My supersoil mix - am I missing anything?

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mwinpp

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Hi guys! I've gotten a lot of help here and I've come up with a recipe for my first "supersoil". I'm hoping you guys can let me know if I did good, or if I'm missing anything? The recipe is more or less based on what I have laying around and what's available at the local garden center and Canadian Tire.

I'm growing 3 plants in 7 gal pots so total around 80 liters.

Base mix:
Perlite 9L (10%)
Eathworm castings 20L (25%)
Pro Mix w/myke 25L (30%)
Compost 25L (30%)

Amendments:
Gaia Green 4-4-4: 2 cups (1.75 tbps/gal)
Wollastenite (calsium source): 1 cup
K-Mag: 1 cup
Humic acid (5% mix, liquid): 1 cup
Water with Great White Myke

Thanks in advance!!
 
ilovereggae

ilovereggae

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I would cut back on the ewc + compost a little and go for more aeration by upping perlite to 20% of your mix otherwise you going to have drainage issues. Not sure what % of promix is perlite but u wanna wind up @ 33% total. Also maybe add a little sea 90 or glacial rock dust for trace minerals.
 
Southernontariogrower

Southernontariogrower

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mwinpp said:
Hi guys! I've gotten a lot of help here and I've come up with a recipe for my first "supersoil". I'm hoping you guys can let me know if I did good, or if I'm missing anything? The recipe is more or less based on what I have laying around and what's available at the local garden center and Canadian Tire.

I'm growing 3 plants in 7 gal pots so total around 80 liters.

Base mix:
Perlite 9L (10%)
Eathworm castings 20L (25%)
Pro Mix w/myke 25L (30%)
Compost 25L (30%)

Amendments:
Gaia Green 4-4-4: 2 cups (1.75 tbps/gal)
Wollastenite (calsium source): 1 cup
K-Mag: 1 cup
Humic acid (5% mix, liquid): 1 cup
Water with Great White Myke

Thanks in advance!!
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Kelp maybe? Molasses. Epsom salts?
 
Southernontariogrower

Southernontariogrower

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ilovereggae said:
+1 for kelp don't know how I missed that before

Molasses I would wait and feed to the soil if u need to boost microbial activity by giving them food.

Shouldn't need Epsom with that Wollastenite (never heard of it but as long as it's readily accessible should be fine)
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If organic might want to build colony of labs for nutes and folliar. Lactic acid bacterium. Easy to make, very useful in plant health. Check youtube out for directions. I feed microbes mollasses from day 1. Transitions medium from bacterial to fungal faster imo only. Plants like it and never goes anaerobic with the labs mixed in.
 
myke

myke

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Ive found plants do better with less humus and more perlite. So 40-40-20.peat perlight humus.
Topdress with extra ewc and gaia.Cover your pots so the top soil stays moist.
As above .Rock dust for minerals.
 
myke

myke

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Also some dolomite lime,the promix has some but not enough.I usually by the cheaper plain peat and a big bag of perlite.
I add 1 cup lime to 1 cuft of soil.
 
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