Danny Danko's Magic Mix

Vapekush

Vapekush

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Wondering if anyone currently uses this mix and how its going for them.
Anyone have some input on this mix? Likes dislikes?

Danny Danko’s Magic Organic Mix for 5-gallon Buckets
3 parts Canadian sphagnum peat mix, coco coir or Pro-Mix
1 part large chunky perlite
1 part worm castings
1/2 cup greensand
1/2 cup of dolomite lime
1/3 cup of Peruvian seabird guano
1/4 cup Epsom salts
Mix it all together and soak it all down for at least a day or two before you plan to use it to get all the contents blended up and oxygenated. It should be wet throughout but not over-saturated.
The first few waterings should be done with plain water as the fresh planting mix is fairly “hot” (nutrient-rich). Let water sit out for at least 24 hours to evaporate chlorine that will kill off your beneficial microbes. Airstones at the bottom of the bucket with an air pump will speed up this process as well.

From then on, use compost teas and diluted liquid seaweed throughout growth and add some high-phosphorus bat guano tea during flowering. No need to flush towards the end, simply use milder tea for the last two weeks of flowering. Some natural yellowing will occur on fan leaves but this is a good thing as nitrogen is leaching out of the plant’s cells.
 
sleeperls93

sleeperls93

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I really don't think that danny danko is the auhority on pot that many percieve him to be... i could tell that most of his advice on ht is from research, not personal experience... just m opinion though....
 
Vapekush

Vapekush

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Oh yeah, I agree with you, by no means am I saying that this guy knows best or anything. But it looks like a solid mix and if I was going to post it I wanted to give the guy his proper respect.

I know a few people who use it to grow a mix of things. Everything does well in this mix but nothing seems to do overly amazingly. I thought someone who uses it might have an extra something that they added for even better results.
 
neroceasar

neroceasar

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I've never 100% made my own soil but i've found adding Mycorrhizal fungi helps, there's a bunch of info on it all around. Hate being an advertisment but xtreame gardening has good cheap Mycorrhizal in both powder and pellets. Also, I would up the amount of perlite. i use 35% in my mix, 1/5 seams that you might be a hotel for gnats if your not really careful bout watering.
 
Gastanker

Gastanker

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Why is he worried about killing microbes in a sterile growth medium?

Not like worm castings are going to bring much life to coco, sphagnum, or pro mix.
 
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Sensisansei

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Some what simular to sub's method/ I like it! I ussually work with different soil mixtures thre each new run. Just to learn an improve my product. Peace, SENSI
 
Cooter@666

Cooter@666

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Vapekush said:
Wondering if anyone currently uses this mix and how its going for them.
Anyone have some input on this mix? Likes dislikes?

Danny Danko’s Magic Organic Mix for 5-gallon Buckets
3 parts Canadian sphagnum peat mix, coco coir or Pro-Mix
1 part large chunky perlite
1 part worm castings
1/2 cup greensand
1/2 cup of dolomite lime
1/3 cup of Peruvian seabird guano
1/4 cup Epsom salts
Mix it all together and soak it all down for at least a day or two before you plan to use it to get all the contents blended up and oxygenated. It should be wet throughout but not over-saturated.
The first few waterings should be done with plain water as the fresh planting mix is fairly “hot” (nutrient-rich). Let water sit out for at least 24 hours to evaporate chlorine that will kill off your beneficial microbes. Airstones at the bottom of the bucket with an air pump will speed up this process as well.

From then on, use compost teas and diluted liquid seaweed throughout growth and add some high-phosphorus bat guano tea during flowering. No need to flush towards the end, simply use milder tea for the last two weeks of flowering. Some natural yellowing will occur on fan leaves but this is a good thing as nitrogen is leaching out of the plant’s cells.
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https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/338384-2010-revised-super-soil-recipe.html

The problem with the recipe (danko's) is half of the recipe measurement are in “parts” and the other half is in “volume” (cups) measurements...you need to define what the "parts” happens to be. Example (one part = 1 cf soil) or (one part = 1 bag of roots organic soil, ect ect). I’m sure the recipe you posted is good to go, but sub's goes above and beyond danko's recipe.
 
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autobluberry

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say what you want about high time's or Danny Danko but you have to admit our culture is where it is today but in social acceptance and in the spreading of genetic's and grow information everything because of what high time's is doing It's easy to sit around and point out everything wrong with the publication but in all honestly think the recipe is a good one and while it's easy to say sub cool's mixture is superior where subcool's mixture lack's is in the area of urban grower's people living in apartment's can't mix large batch's of , soil or have tub's of soil mix sitting around for a month. so having a recipe where you can mix a 5 gallon batch and only need's to sit for 2 day's before use is something i think is pretty good info for beginner's.

i know you weren't hating or anything but i just think we need to look at the positive of what people are trying to do when spreading information in this industry. i mean think of how huge high time's is any how much they help out our culture spreading information of genetic's how to obtain seed's and grow. It' not a perfect magazine by any mean's but they do alot of good including spreading subcool's mix as well.
 
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autobluberry

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and to exsplain the measurement's it's pretty simple the reason they first half is measured in part's is because it make's up the bulk of the mix. it's tell's you that the mix is intended to fill a 5 gallon bucket, so it say's take a 5 gallon bucket fill it with 3part's promix, 1 part perlite and 1 part worm casting's mix and then add the 1/2 cup green sand 1/2 cup dolomite lime 1/3 cup peruvian seabird quano 1/4 cups epsom salt's . that's pretty easy for me to follow i don't know about you.
 
SOMEBEECH

SOMEBEECH

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autobluberry said:
and to exsplain the measurement's it's pretty simple the reason they first half is measured in part's is because it make's up the bulk of the mix. it's tell's you that the mix is intended to fill a 5 gallon bucket, so it say's take a 5 gallon bucket fill it with 3part's promix, 1 part perlite and 1 part worm casting's mix and then add the 1/2 cup green sand 1/2 cup dolomite lime 1/3 cup peruvian seabird quano 1/4 cups epsom salt's . that's pretty easy for me to follow i don't know about you.
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Sry,I rode the Short Bus.
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kushdankenstock

kushdankenstock

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looks like a good mix. I personally would add more worm castings, because you can never have too much. maybe topdress with an extra handful after you mix everything else and pot it up. I would also make sure for the "seaweed" part of your tea, you use kelp. Kelp meal and worm castings alone will go a long way in any mix.
 
May11th

May11th

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I was thinking something like this. Part could mean cf so 3 cf peat, 1 cf perlite, 1 cf worm castings. Could be wrong.
 
Southerner

Southerner

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The greensand seems a little worthless to me, at least in a mix that you aren't planning on recycling and is supposedly ready in two days. I also don't think the dolo lime is going to really do any sort of buffering of the media inside two days, no matter how much water you add. pH is overrated anyways, but just a couple of quick observations.
 
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