Stomata
Well-Known Member
Long story short, I'm tired of paying 26 bucks a bag for Fox Farm. I don't know if I got hold of a bad batch or what, but last grow all my plants had some sort of deficiency that I could never nail down. Why pay so much for soil if the plants look like shit?
I've decided that I'm going to make my own mix. I found some "Organic Compost" locally for $1.50 a bag and it's decent stuff. Made by a company called ASB Greenworld. I don't know what's in it exactly, but it looks really rich. I've got a couple seedlings in a mix of the compost and about 30 percent perlite and they're doing great so far. There are a few big sticks in it, but they're easy to screen out when you mix it up.
So far I've got a mix of about 50% compost, 30% peat moss, and 20% perlite. I want to mix up a big ass batch of it (about 50 gallons worth) and let it cook. I use BMO nutes on my plants and they have a supplement called Super Plant Tonic. It's basically mycorrhizae and other stuff to keep the organic breakdown process going. I was planning on mixing up this stuff about 10ml to a gallon and moistening the mix down with two gallons or so to jump start the process.
I have noticed the PH is off. My guess is that the compost is mostly leaves and what not. I've never mixed my own soil but I do know that lime will help. How much lime should I use per 50 gallons of soil mix? The runoff was in the mid sevens when I ran some distilled through it.
Anything else I should add to this mix? Bone or blood meal? Kelp? Help me out here. What should I mix in and how much?
Thanks in advance.
I've decided that I'm going to make my own mix. I found some "Organic Compost" locally for $1.50 a bag and it's decent stuff. Made by a company called ASB Greenworld. I don't know what's in it exactly, but it looks really rich. I've got a couple seedlings in a mix of the compost and about 30 percent perlite and they're doing great so far. There are a few big sticks in it, but they're easy to screen out when you mix it up.
So far I've got a mix of about 50% compost, 30% peat moss, and 20% perlite. I want to mix up a big ass batch of it (about 50 gallons worth) and let it cook. I use BMO nutes on my plants and they have a supplement called Super Plant Tonic. It's basically mycorrhizae and other stuff to keep the organic breakdown process going. I was planning on mixing up this stuff about 10ml to a gallon and moistening the mix down with two gallons or so to jump start the process.
I have noticed the PH is off. My guess is that the compost is mostly leaves and what not. I've never mixed my own soil but I do know that lime will help. How much lime should I use per 50 gallons of soil mix? The runoff was in the mid sevens when I ran some distilled through it.
Anything else I should add to this mix? Bone or blood meal? Kelp? Help me out here. What should I mix in and how much?
Thanks in advance.
