Honestly I havent had much luck with organics so far. Hoping to turn it around this time. Would like some expert help creating a recipe using what I already have.
What do I have you ask? I think I have plenty to make something good...
In case you cant see, Ill list what I have on hand.
Crushed oyster shells, dolomite lime, neem cake, karanja cake, espoma garden tone, espoma plant tone, espoma holly tone, espoma bio-tone starter, dia-earth powder and crushed, blood meal, bone meal, langbentonite, alaska fish concentrate, soft rock phosphate, soybean meal, cottonsead hulls, alfalfa powder, azomite, used coffee grounds, epsom salt, worm compost/rabbit manure, coir, vermiculite, peat moss, promix-bx, shredded wheat straw, hardwood biochar, molassses, powdered egg shells, kelp meal, baby cereal and umm, well thats about all...
What I would like to do is combine the dry/concentrated amendments into a 'mix' that I can use to add to the soil, bulk as needed and to recharge used soil, kind of like a super soil starter mix. Im just not good about what ratios to use. If this is a bad idea just let me know but measuring out amendments over and over seems like a lot of unnecessary work....
For a base I mixed
4 gal black cow Wal-Mart 25lb bag
1 gal crushed hardwood biochar
3 gal vermiculite
4 gal peatmoss
5 gal rabbit manure/ worm comp
3.5 gal fine coir hydrated
Im low on perlite right now so I havent added that yet, thinking I will add about 5 gallons of it? I get it in 4cf bags so I can add as much as necessary easily, depending what suggestions I get. Also I have A LOT of crushed DE, which is similar to perlite in texture but more porous and heavier, not sure how much of that to add I guess.
So other than what Ive mixed I guess I have basically a blank slate. As stated above Id like to mix the more concentrated fertilizers together based upon some sort of ratio, and then add that to the soil at a specific ratio of 'mix' / gallon. Also if the ratio's in my base are off, I can adjust that easily also, adding more coir or vermiculite or whatever.
Thanks for any help from experienced organic growers...
What do I have you ask? I think I have plenty to make something good...
In case you cant see, Ill list what I have on hand.
Crushed oyster shells, dolomite lime, neem cake, karanja cake, espoma garden tone, espoma plant tone, espoma holly tone, espoma bio-tone starter, dia-earth powder and crushed, blood meal, bone meal, langbentonite, alaska fish concentrate, soft rock phosphate, soybean meal, cottonsead hulls, alfalfa powder, azomite, used coffee grounds, epsom salt, worm compost/rabbit manure, coir, vermiculite, peat moss, promix-bx, shredded wheat straw, hardwood biochar, molassses, powdered egg shells, kelp meal, baby cereal and umm, well thats about all...
What I would like to do is combine the dry/concentrated amendments into a 'mix' that I can use to add to the soil, bulk as needed and to recharge used soil, kind of like a super soil starter mix. Im just not good about what ratios to use. If this is a bad idea just let me know but measuring out amendments over and over seems like a lot of unnecessary work....
4 gal black cow Wal-Mart 25lb bag
1 gal crushed hardwood biochar
3 gal vermiculite
4 gal peatmoss
5 gal rabbit manure/ worm comp
3.5 gal fine coir hydrated
Im low on perlite right now so I havent added that yet, thinking I will add about 5 gallons of it? I get it in 4cf bags so I can add as much as necessary easily, depending what suggestions I get. Also I have A LOT of crushed DE, which is similar to perlite in texture but more porous and heavier, not sure how much of that to add I guess.
So other than what Ive mixed I guess I have basically a blank slate. As stated above Id like to mix the more concentrated fertilizers together based upon some sort of ratio, and then add that to the soil at a specific ratio of 'mix' / gallon. Also if the ratio's in my base are off, I can adjust that easily also, adding more coir or vermiculite or whatever.
Thanks for any help from experienced organic growers...
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