Soil amendment/Enrichment for autoflowering plants

Hello gentlemen and ladies,

Since a few of you told me my soil was garbage in my last post, I would like some advice on how to make my soil better. First, my soil got very hot outside. But I do not think this was the problem. I did as a few of you suggested and re-potted my plants. This was a problem for a few of my babies. The soil had clumped around the roots, which caused them to be stunted (due to the clay composition) and one of them died, shortly after re-potting. What I would like to know is if I amended/enriched my garbage soil with vermicompost soil, biochar powder, Thai fish perilite ,coco-coir, egg shells and coffee grounds, would this help my soil and new outdoors (in containers) grow? Any and all suggestions will be appreciated. If you know of any websites that have recipes for this type of soil amendment/enrichment would also make me grateful. The sites I have found are for growing in gardens and grow rooms.

Why wouldn't you just buy some good soil like promix bx, or Nector for the gods 4 and call it good?

turbobuzz said:

Why wouldn't you just buy some good soil like promix bx, or Nector for the gods 4 and call it good?

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I have to agree here. Some of the amendments you list need to be aged in the mix for a while before using. Buy a bag of organic potting mix. I’ve seen it at Lowes so it’s readily available. Your head is in the right place. Now you just need time and a successful grow to get more experience watching the plants.

I have four autoflowers outside and at 11 weeks one of them is starting to flower. just in miracle Grow from Costco. My other plants, not autos, also in miracle grow and all I do is water them, no nutes, perhaps a bit of PH adjusting if they look not right, but that's it. Growing can be rocket science, but it doesn't have to be. Here are some pics. all seeds came from Holland

careful of the biochar powder, stay under 5%, that stuff is nature's flushing agent.
So the effects of the initial application is often to leach nutrients out of soil. A handy way for nature to save up some of the energy from the season in the event of a fire.