are old enough to go in so I guess I technically do let it cook for a week or so but also have used it without cooking with no issues.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Cpappa27 said:
I was given this recipe from a well known member on here 2 and a half years ago and its worked so well I havent strayed from the recipe much at all. Its cheap and simple and all the ingredients are usually available everywhere. I added powdered fish fertilizer to it is the only thing I did different.
peat/perlite at 70/30 or promix (same thing)
1 40lb bag composted manure (never dehydrated manure it will burn), or leaf compost...that's your N
10 lb bag worm castings (more N)
1 handful dolomite lime
1 handful epsom salts
1/4 cup azomite
1/4 cup greensand
1/4 cup rock phosphate
1 bag horticultural grade charcoal
humic acid, add as directed or leonardite
This will be plenty of nutes with just water for an 8 week strain for the most part. Some strains are cal/mag whores and they require a little more but in most cases this will be enough. Read your plants and go from there. Good luck.
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You don't put Epsom directly into soil ! BAD IDEA!

It might be working for you but, you can do far better in building a better balanced soil Cp!
 
Fast dog

Fast dog

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Dr. Who said:
You don't put Epsom directly into soil ! BAD IDEA!

It might be working for you but, you can do far better in building a better balanced soil Cp!
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What simple recipe would you suggest ? Dr and I'll have a look there thanks
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

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Fast dog said:
What simple recipe would you suggest ? Dr and I'll have a look there thanks
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Simple, I would try the one She gives you there first......I might add a 1/4 cup of N in the form of high N Bat guano to the Fert mix she explains. I would add 1/2 cup Dr. Earth's Alfalfa meal directly to the soil mix.

That would be a nice starting place.
 
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