Help with my second Organic try.

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Genja

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Hello there!

I've recently lost my first plants in decent size, due to bad soil, pests and stupidity. :)

I washed my growroom, bought new soil, new nutes and repotted all plants with new soilmix. Hope this round goes better...

Now i ask for your guidance.
I use a 180w UFO with Bridgelux LEDs & 200-300w CFL on my 3-4 square feet.

The new soilmix i use is:
10% washed small granite rocks in the bottom.
20% perlite
70% Soilmix:
[65% humidified spaghnum
15% composted bark
20% Peat nuggets]
And a couple of tablespoons dolomite.

Nutes:
Bio bact tomato: 3-1NK
Organic 1-1-1 with algae and micronutes
Bone meal
Rock meal

Do you guys think i'll have a decent new start?
What PH would you recommend for my feeding/run-off?
Will the soil be light enough for flushing without overwatering?

Thank you all in advance! <3
 
Jack Harer

Jack Harer

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Soil sounds good, go real easy on the bone meal, get some kelp and EWC if you can. Forget the pH of what you put in or comes out of the soil. Whats important is the actual pH of the soil itself.
Overwatering isn't about how much water goes thru the soil, it's about how long the roots stay wet between waterings. You can run Lake Michigan thru a pot and as long as the roots are allowed to dry in between waterings, you are fine! Check yer PMs.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

Well-Known Member
Genja said:
Hello there!

I've recently lost my first plants in decent size, due to bad soil, pests and stupidity. :)

I washed my growroom, bought new soil, new nutes and repotted all plants with new soilmix. Hope this round goes better...

Now i ask for your guidance.
I use a 180w UFO with Bridgelux LEDs & 200-300w CFL on my 3-4 square feet.

The new soilmix i use is:
10% washed small granite rocks in the bottom.
20% perlite
70% Soilmix:
[65% humidified spaghnum
15% composted bark
20% Peat nuggets]
And a couple of tablespoons dolomite.

Nutes:
Bio bact tomato: 3-1NK
Organic 1-1-1 with algae and micronutes
Bone meal
Rock meal



Do you guys think i'll have a decent new start?
What PH would you recommend for my feeding/run-off?
Will the soil be light enough for flushing without overwatering?

Thank you all in advance! <3
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Ok, so forget to put rocks at the bottom, that's a myth, not needed. your soil mix is going to go acidic pretty fast with bark and peat as your primary ingredients, I do understand you are adding lime...
I'd try and find neem meal, crab meal, kelp meal and fish bone meal.
are those tomato and algae nutrients bottled? I'm guessing yeah?
what do you mean rock meal? You need dust and it has to be the right kind as well.
I don't see any compost or vermicompost. (I don't count bark).
20% perlite isn't gonna be enough in my opinion, that peat base likes to contract when it dries and when it does then the soil tension is too "tight" and then you have a hydrophobic thing going on.
I don't know what bio bact tomato is?
 
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