stickynugget
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Hi could anyone recommend me some basic soil recipes? I do not have access to things like bat guano/ blood meal
Soil mix recipes
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GreenestBasterd
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Look at a coots mix.
Very simple and effective.
Very simple and effective.
stickynugget
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Thanks man I'll check it out
stickynugget
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Hey mate could u tell me wht i can use instead of kelp meal?
stickynugget
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Thanks man I'll look it up
stickynugget
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Could u tell me a substitute for kelp meal?
weedstoner420
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I don't think kelp meal is absolutely necessary. You could probably get by with just an all-purpose organic dry fertilizer blend.
Where are you shopping for supplies? Can you order from the internet? Or just local hardware stores/garden centers?
Where are you shopping for supplies? Can you order from the internet? Or just local hardware stores/garden centers?
Boatguy
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You can substitute all the nutrient amendments with a single part nute product like down to earth biolive, epsoma garden tone, and many others.
Why do the work when someone else already has
GreenestBasterd
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I don’t think there is a substitute in terms of all the added benefits kelp brings, but if you really can’t get it, the Bio live or any decent one part as boatguy said will be perfect.
Good luck.
Fallguy111
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Alfalfa less then $10 for #50 bag at feed store. Make tea with pellets, once pellets break apart separate tea from meal. Water plants with tea, mix meal in soil or feed to worms. Good luck
stickynugget
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Hi man I'm going for my local gardening center . I tried to find some online too but they do not ship to where I stay .
stickynugget
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Thanks man will try to get my hands on those
stickynugget
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Thanks man really appreciate it
cacamal
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You may want to compost some humanure. Easy and readily available. Just got back from So. Oregon and its the rage there. They call it dillo dirt in texas/Oklahoma so much be catching on. I know in many areas where traditional nutrients are unavailable people are having great results with alternatives. Best of luck and let us know what you decide and how it is working for you
weedstoner420
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I would skip it then. If you're in the US, stuff like Espoma or Dr Earth can be found in most garden centers. Personally I am a big fan of Tomato-Tone and use it on my plants regularly, I'll always recommend one of the pre-mixed blends over a laundry list of meals, dusts, and flours.
Weed has similar needs to most other flowering annual plants, so just get something either all-purpose or geared towards veggie gardening, and follow the directions on the label. Most of those blends have similar ingredients, and a lot of them probably have kelp in them already.
stickynugget
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I'm not from the US nd here available pre mixed blends are shit. Even vegetables barely grow in them . Thts y i was planning to make one myself.
weedstoner420
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Gotcha. Huh, in the states most places will have the blends but not many sell the ingredients (meals, flours, etc), which is what it sounds like you're looking for.
As suggested above alfalfa meal would probably work as an alternate. The NPK is pretty similar to kelp and it has some trace elements and hormones as well...
As a long-term thing, you might want to look into starting a compost pile or worm bin (worm bins can be done indoors too). Homemade compost or worm castings will for sure be better than anything you can buy at the store, and will probably reduce your need for other amendments too
stickynugget
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Infact i do have a compost pile . And also i read a article on here where someone Said u can use oyster shell flour . Nd i have a lot of it available but could u tell me what it is good for? And should i use it or no
weedstoner420
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Oyster shell flour is basically a source of slow-release calcium and some trace minerals. I'm not sure if it has the same pH buffering capabilities as dolomite lime, so I wouldn't consider it a direct substitute if that's what you're looking for.
I used some in my initial mix, but it takes a long time to fully break down/be digested by microbes, so I haven't added any in subsequent runs.