Organic mix

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

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

I prefer to use the first recipe listed when I mix and have had great success with it.

Seedling mix for seedlings in Styrofoam flats
2 parts compost
2 part peat moss or coir
1 part perlite

The second recipe is a soilless recipe based on the Cornell Mix concept; the third is a classic soil-based formula.

Organic substitute for Cornell Mix (large quantity)
1/2 cu. yd. Sphagnum peat or coir
1/2 cu. yd perlite
10 lbs. bonemeal
5 lbs. ground limestone
5 lbs. bloodmeal

Classic soil-based mix
1/3 mature compost or leaf mold, screened
1/3 garden topsoil
1/3 sharp sand

Note: This mix results in a potting soil that is heavier than modern peat mixes, but still has good drainage. Compost has been shown to promote a healthy soil mix that can reduce root diseases. Perlite can be used instead of sand. Organic fertilizer can be added to this base.

Prick-out mix for growing seedlings to transplant size
6 parts compost
3 parts soil
1-2 parts sand
1-2 parts aged manure
1 part peat moss, pre-wet and sifted
1-2 parts leaf mold, if available
1 6" pot bone meal

The following recipe is credited to Eliot Coleman.

Organic potting mix
1 part sphagnum peat or coir
1 part peat humus (short fiber)
1 part compost
1 part sharp sand (builder's)

to every 80 qts. of this add:

1 cup greensand
1 cup colloidal phosphate
1 1/2 to 2 cups crabmeal, or bloodmeal
1/2 cup lime

Click to expand...

http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-3-81-185,00.html

Good luck and good growing

Nice link, thanks for sharing.

Really like that link, working on it atm lol

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.

https://www.rollitup.org/organics/93913-making-tea-ez-cheap.html

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

Check these threads out, they may help a little
-Peace

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