Well I've got a few so here goes. I am thinking about working some peat moss into my mix to bring the PH down a bit. My water comes out the tp around 7.5 and my mix doesn't counterbalance enough, I've been using lemon juice (from my tree) to bring the water down to about 6 before watering and this helps tremendously but next time I'd like to start out in a better range to begin with.
Thing Is i don't really know how acidic peat breaks down and thus how much to add in my mix. Heres the current mix all figures are estimates, but pretty good ones.
~60% OMNI brand organic planting compost-i love this stuff its dark, rich, and at about 4$ a bag from Home Depot very affordable.It is heavy though so i add
~20% Coco-coir to lighten the mix abit and get better aeration/drainage
~10% perlite to lighten the mix a bit and get better aeration/drainage
~10% worm castings-well who doesn't like worm castings.
I am working to get the mix as "stand alone" as possible so I add per cubic foot mix about 1/4-1/2 cup of each of the following
Kelp meal for K
Bone meal for N
Blood meal for P, Ca
Organic bloom food 3-6-6-this is a local product containing several guanos, meals and other organic goodies.
Dolomite lime- should I cut this out or keep it around for buffering?
If needed I also have Alaska fish 5-1-1 for Nitro boost and High P guano for tea purposes. I plan to work some molasses into my feeding regimen too.
I am thinking I'll cut the coco out as its basically inert and has a very similar texture to the peat. I'll keep the compost at about 60% and get the rest from more or less equal parts peat, perlite and EWC 10-15% each sound good??
Last ? how long will it take the peat to bring down PH, a couple days, a couple weeks, a couple months?? any and all comments greatly appreciated.
peace love positivity
Thing Is i don't really know how acidic peat breaks down and thus how much to add in my mix. Heres the current mix all figures are estimates, but pretty good ones.
~60% OMNI brand organic planting compost-i love this stuff its dark, rich, and at about 4$ a bag from Home Depot very affordable.It is heavy though so i add
~20% Coco-coir to lighten the mix abit and get better aeration/drainage
~10% perlite to lighten the mix a bit and get better aeration/drainage
~10% worm castings-well who doesn't like worm castings.
I am working to get the mix as "stand alone" as possible so I add per cubic foot mix about 1/4-1/2 cup of each of the following
Kelp meal for K
Bone meal for N
Blood meal for P, Ca
Organic bloom food 3-6-6-this is a local product containing several guanos, meals and other organic goodies.
Dolomite lime- should I cut this out or keep it around for buffering?
If needed I also have Alaska fish 5-1-1 for Nitro boost and High P guano for tea purposes. I plan to work some molasses into my feeding regimen too.
I am thinking I'll cut the coco out as its basically inert and has a very similar texture to the peat. I'll keep the compost at about 60% and get the rest from more or less equal parts peat, perlite and EWC 10-15% each sound good??
Last ? how long will it take the peat to bring down PH, a couple days, a couple weeks, a couple months?? any and all comments greatly appreciated.
peace love positivity
Peatmoss will have a ph of around 4 right from the start. I think the effect will be instant. You might make a small batch of soil with the same rate of the intended ingredients. Wet well. Wait a week. Test ph. You would then have an idea of what would happen on a large batch.
