Building my soil...

[N00b_Farmer]

Building my soil for when I transplant from my solo cups to 3 gallon pots.

I need 40 gallons of soil.

My mix:
•FFOF (11.22 gallons)
•Coarse Perlite (12.72 gallons)
•Earthworm Castings, 15 pounds (??gallons)
•Bat guano, 2.2 pounds (??gallons)

Any suggestions people of RIU?

Also, soil cannot be hot because I won't have time to let it cook.

 

[jesus of Cannabis]

i owuld cut down the worm poop, but ya thats pretty much mine cept for the soil

 

[N00b_Farmer]

i owuld cut down the worm poop, but ya thats pretty much mine cept for the soil

I might not use all of the castings, I was thinking it'll be a bit much too. But I haven't ordered the bag so I don't know how how many gallons it'll take up.

 

[hicountry1]

I always had great luck adding foxfarm light warrior to the ocean forest. I used 1 bag OF to 1/3 bag LW. Allows more oxygen to the roots and kept the soil from compacting. Also has a ton of mycorrhizae and beneficials, if you decide to not use it be sure to add the beneficials.

 

[woody333333]

lime

 

[TheTrippyHippie]

Yeah throw some lime and cut down on the worm castings And you will be good my friend.

 

[BeastGrow]

add the perlite and FFOF to a brick of coco coir and you will be at around 40 gallons.

If it were me though i'd probably add some kelp meal, EWC, crab meal, and rock dust to the mixture too.

 

[hicountry1]

add the perlite and FFOF to a brick of coco coir and you will be at around 40 gallons.

If it were me though i'd probably add some kelp meal, EWC, crab meal, and rock dust to the mixture too.

Coco coir will cause a whole host of issues down the road. It requires a different ph and additional CalMag that soil does not require. Not sure how this is working for you but I recommend peat not coco to lighten up the mix.

 

[hyroot]

no it doesn't . Not mixed in with soil. I use coco in my soil all the time. I never ph. Ph is for bottled nutes and hydro. Not for organics.

my mix peat, coco, pumice or perlite (1:3 coco : peatmoss). Worm castings compost (1/3 of whole mix)..

per cu ft

3/4 cup crab meal
3/4 cup kelp meal
1/4 cup neem meal
4 -6 cups rockdust (oyster shell flour, basalt rock dust, volcanic rock dust, glacial rock dust)

mix and cook for 4 weeks.

you can't build a soil and not cook. Guano takes far longer to break down than anything in my soil mix. If you don't want to cook soil. You can topdress same ingredient's. Then topdress castings and compost on top of that. Then water with seed sprout teas a lot