SOIL from HRDWARE STORE?
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If you want organic from the hardware store, you should get plain ol' peat. Lowes has a 3.8 cu.ft Premier bale (same people that do Pro-Mix) for like $12. Get you some lime (dolomite if possible) to buffer the pH and you're 100% organic.
The only perlite I ever see around that way is MG with time-released nutes added. Keep an eye out if you're feeling saucy.
The only perlite I ever see around that way is MG with time-released nutes added. Keep an eye out if you're feeling saucy.
drumsinttown
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If yer into makin' your own, supersoil in the brown bag (can't get it at my home depot any more) is *dirt* cheap (ow, my side) and completely sterile. From there alls you need is a little perlite, some ammendments such as worm castings and kelp and bone meal, and yer pretty well set.
Not a bad way to go from the hardware store.
Not a bad way to go from the hardware store.
MrHowardMarks
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In agreement, Premier is cheap, 10.99 a bale, and you can get a big ass bag of perlite for 10 bucks, the chuncky stuff costs 34 bucks at worms way.
If you only need a little, lowes carries 11 liter bags of spagnum peat moss and perlite mix, from Ferry Morse. It's 1.99 a bag.
If you only need a little, lowes carries 11 liter bags of spagnum peat moss and perlite mix, from Ferry Morse. It's 1.99 a bag.
w99illie
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i would also like to make my own from scratch...i have 2lb bone meal,2lb blood meal,bag of dolomite lime,qt of botnicare organic pro grow and a qt of botnicare organic pro bloom...if i get a bale of peat moss and a bag of pearlite...can i make something out of this i can use...friend said he would pick me up some worm castings and bat guano when he comes home for christmas...but could i make something to work with out of what i have and some pearlite and peat moss?
MrHowardMarks
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Yeah, you don't really need the worm castings and guano. They are the main ingredients in most organic nutes.
The bone and blood are kind old school in my opinion.
I've used just spagnum peat moss, and perlite and gotten excellent results.
Depends on what you're feedin them, soil amendments require less nute feeding because the soil is rich in fertilizers like the added bone, blood, guano, and worm poop.
Think of plain peat and perlite like expanded clay or rockwool, there's nothing there to feed, you have to add the nutes.
The bone and blood are kind old school in my opinion.
I've used just spagnum peat moss, and perlite and gotten excellent results.
Depends on what you're feedin them, soil amendments require less nute feeding because the soil is rich in fertilizers like the added bone, blood, guano, and worm poop.
Think of plain peat and perlite like expanded clay or rockwool, there's nothing there to feed, you have to add the nutes.
w99illie
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thanks mr marks
i will try it...i want to try organic soil...btw...i was going to make a bubble bucket grow one time and bought a bag of clay pebbles that i still have un-opened...dont know what i am going to do with them...wont throw them away...may use small amounts as a filler in soil sort of like pearlite maybe...get some use out of them
i will try it...i want to try organic soil...btw...i was going to make a bubble bucket grow one time and bought a bag of clay pebbles that i still have un-opened...dont know what i am going to do with them...wont throw them away...may use small amounts as a filler in soil sort of like pearlite maybe...get some use out of them
MrHowardMarks
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I line the bottom of my buckets with expanded clay, makes for better drainage, keeps the soil from clogging the holes.
MrHowardMarks
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no problem, I got the idea from another grower who was having drainage problems years ago.
