Coast of Maine soils and composts

[Frankthetank]

Hello!

I'm in the process of planning the eventual switch to organics from working my way down the list of bottled nutes. I'm a medical grower, and am trying to reduce overall costs, find a way to reuse soils, and I'm hoping to do it all with ingredients I can get locally. Since I'm in Maine, I figured why not look into something locally made. Coast of Maine kind of fits that bill. I can get most of their products right here in town at the local grow shop.

Admittedly, my brain is still in bottled nute mode. I was hoping someone could chime in and give me a pointer or two. Just off the top of my head, I was thinking of getting a bag of their "bar harbor blend", and add in some lobster compost, something for aeration....and do some more research on what else to add...

Please let me know if I am even on the right track. My other plan was to get the "craft blend" from BAS, and mix that with something like roots original.

Thanks in advance for you time!

 

[Jraven]

Hello!

I'm in the process of planning the eventual switch to organics from working my way down the list of bottled nutes. I'm a medical grower, and am trying to reduce overall costs, find a way to reuse soils, and I'm hoping to do it all with ingredients I can get locally. Since I'm in Maine, I figured why not look into something locally made. Coast of Maine kind of fits that bill. I can get most of their products right here in town at the local grow shop.

Admittedly, my brain is still in bottled nute mode. I was hoping someone could chime in and give me a pointer or two. Just off the top of my head, I was thinking of getting a bag of their "bar harbor blend", and add in some lobster compost, something for aeration....and do some more research on what else to add...

Please let me know if I am even on the right track. My other plan was to get the "craft blend" from BAS, and mix that with something like roots original.

Thanks in advance for you time!

Hey bro welcome to the neighborhood
That product looks pretty good...something to start with anyways but I didn't see the whole ingredients list. I'm sure I remember someone talking about it here. Chances are someone will suggest an amendment or two. If you have any extra low value seeds around you could try it out. :smoking:Since you've got a grow going already anyway.

 

[Frankthetank]

Hey bro welcome to the neighborhood
That product looks pretty good...something to start with anyways but I didn't see the whole ingredients list. I'm sure I remember someone talking about it here. Chances are someone will suggest an amendment or two. If you have any extra low value seeds around you could try it out. :smoking:Since you've got a grow going already anyway.

Thanks for the reply!!! That is what I'm looking for.....a first step down the organic path. I'm trying to keep things simple the first go around. I've used kind soil in the past, but wanted to stay away from the super soils...and just go with a complete soil. I'm not sure if something like this would need to be "cooked" or just mix and go....

 

[farmergreen007]

Everything I have tried from them has been good stuff, I like their lobster compost a lot. What part of Maine are you from? NORTHERN aroostook here.

 

[Jraven]

I think you're on the right path, Frank....If you do need to amend it it probably won't need a long cook time. I know folks here are using their products but I haven't seen any just used straight.

 

[ljacve55]

Hello!
Are u going to do outdoor grow or indoor?
Outdoors you can mix your own supersoil wich will be full of natural nutrients thru hole grow.
Fue years now i used also bottled nutes for my outdoor guerilla adventures but they are not cheap so i desided i will make my own organic supersoil using guide on Growweedeasy.com.
Im from central Europe and over here we have good quality soil for growing our plants,any plants.
You have also in your neighborhood that kind of soil and with right guidence you can be nute free entire grow.Only bevare of pests.They are the only thing that i must reach for cemicals,there is no other way because i dont have plants in my backyard.
Good reading and also goood growing [emoji41]

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[NebulaNuggets]

I say build it yourself. You will learn so much more than just buying a premade mix. Quality humus is [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]. Good compost, some EWC, a few sources of natural aeration for 1/3 of the mix. Source locally. So much cheaper. You can get a truckload of material for building soil at a fraction of the cost of premixed bags.

Think of a soil recipe as containing all of the elements necessary for a complete grow from seed to harvest. I know it seems backwards as grower, but ditch the bottled stuff. I haven't used a ph meter or cal mag since trying the organic way. Just de-chlorinated water and teas brewed with love!

I think the whole "cooking" thing is a bit overdone personally. I barely cooked my soil mix and no burn to speak of. If the compost/manure is aged I would just mix my soil up and inoculate with a good tea, and plant in it as soon as you need to. People like to use a "light" mix on top for seedlings. I just dug out a hole and filled that with a little seedling mix, less hot mix geared towards starting seeds.

 

[Frankthetank]

Everything I have tried from them has been good stuff, I like their lobster compost a lot. What part of Maine are you from? NORTHERN aroostook here.

Thank you! Androscogin county here....

I think you're on the right path, Frank....If you do need to amend it it probably won't need a long cook time. I know folks here are using their products but I haven't seen any just used straight.

Thanks for the help!

Hello!
Are u going to do outdoor grow or indoor?
Outdoors you can mix your own supersoil wich will be full of natural nutrients thru hole grow.
Fue years now i used also bottled nutes for my outdoor guerilla adventures but they are not cheap so i desided i will make my own organic supersoil using guide on Growweedeasy.com.
Im from central Europe and over here we have good quality soil for growing our plants,any plants.
You have also in your neighborhood that kind of soil and with right guidence you can be nute free entire grow.Only bevare of pests.They are the only thing that i must reach for cemicals,there is no other way because i dont have plants in my backyard.
Good reading and also goood growing

Indoor....

I say build it yourself. You will learn so much more than just buying a premade mix. Quality humus is [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]. Good compost, some EWC, a few sources of natural aeration for 1/3 of the mix. Source locally. So much cheaper. You can get a truckload of material for building soil at a fraction of the cost of premixed bags.

Think of a soil recipe as containing all of the elements necessary for a complete grow from seed to harvest. I know it seems backwards as grower, but ditch the bottled stuff. I haven't used a ph meter or cal mag since trying the organic way. Just de-chlorinated water and teas brewed with love!

I think the whole "cooking" thing is a bit overdone personally. I barely cooked my soil mix and no burn to speak of. If the compost/manure is aged I would just mix my soil up and inoculate with a good tea, and plant in it as soon as you need to. People like to use a "light" mix on top for seedlings. I just dug out a hole and filled that with a little seedling mix, less hot mix geared towards starting seeds.

I have a feeling eventually I will wind up at a place where I build my own...I do realize the cost savings.....but I don't think I'm there yet. Space is one thing....I have a lot of land, but covered spaces are at a premium around here. I am ready to ditch all of the bottled stuff....as a matter of fact I'm trying to use up what I can during the grow I've got going right now, and that will be it. I don't like messing with meters and all of that. For now, to get my foot in the door with a few organic grows (so I can learn a bit more) I will have to use bagged items. Once I get a handle on things, that is when I'll get a little more adventurous. Thank you for your help!!!

 

[NebulaNuggets]

The Coast of Maine looks like pretty good stuff actually. The stonington blend is geared towards growing mj. I would say that is a good place to start and maybe add more compost and aeration components. Would def look into that since you can get it locally They have a bunch of good stuff for amending the soil and tea brewing as well.

 

[Frankthetank]

The Coast of Maine looks like pretty good stuff actually. The stonington blend is geared towards growing mj. I would say that is a good place to start and maybe add more compost and aeration components. Would def look into that since you can get it locally They have a bunch of good stuff for amending the soil and tea brewing as well.

Do you think I should add any mineral into that stonington? Doesn't seem to have any....