Please help me build my soil

Gsplover11

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Godd day to all,
I am transplanting soon into 3 gallon fabric pots soon and have started building my soil,i have put in 12 gallons of promix bx,4 gallons of worm castings and 4 gallons of perlite.i have the lime,but havent put it in yet i usually add 1 cup per 5 gallons of soil.

Im not a newb to growing,but i have little knowledge of organic ingredients and their npk values.

I also have gaia green grow and bloom,gaia green rock dust blend,gaia green gypsum,myco,this marine phytoplankton soil enhancer,liquid kelp,epsom salts.. i think thats it

I want to veg for 10 days in this soil,then go to flower time of 9 weeks.
Do i have enough ammendments and how much per gallon of each?
Then i guess i cook it for 2 weeks.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
 

Gsplover11

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I should have thought this out better,im going to just top dress this round,and half way through flower ill mix a new batch of soil and let it cook for a month,
 

Fallguy111

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Gia green grow should have instructions.for The other amounts I’d google “coots mix” and stay close to what he does. I go 1/4 less on everything but the castings. And again the longer cook the better. Good luck
 

weedstoner420

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For those organic blends like Gaia Green, you're probably safe to go with what the manufacturer recommends (unlike salt-based fertilizers where the manufacturer recommendations are always way too strong).

Usually it's somewhere in the range of 2 cups npk amendments per cubic foot (7.5 gallons) for the initial mix, and 1-2 tbsp per gallon when top-dressing. The rock dust they say 1 tbsp per gallon in the initial mix, I wouldn't bother top-dressing that though.

If you're going for a short veg time, I'd do just the GG grow in the initial mix (personally I wouldn't sweat letting it cook), and maybe the bloom for your top-dress in flower, and add a few handfuls of worm castings when you top-dress. Everything else I'd say is optional.

If you can, use bigger than 3 gallons for your final pot, too. Even with a really short veg time that's gonna be hard to keep up...

Oh yeah, there's a really good thread on here dedicated to Gaia Green ferts, most people just use the grow and bloom: https://www.rollitup.org/t/official-gaia-green-grow-method.1026893/
 
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