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Trichom420CZ
Trichom420CZstarted grow question 3 months ago
What do you mean about my own recipe on organic living soil? Basis: coco coir, compost, perlite 1/1/1 + Mycorhize Basic nutrients: Worm hummus, Guano 4/1 Other additives: wood ash, dolomitic limestone, epsom salt, egg shells does the mix contain everything what canna need?
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 3 months ago
Depending what type of compost it is, its looking good. Guano is nice touch. confirm its NPK is on point. as lots of different Guano out there. I do something like this myself. I mix in coir and peat moss, peat moss to help lower the PH, worm castings and compost with perlite and vermiculite. I add in other microbes and this year started with fulvick acid. it helps plants take in the nutrition. acts like a VIP pass for the roots gateway. I fortify with Gaia Green as its a well rounded dry amendment and add in epsolm slats as I find the Mg lacking. Compost teas are also great and some stuff with seaweed in it for some of micros. Your addition of eggshells, limestone and wood ash are all very alkaline and may need something to help off set that high PH. its also a lot of calcium and a good source of K. Coir will also be releasing lots of K and Na with the cation exchange sites. the finer the powder aka more surface area the easier it can be broken down. You can create your own liquid calcium extract by soaking eggshells in vinegar and letting it sit for a week. then test its PH. if its still acidic add more shells if its neutral basic add more vinegar. You can use other acids as well like phosphoric or citric as well. cleaning vinegar at 10-15% is better then the store brand 5%, they won't fully disolve but will create the water soluble and available calcium. I;d stay clear of molasses, its in a lot of recipes but I find it invite moulds and bugs anytime I use it in my soil grows. Outdoors I don't really care but indoors its problematic. Good Luck!
Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Dog
Sit_Ubu_Sit_Good_Doganswered grow question 3 months ago
it can work. people have done it. trial and error and you'll get there... is it worth the trip? maybe... personal preferences vary.
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