Getting my foot in the door. Going organic.

[narmohare]

Hey guys. I want to switch from synthetic nute to organic nutes. My cannabis budget is currently 125$ for nutrients. The issue is I don't have any hydro stores near, except one 45 minutes away and it is always closed. It is winter here, so all nurseries and greenhouses are closed as well. This means all my nutrients come from amazon. Based on my budget, and inexperience with organics, I thought I should keep it simple. One day I would like to craft a complete soil from scratch, but today is not that day. This is a basic recipe I thought of. Any input is appreciated. Need 25 gallons of medium. Recipe below

15 gallons Coast of Maine Stonington blend

5 gallons perlite

5 gallons worm castings

To this, I plan to add 4-8-4 by down to earth, then I will let this mixture sit for a while. Maybe 2 months. After this, I will use it to grow autos in 5 gallon pots.

Is this recipe ok? Any tweaks or changes? With all of the ingredients I would be at a total of 120$. If you guys have any suggestions, or recipes that would fit better in my 125$ budget then I'd love to hear about them.

 

[narmohare]

Hey guys. I want to switch from synthetic nute to organic nutes. My cannabis budget is currently 125$ for nutrients. The issue is I don't have any hydro stores near, except one 45 minutes away and it is always closed. It is winter here, so all nurseries and greenhouses are closed as well. This means all my nutrients come from amazon. Based on my budget, and inexperience with organics, I thought I should keep it simple. One day I would like to craft a complete soil from scratch, but today is not that day. This is a basic recipe I thought of. Any input is appreciated. Need 25 gallons of medium. Recipe below

15 gallons Coast of Maine Stonington blend

5 gallons perlite

5 gallons worm castings

To this, I plan to add 4-8-4 by down to earth, then I will let this mixture sit for a while. Maybe 2 months. After this, I will use it to grow autos in 5 gallon pots.

Is this recipe ok? Any tweaks or changes? With all of the ingredients I would be at a total of 120$. If you guys have any suggestions, or recipes that would fit better in my 125$ budget then I'd love to hear about them.

I should specify 125$ for nutes AND medium, not just nutes.

 

[FarmerJake]

Amending the Coast of Maine while using 15g might not be needed, and may even make it too hot(though your cooking should alleviate that). Next run I will be using a similar approach except following the CoM autoflower schedule and using the CoM amendments instead of another brand. I like your approach and think it will be a success. A few of us are in process of similar runs, up to this point I have only run the CoM in 3g and 5g pots with moderate success, hence why I am upping to their 15g threshold. I think the CoM amendments might be worth looking at and in your price range, though I do like Down to Earth products and have some myself.

 

[Badfinger]

Like Newman said, a 15 gallon pot should take you the whole way.

 

[narmohare]

Amending the Coast of Maine while using 15g might not be needed, and may even make it too hot(though your cooking should alleviate that). Next run I will be using a similar approach except following the CoM autoflower schedule and using the CoM amendments instead of another brand. I like your approach and think it will be a success. A few of us are in process of similar runs, up to this point I have only run the CoM in 3g and 5g pots with moderate success, hence why I am upping to their 15g threshold. I think the CoM amendments might be worth looking at and in your price range, though I do like Down to Earth products and have some myself.

So I was going to do the mix I said above with CoM and perlite and EWC and then mix it, let it cook, and then separate that into 5 separate 5 gallon pots. This is why I was going to amend. Does this sounds somewhat reasonable? I saw on the CoM website they said anything over 15 gallons you don't need to amend, but if I use a 15 gallon pot I will only be able to fit like 2 plants in my tent, and I would prefer to get 3-4 in there. I'm currently running 4 separate 5 gallon pots and they are filling my 3x3. I think if I use 5 gallon pots with the aforementioned mixture it would definitely need amending every 20-30 days??

 

[FarmerJake]

I would rather have 2 plants in 15g pots with no nutrient issues than 3-4 plants in 5g pots that run out around day 50-60. I am hoping myself that 15g pots will be the answer because running in small pots has fallen right in line with the expected number of days the soil will feed a plant in each allotted gallonage as estimated by CoM. Shit that might not have made sense super high

 

[Lil Dab]

this is the guide that @Newman’sOwn , @Badfinger, and I are following. i am going to do a small mephisto in a 5 gallon and see how it goes. i've never done a full organic TLS water only run.

 

[Lil Dab]

hey @Newman’sOwn, i guess i don't know enough TLS. but isn't that what the top dressing is for? you have me questioning my 5 gallon pot idea

 

[narmohare]

this is the guide that @Newman’sOwn , @Badfinger, and I are following. i am going to do a small mephisto in a 5 gallon and see how it goes. i've never done a full organic TLS water only run.

So according to this I would just need the CoM soil, the plant food, and the lobster meal?

 

[Lil Dab]

So according to this I would just need the CoM soil, the plant food, and the lobster meal?

fish bone meal /buds and bloom. i almost made that mistake too. lobster is loaded with N. but yes thats my plan