soil mixture

so im thinking of doing a mixture of 10 parts organic soil(moo nure), 2 parts perlite, 2 parts peat moss. this is my first grow so plz comment on ur opinions and other options that you might have used! im kinda at a stop loss here! thx again!



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just those 3 ingredients? Stick with Ocean Forest for your first few grows. Learn how to grow first then start messing with the soils

cant get ocean forest locally thats why i want to do something else.

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3 cu.ft pro mix 1 cu.ft native soil, 1 4pound bag of Espoma Bio-tone starter plus. 5 cups of composted horse manue 5 cups dry rabbit poop. 6 cups of fine wood ash for potash and a ph buffer. 6tsp epsom salt for magnesium and depending on whether or not you add worm castings you add more or less perlite one gallon of perlite should be enough pro mix has some already but if it dosen't look enough add more, If adding worm castings add about a gallon then add a half gallon more perlite. Mix well store for a month mix well again and use.

Mix is not for seedlings

i never understood the concept of "parts" when talking about soil. Is it kinda like percentage. Sorta like 2 parts perlite, 2 parts peat moss, and 6 parts soil is kinda like 20% perlite; 20% peat moss; and 60% soil???? Enlighten me please.

BongTokinAlcoholic420 said:

i never understood the concept of "parts" when talking about soil. Is it kinda like percentage. Sorta like 2 parts perlite, 2 parts peat moss, and 6 parts soil is kinda like 20% perlite; 20% peat moss; and 60% soil???? Enlighten me please.

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I think its more along the lines of you pick one standard measurement say one cup well 3 parts manure would be 3 cups, 5 parts soil would be 5 cups and so on. but thats just my understanding of it. My opinion is that its a fairly inacurate way to describe quantities

'Part' just refers to a fraction of the total. If you have three ingredients, one part A, two parts B, and 5 parts C, just vary the amount of each 'part' to ANY AMOUNT, keeping the additions equal. Since there are 1+2+5=8 parts total, If you were to mix a 16gallon container, you'd add 1/8 A, 2/8 B, and 5/8 C.

The practice of using 'parts' is common in mixing booze and other drinks.

svchop889 said:

I think its more along the lines of you pick one standard measurement say one cup well 3 parts manure would be 3 cups, 5 parts soil would be 5 cups and so on. but thats just my understanding of it. My opinion is that its a fairly inacurate way to describe quantities

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That's pretty much it as long as all the 'parts' are the same. It could be 1 cup or a 5 gallon bucket.

For instance, when I mix up my LC's soiless mix, I use a 3qt saucepan as a 'part'. The nice thing about this is, it comes out to right at 1cf of mix (7.48 gallons). Normally, I double everything and it fits very nicely into a 15 gallon can to cook.

No, it's not super accurate, but as subcool says, "It's just fucking dirt", not rocket science. A little + or - of anything isn't going to be the end of the world.

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BongTokinAlcoholic420 said:

i never understood the concept of "parts" when talking about soil. Is it kinda like percentage. Sorta like 2 parts perlite, 2 parts peat moss, and 6 parts soil is kinda like 20% perlite; 20% peat moss; and 60% soil???? Enlighten me please.

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It's only like a percentage if the recipe totals "10 parts", like your example. Recipes call for "parts" so that you can make whatever sized batch you want - based on how big your "parts" are.

You can use whatever sized measuring container you want (1 cup - 5 gal. bucket, or whatever!). But you must use the same size of container to measure out each "part" of each ingredient, so that the "ratio" will remain the same!


"Parts" are very accurate, and flexible! In your mind, just replace the word "part" with "measure" (meaning whatever sized measuring device you are using for that batch).