I had so much that I had to throw a bunch of it away. That's because I never show, sell or tell. I turned my friends on and they all begged to know where I got it or if they could buy some. My answer was always NO.
Burn1
Hi BurnOne and everyone else here. I hope I'm not too late to ask this here or missed it in between all other posts.. I would like to try your recipe #4 three little birds-method. My question is, what do you use to water them with..straight water all the way or do you give fertilizers with it.
And...do you know a good substitute for the greensand? I cant get that in oz though.
Kind regards, Ivan
Hi all!
I'm preparing 90L (24 US Gal) of soil for my next run and I'd love some feedback:
I have the soil from last run, which was some light organic commercial sphagnum-based base soil, plus some humus, perlite, and long-gone amendments.
The perlite has crushed down to almost a powder. My plan is to make a base soil by using:
54L(14.4 US Gal) of the old soil +
18L(4.8 US Gal) Perlite +
18L(4.8 US Gal) Humus +
360mL (24 US tbsp) Dolomite lime
, trying to approximate LC mix #2.
Then I plan on adding these amendments, loosely based in Recipe #2 and getting the Diatomaceous earth dosages from Recipe #4:
1L of old nutrient mix I made (it had the entire world mixed in, so it won't be too high of any one single element) +
500g Guano 3.5-8.5-0.8 +
250mL Guano 7-4-5 +
1kg Guano 2-15-2 +
1kg Guano Pellets 2-15-2 +
600mL Diatomaceous Earth +
1L Seaweed Powder 0.5-2-0 +
2kg Silicone-rich vulcanic basalt +
500mL Palm Tree Ash 0-1-30 +
The total volume of the amendmets would be 8L, so about 10% of the final volume.
Hi all!
I'm preparing 90L (24 US Gal) of soil for my next run and I'd love some feedback:
Hi there,
Just from eyballing it, all that guano, especially the 2kg of 2-15-2 (Is that seabird guano or bat) will give you way more P than ever needed I reckon. Not the end of the world, but I think unless you growing trees, they plants will never use up this much.
Good luck with your mélange!!!
CC
you're consistently trying to do too much. make the blood-bone-kelp and be done.
Hi noknees!
Are you referring to my last grow diary or were you just referring to my over-complicated recipe?
Thanks for the comment! Yeah I wasn't too sure about that either, but I though half of it being pelleted it should take a while to become available. It's bat guano. What do you think, should I just leave the pelleted there and keep the powdered to top-dress as needed?
Yes that would be an option, but I don't know exactly what pelleted kind you're using and it could take beyond a plant's regular lifecycle to fully break down and become available...
I have had very good results with LC's mix and nutrient recipe (the one with bone meal, kelp, dried blood...) and then only water until harvest.
If you can I'd switch to that, do it as it is bulletproof. Later in bloom you could topdress some of that powdered guano if the plants look hungry.
If you can't switch, then use one of LC's recipes as a guideline and re calculate amounts (parts) of what you have available.
All the best,
CC