first attempt at organic soil mix

[statusquo]

RECIPE #1
Dry Ferts:
1 tablespoon blood meal per gallon or 1/2 cup per cubic foot of soil mix
2 tablespoons bone meal per gallon or 1 cup per cubic foot of soil mix

I was planning on using that recipe in the sticky in conjunction with a peat/dolomite/perlite/castings soil base, but instead of the other K supplements I was planning on using Indonesian bat guano. Any suggestions as to how much I should use per gallon of soil mix? its 0-0-6.

And since I'm new and ignorant I am also seeking clarification on a few things.
Do I just mix this fert recipe in with the growing medium and that will suffice for the whole grow or will I probably need to supplement? If so, how would i go about doing this with the materials above?

Also, I need to let the soil sit for a week or two with the ferts in it , moist but not too wet, to make the nutrients viable or available?

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[Johnny Rotten]

I would go with a tablespoon a gal. and yes, you will need to feed during flowering. I suggest getting Peruvian SeaBird Guano and mixing it with water at 1 tsp/gal and watering with that.
I also made a thread on making teas and using Bone Meal. You can make teas and use your bat guano as a K source, Bone meal as P and blood as N. Guano is actually a better choice for teas but is alot harder to come by and is more expensive. You will need to pick up some molasses as well.

 

[statusquo]

edit: you're edit answered my question.

and why do I need to pick up molasses, from what I understand wouldnt the guano + meal tea cover feeding? I probably just need to read more on molasses haha.

Thanks for the reply, I'll start off with your recommendation ratio for my starting soil.

 

[Johnny Rotten]

I'm sorry, i meant bone meal for Phosphorous. Some people will tell you not to use this and it really shouldn't be a first choice as an ingredient for tea. I've used it with success but it may be just me.
I would recommend getting liquid kelp(Maxicrop) .1-0-1 for K.
The PSG is 10-10-2....good for early flowering. Your Guano is a phosphorous source 0-6-0 and is excellent for mid-late flowering. Adding a fish emulsion 5-1-1 would leave you with an excellent arsenal for organic growing and brewing teas. The molasses is used to feed the micro organisms in the tea and create a tea loaded in beneficial bacteria, fungus and microbes.

 

[Johnny Rotten]

Don't start seeds in this mix....this is a vegetative/flowering mix. You should use a soil with little nutes for your seeds and then do your first transplant into the mix.

 

[floppyfundanglr]

in my mix i have a soil that contains batguano, feather meal, redwood compost, ewc and kelp. I also top dress with bone meal should have mix it in but its worked. I feed them teas of alaskin fish ferts, liquid kelp, and molasses. I figure theres enough phosphorus with bone meal and give them there potassium with the molasses and nitrogen with my fish ferts so i slowly change my ratios until i dont need the N anymore. Everything stays nice and green. Just finished my first and the product was of great quality...smooth burn and great clean taste. This was even without a great flush. this is the most easy low maintenance grow ive ever done.

peace

 

[statusquo]

Ya I have premixed soil from the local hydro shop (peat/dolomite lime/perlite and very sparing starter nutes and was about half the price of fox form organic soil) and the seedlings have been doing great. I plan on transferring to a ~1.5 gallon square pot next and using the soil base + fert recipe you guys are helping me finalize

 

[floppyfundanglr]

oh and i have dol lime that i added for ph and theres some in the soil as well in addition to oyster shell. I never worry about ph.

 

[Johnny Rotten]

I edited my post realizing you are mistaken that Indonesian Bat Guano is 0-6-0 not 0-0-6 in that it is all phosphorus not potassium. You will need something like kelp meal to put in your soil mix.

 

[statusquo]

O alright. i'll look into more K supplements. I guess I remembered incorrectly (im away from my stuff right now haha)

 

[floppyfundanglr]

molasses is a great source of K