New Grower You Mix My Dirt - Suggestions Needed

[Mr Piggy]

:thumbs: Hell yeah well water. Just so you know the lime in the mix isn't a lil some something, it's important.

 

[GRow-ops]

If you can't find any other perlite the MG is okay if you wash it well first. That will remove most of the slow release nutes. Check nurseries and garden centers. You'll have a better chance of finding it there than you will in the big box stores.

Lamberts seems to make good products and I know others here have used it to good success. I would recommend using it straight for seedlings and for your final pots mix it with 25% worm castings and then add 50% perlite to that. I've tried that Black Cow manure it's fairly worthless. The castings will give better results. The Lamberts does have dolomite lime included but with the worm castings you may need to add a bit more to balance your pH. I would suggest you make you mix, wet it with pHed water, let it sit for 3 days, then test the pH. I would also suggest adding some mycohorrizal fungi to the mix. I used Humbolt Myco Madness but others here prefer Great White. Both are good.

so i bought mg perlite and didnt know it realeases nute and jus planted seedz in there what should i do?i didnt wash them didnt know mg has slow realease nutez help please =(

 

[SeaBow]

so i bought mg perlite and didnt know it realeases nute and jus planted seedz in there what should i do?i didnt wash them didnt know mg has slow realease nutez help please =(

I was told above that it's not a bunch so watch them carefully. Kinda after the cows got out now unless you can take the small amount of dirt around the seeds from the container WITHOUT disturbing the seeds and place them in other medium at the same depth. I'm a nube at this but that's my $.02

 

[The Squid]

Hey Growop just saw this, sorry mate. Are they still in there...the planted and germed seeds? Hmmm. I don't wanna be rash and make you do something that will screw you up. Someone else may have a better idea. But I myself got super duper screwed by MG perlite. If you just put them in, then maybe you can carefully dig them up and put them in new mix. If they had a good sized tail and it's been since yesterday, then it may be too late. Do you have other beans?

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

I would leave them if the perlite is the only problem, I didn't have any other type of perlite other then MG and I had to plant 4 plants in them. I had a decent harvest off the one I chopped and my other 3 are healthy as hell. I mean I sure as hell wouldn't recommend it to someone but I personally I would do it again rather then dig up seeds. just my

 

[The Squid]

BF could be right. Don't do what I what do, haha. I live dangerous down here in the deep You might be just fine leaving them. There isn't a whole lot of nutes in there, it's just that they are time release with water. So every time you water it gets a little of whats in the perlite. So it's harder to feed. I had other problems too I am not blaming it solely on the MG pelite.

There may be even yet another idea out there somewhere. IMHO if I were having this exact same problem and wasn't sure what to do, I have a couple friends here I would ask through PM, as well as what you've done here. Muddy and Captain Cure are my main helpers here. Hit Muddy up as he is an official helper. Captain Cure wouldn't mind most likely, it's just not his job to do so. Hope this helps.

 

[SeaBow]

Alrighty then...
Had some time this morning and mixed what I have. Their quantities had much to do with the ratios. I had quite a bit of the Lambert's as a base. The castings entire bag was just at a gallon. And the perlite used about 1/2 the bag. So I guess the ratios centered around the castings.
Worm castings - 1 gallon
Perlite - 1 gallon
Lambert's - 2 gallons

Thats 25%/ 25%/ 50% Close to Muddy's suggestion. I can add more perlite or Molasses/ Epsom if needed.
RO water ph'd to 6.4 came out of a small sample of the mix at 6.0pH and used 3 different spots to take the sample.

Comments or suggestions are welcome. (ha.. needed)

The Kaya Gold spout and Bag seed cuttings are coming on strong. I plan to plant them in the mix about mid/ late next week. That's when I plan to take the Bubbleliciuos autos and can use the room for vegging these. Man that damn bag weed is strong. I can't hurt it. I wish I knew what it was.