Looking for potting mix recipe. pros please assist

I used regular miracle gro potting mix for my first grow and found it to be the greatest thing ever until i hit the flowering stage and i had dark brown spots on my roots right up until harvest. I also had a 1 foot tall, fully developed plant. brown hairs and no bud. it was a horrible crop. I have recently purchased a bag of sphagnum peat moss, perlite, 40lbs of dolomite limestone and plenty of pots to grow in. Im looking for a good mixture to use, organic or not, that will ease my growing and heighten my yeild. please assist with any recipes, ideas or tips. also, please dont mention fox farms or special nutes because im over 3 hours from my nearest dealer for those. I have a lowes, walmart, home depot, tractor supply and southern states to shop at. Thanks guys!!!

25%coco coir 40% perlite 35% vermiculite..works great..or 60-40 perlite/vermiculite as well.Stay away from MG nfg for kine..

dark spots on the leaves, sorry

do you have pics.

jo0810 said:

do you have pics.

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not of those, i didnt want to see them once they were gone.

what is coco coir???

kschurtz said:

what is coco coir???

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Go to hydro-organics.com for a full description. good stuff.I believe it's ground up coconut husks that have been dried the shredded. I use it for seeds and clones. in the aforementioned post.

Did younot read his post? He said local like h/d, lowes ext.. pick up perlite, vermiculite, manure, and soil. i run 25% of each, nothing special.. works good so far and dirt cheap lol, it shouldnt cost but 20$ for all that at lowes

bca21 said:

Did younot read his post? He said local like h/d, lowes ext.. pick up perlite, vermiculite, manure, and soil. i run 25% of each, nothing special.. works good so far and dirt cheap lol, it shouldnt cost but 20$ for all that at lowes

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Originally Posted by kschurtz
what is coco coir???

Did you not read mine? Ha asked what it was, not where to get it, Since he is here, I suspect he can research any where, and if desired, order it to be shipped in.

Go to hydro-organics.com for a full description.
It's possible one of those places has it..

I use 1/3 perlite, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 peat. I add bat guano, blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal and dolomite lime.

Hope that helps.

My mix is similair to jangles... 1/3 perlite, 1/3 moss, 1/3 soil,+dolomite lime

Supersoil in the brown bag mixed with one part perlite work great but must keep an eye out for fungas gnats as it is stored outside but plant love it just stay on the cleanlyness and pestiside regimant

JangleGrow said:

I use 1/3 perlite, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 peat. I add bat guano, blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal and dolomite lime.

Hope that helps.

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that sounds like too much trouble to me.

i bought the dolomite lime already but its pelletized. is that ok or do i need to crush it up into a powder?