I will be bidding a fond farewell to the lovely ladies who popped my cherry... Original Haze and Skunk-Haze. I've learned so much from you girls that it is hard to let you go but it is time to move on.
My first mix did not contain the Miracle Gro. I added it because I was having problems re-wetting the soil if it dried out too much and so I had to water too often, leading to problems with flies. The Miracle-Gro contains a wetting agent that helps tremendously with re-wetting and so I can go a few more days between waterings. The manure is peat based and the top soil is generic. These three are at equal ratio: 1:1:1. Perlite is added by visual, nothing scientific, add it until it looks about right. One pound bag of the fertilizer was added for the myco and 1/4 cup of bone meal to feed other microbes. I re-use the soil. It is mixed and stored in a 50 gallon plastic storage tote with a lid.
Nutes:
Age Old Grow and Bloom. Very weak solution, less than recommended, and then only when it looks like the plants need it. Every two to three weeks at most.