I just started a 100% organic grow today. I would love some information or tips on how to improve it or things to watch out for from someone experienced in orgaincs. Thank you in advanced!
This is how I started
1 part worm poo to 3 parts organic soil in a 5 gallon bucket. In that I mixed in
1 cup bone meal
1 cup blood meal
1 cup lime
I also have fish emulsion but haven’t used it yet.
Planning on dropping a Skywalker OG plant in on her 4th node.
I haven’t popped the seed yet as I’ve heard to give the soil time to sit.
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Looks like you are on your way to having a great super soil to work with! I never worry about letting my soil sit. But I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to let it sit and let whatever microbial life to get a head start.
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@nonogro , your soil mix looks great. Lets see your girls grow.
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Starting the girls tonight! Will be updating with pics as they grow.
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Well ur missing quite a bit of things in my opinion. If ur adding lime that’s gonna raise your soil pH, adding sulfur is gonna balance it back out and needed by the plant in trace amounts. Gypsum is also a great soil conditioner to add for pH buffer but I think is optional. Azomite is an absolute must though to get in there, bat guano is a HUGE go to as well. Kelp meal and alfalfa meal are excellent to add too especially kelp as it’s a natural protectant for your plants from heat. If u want nice strong stems and stocks ur gonna want to get silica in there too, that can be achieved throwing fresh aloe leaves and water in a blender and soil drenching with it or in with a batch of compost tea. Humate and yucca are also great for your soil but optional. U need to get some calcium in there too so can either run a bunch of eggshells in a blender or get some powdered oyster shell or crab meal. If running your own compost pile or worm bins then make sure bananas end up in either to eventually make it in, lot of benefits to em. Now that u got all the “food in there” get some microbes going by using mykos or a product like great white or Dr earth for your benefiting microbes.There some other stuff like seabird guano, fish meal, high p bat guano and a few others but really shouldnt be used till bloom. If ur looking to do 100% organic and willing to invest about 100-200 bucks for a compost tea setup then hit me up and I’ll shoot ya over the recipes I follow with great success. I’ll also have to find the link for roots organics samples just paying the 8.75 shipping where they let u pick 3 items and send u 4 to try out, I’m testing the waters with their “terp tea” they threw in to see if it enhances em.
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Also forgot to mention adding all these things u need to add more perlite and/or lava rock
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I will see what other stores offer, my town and surrounding aren’t the best for organic materials. The silica I can find, and I think I can find some azomite as well. I had a hell of a time just finding bone meal lol.
eBay bro! Stuff is all over the place and ships right to ur door, just stay away from greenhorn amendments on there, guy is a royal prick, kelp4less has most of what u would need
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@1andonlyredneck is so right. I think adding more perlite is a must in your soil mix. If you look at some soil mixes on GN, perlite can be up to 30% of your final mix. Growershouse.com offers you all these amendments and ships direct to your door.
https://growershouse.com/thermorock-coarse-perlite-100l-3-5-cu-ft
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