I just got on here now,I spent almost 3 hours trying to figure out how to get my files off my broken laptop..
My mix was one of those files..
I'm not using rev's exact mix..although Rev was a big influence and his knowledge was a great help.
I'm north of the border and alot of the ingredients the rev uses are not available here.
there's plenty of good mixes out there..LC's mix,sub's super soil,vic high's mix and the rev's..aswell as other's..
to be honest...I kinda winged it and got lucky..
Disclaimer:Here's my mix but use it at your own risk I am not liable for any damages you may incur and may become subject to or any unsatisfactory results you may be pissed off with.
DO NOT START SEEDS IN THIS MIX.
50 gal base
3 cu. ft coco
1 bag mushroom compost
20 gal recycled soil.
total of 50 gal base.
14-15 cups oyster shell
1kg or 7 cups kelp meal
6 cups prilled lime
3 cups alfalfa meal
4 cups blood meal
4 cups bone meal
4 cups rose and flower 5-3-8
3 cups dolomite powder
4.5 cups rock phosephate
3 cups soft rock phosephate
4.5 cups flower power 4-10-4
2 cups DE
6 cups greensand
and one small can of fish food for good luck.
after cooking for awhile I still had a high ph of 8.0 so I tried to lower it by adding..
7 gallons peat {nature mix brand}
+1 cup alfalfa
2cups high n guano
2 cups vegano 3-3-3 all purpose
which proved to have no effect.
I will mention that I thought I might have used to much dolomite in the mix but it seems to have worked out fine so far,the microbeasties keep the balace.
you must use chlorine and chloramine free water..I alternated each watering between distilled and bubble tap water.
I still need to buy an RO unit or a good water filter.
sorry it took me so long to post it up.
If I can think of anything else I might have forgot I'll post it.