super soil

Noora

Member

• May 25, 2012

• #1

Hey Sub, you've give your recipe in 1/2 and 1/4. do you know by any chance which recipe amount i should go with if i had 12, 5 gal pots?

thx

• Modified Batch Measurements ( Thanks Booyaa)
  
  Full Recipe
  8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
  25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
  5 lbs steamed bone meal
  5 lbs bloom bat guano
  5 lbs blood meal
  3 lbs rock phosphate
  ¾ cup Epson salts
  ½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
  ½ cup azomite (trace elements)
  2 tablespoons powdered humic acid
  
  1/2 Recipe
  4 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
  12.5 to 25 lbs of organic worm castings
  2.5lbs steamed bone meal
  2.5lbs bloom bat guano
  2.5lbs blood meal
  1.5lbs rock phosphate
  3/8 cup or 6 tablespoons Epsom Salts
  1/4 cup or 4 tablespoon sweet lime (dolomite)
  1/4 cup or 4 tablespoons azomite (trace elements)
  1 tablespoon powdered humic acid
  
  1/4 Recipe
  2 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
  6.25 to 12.5 lbs of organic worm castings
  1.25lbs or 20 ounces steamed bone meal
  1.25lbs or 20 ounces bloom bat guano
  1.25lbs or 20 ounces blood meal
  3/4 lbs rock phosphate
  3/16 cup or 3 tablespoons Epsom Salts
  1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons sweet lime (dolomite)
  1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons azomite (trace elements)
  1.5 teaspoons powdered humic acid
  
  1/8 Recipe
  1 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
  3.125 to 6.25 lbs of organic worm castings
  .625 lbs or 5/8 lbs or 10 ounces steamed bone meal
  .625 lbs or 5/8 lbs or 10 ounces bloom bat guano
  .625 lbs or 5/8 lbs or 10 ounces blood meal
  3/8 lbs or 6 ounces rock phosphate
  3/32 cup or 1.5 tablespoons Epsom Salts
  1/16 cup or 1 tablespoon sweet lime (dolomite)
  1/16 cup or 1 tablespoon azomite (trace elements)
  3/4 teaspoon powdered humic acid​

  
  
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nugbuckets

Well-Known Member

• May 25, 2012

• #2

you will need the full recipe.........you need sixty gallons, or two trash cans......a full batch fills up just over two 32 gal. cans....good luck.

 

Noora

Member

• May 25, 2012

• #3

ok thanks. . pretty expensive soil mix or am i being cheap?

 

geekmike

Well-Known Member

• May 25, 2012

• #4

in the end you will save cash for sure.

I was very surprised at first with quality and yield to be honest. Hooked me. wont go back.

 

nugbuckets

Well-Known Member

• May 25, 2012

• #5

Noora said:

ok thanks. . pretty expensive soil mix or am i being cheap?

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yeah super soil is much cheaper in the end....bottled nutes are murder on the pocketbook.

 

Noora

Member

• May 25, 2012

• #6

every bag of advanced sunshine 4 is 3 cu ft which siri just told me is 22.44 gals. so really id need 3 bags ? cuz thats almost 180 gals of soil using 8 bags of that shit.

 

nugbuckets

Well-Known Member

• May 25, 2012

• #7

the "large bags" in the recipe are 1.5 cubic feet, like roots and ffof.....so 12 c/ft total....you would need 4 bags for a full recipe if using sunshine....i wouldn't go by the dry gal. on the bag...esp. if you are using something like a 5 gal. bucket which holds 5 liquid gal.....if you follow the recipe, a full batch will fill two 32 gal.(liquid) trash cans, plus about 10 extra gals......

 

geekmike

Well-Known Member

• May 25, 2012

• #8

I store all of my soil in trash cans (I got like 8 of them I think) when I make my ss I just empty out 2 (or 4) cans of plain soil and mix it up.

 

budman678

Well-Known Member

• May 25, 2012

• #9

this is brilliant