thisrockcontainsiron Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Hey all, Taking on my first grow in spring and I've decided to mix my own soil which I'll also use for our veg garden. My grow will be outdoors in VIC and most probably in plastic 15gal pots so I can move around the yard if needed. My grow will be 4 plants, one of each of the 4 all star Indica's by SSS; Lil Peep, Double Affie, Yorker & GG Allin My mix will consist of the following but I'm open to suggestions on how to enhance it. 30% chicken manure 20% Worm Castings20% CANNA TERRA PRO10% Coco coir10% Perlite5% Bat Guano 1 cup kelp meal3 cup crab meal I'm trying to keep it simple for my first grow as I'm sure I'll learn plenty in this first 6 month period and will add to my catalogue of knowledge as I go. I'll be adding nutes throughout as well, but not yet concrete on what they will be. I've got some local worm wee from a guy I also bought my worm castings from and his garden was incredible so I have high hopes for it to be used throughout. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchybromusic Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 hey rocky my 2c mate loose the chicken manure & add more castings or a good compost aim for using about 1/3 of the mix with castings or 50/50 mix cast/comp loose the coco & increase the terra pro aim for the same above , about 1/3 increase the perlite or remove it & get some scoria / lave rock , around 7-10mm in size make this the last 1/3 & call these 3 parts mixed together your base mix i wouldn't use the bat shit but that's just me , just stick to recommendations on the pack & wear a mask when mixing , wear a mask when mixing soil in general but def wear one when mixing guano keep in the kelp & crab , i add 3/4 cup each to a little over 42 liters i add some gypsum at the same amount if you wanna go a little further you can add activated bio char , neem seed meal , malted barley powder maybe even some sort of mycorrhizal fungi rock dust is another good addition , i add 7.5 cups to the above 42 liter amount the worm wee should be good just use it at his amount suggestions , you can make your ownseasol type product at home with ya kelp meal , very easily you can make nutrients solutions to feed plants out of sprouted seeds easy to add a living mulch with a green manure seed mix from bunnings there's other things to consider like pest management & being preemptive see what others reckon good luck mate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missrachael Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Excited for you, hope it goes well. I'm years in and my learning continues aplenty. Just so you know, 2c from itchy is worth so much more. itchy, yet another awesome and generous response. My girls aren't usually prone to pests but this year I had a weird tiny sap sucking insect (not mite) invasion this season which did some damage. I've spent hours trying to id them. Will eventually post some pics. Time to think about my prep too...mycorrhizal fungi sound like a grand idea to add to the list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchybromusic Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Excited for you, hope it goes well. I'm years in and my learning continues aplenty. Just so you know, 2c from itchy is worth so much more. itchy, yet another awesome and generous response. My girls aren't usually prone to pests but this year I had a weird tiny sap sucking insect (not mite) invasion this season which did some damage. I've spent hours trying to id them. Will eventually post some pics. Time to think about my prep too...mycorrhizal fungi sound like a grand idea to add to the list. hey thanks rach yeah myco is a good one to add , some even suggest rolling your seeds in some B4 sprouting them in general get ya myco in as soon as poss def a good idea to id the pest & get to know what your dealing with it's a hard part of a grow to deal with because weather drives pests mostly temps & winter rain fall or lack of it will trigger plant seeds to germinate over another group of plant seedsthose plants will supply food or shelter to a set of bugs which will be food for another set of bugs & so forth & so on , until your dealing with the result of that process , a bug hard to id bloody mother nature will flip the script next season putting us back to square one & starting again on id'ing another bug this is why i try putting allot of effort into plant health rather than spending to much time on plant foodfiguring the more healthy the plant the more chance it'll be able to protect & feed itself , not to mention the flow on effect of higher quality produce a healthier plant will provide 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisrockcontainsiron Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 hey rocky my 2c mate loose the chicken manure & add more castings or a good compost aim for using about 1/3 of the mix with castings or 50/50 mix cast/comp loose the coco & increase the terra pro aim for the same above , about 1/3 increase the perlite or remove it & get some scoria / lave rock , around 7-10mm in size make this the last 1/3 & call these 3 parts mixed together your base mix i wouldn't use the bat shit but that's just me , just stick to recommendations on the pack & wear a mask when mixing , wear a mask when mixing soil in general but def wear one when mixing guano keep in the kelp & crab , i add 3/4 cup each to a little over 42 liters i add some gypsum at the same amount if you wanna go a little further you can add activated bio char , neem seed meal , malted barley powder maybe even some sort of mycorrhizal fungi rock dust is another good addition , i add 7.5 cups to the above 42 liter amount the worm wee should be good just use it at his amount suggestions , you can make your ownseasol type product at home with ya kelp meal , very easily you can make nutrients solutions to feed plants out of sprouted seeds easy to add a living mulch with a green manure seed mix from bunnings there's other things to consider like pest management & being preemptive see what others reckon good luck mateThank you Itchy, I've read a lot of your threads on this forum over the past couple months and its helped me a lot already. Very keen to get this soil mixed up and will update once I've got things moving ahead. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchybromusic Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 no worries mate good luck with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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