Help with soil mix.

I need help mixing my soil. The below ingredients are the ingredients I will be using, I know I could/should use more, but this is what I've got and this is it. The soil will be used for flowering.

How many parts of each I should be mixing? And how long should I let the soil "sit" for before transplanting my plants into it?

Premier Promix Potting & Seeding Soil
Contains:
Peat Moss
Perlite
Vermiculite
Limestone
Wetting Agent

Garden Safe All Purpose Organic Potting Soil
Contains:
0.06-0.09-0.06
Peat Moss
Composted Organic Matter (Humates)
Perlite
Humus
Organic Wetting Agent
Lime

Blood Meal

Bone Meal

Perlite


Any help is appreciated!

that Garden Safe All Purpose Organic Potting Soil sounds like pretty good stuff, id say just use that, maybe mix a little vermiculite in and your golden

KaleoXxX said:

that Garden Safe All Purpose Organic Potting Soil sounds like pretty good stuff, id say just use that, maybe mix a little vermiculite in and your golden

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Really? I was under the impression I needed the blood/bone meal, or even some extra perite.

I would try to not use a soil with a wetting agent in it, unless you're growing outside. Too much moisture is MJ enemy; especially in flower.

Also don't add blood to a flowering mix, because it's high in nitrogen and that's flowerings enemy.

I would go with a similar off the shelf mix (minus the wetting agent), and add 20% Pearlie to it. You could add some bone meal if you want to use that for fertilizer. supplementing with a flowering nute like earth juice is also a good idea.

Green Cross said:

I would try to not use a soil with a wetting agent in it, unless you're growing outside. Too much moisture is MJ enemy; especially in flower.

Also don't add blood to a flowering mix, because it's high in nitrogen and that's flowerings enemy.

I would go with a similar off the shelf mix (minus the wetting agent), and add 20% Pearlie to it. You could add some bone meal if you want to use that for fertilizer. supplementing with a flowering nute like earth juice is also a good idea.

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Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunalty this is all I've got to work with, and can't really afford to buy anything more.

If I was to use the soil I've got, plus the bone meal and perlite, what would be the mixing ratio?

You definitely want the perlite. I've been growing in this mix and my plants are really happy in it. If anything its a little rich. Just to give you an idea of the proportions....
32 Qts Hyponex Soil -Organic material and Primarily derived from hypnum Peat, Forest products or Compost, Sand and Perlite.
32 Qts New Era potting mix - 40% peat, 35% composted organic material, 20% vermiculite, 5% sand. This is very light like a starter mix.
15 lbs worm castings
8 Qts perlite
1 cup sand
1/2 cup lime
10 Tbls Blood meal
12 Tbls Bone meal

But for a flowering mix I skip the Blood meal, half the bone meal, and I added 10 TBLS batguano (0-5-0)
Theres a lot of peat in the New Era mix hence the 1/2 cup lime (fine dolomite)