Super soil, what’s missing?

JAMO_Grow said:

Heard you can use coffee grounds to make super soil, never personally tried it but yeah coffee grounds is missing.

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Miyagismokes said:

Careful with the blood meal, easy to overdo

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Richard Drysift said:

5 cups of blood meal for 3 cu ft of soil seems a bit heavy but should be ok. You can always add a little more coco and/or perlite to lighten up your mix if needed.
Nothing is "missing." Just wanted to pass on a few suggestions for future inputs I've learned to be effective over the years. Everything listed here is optional but a diverse soil mix is never a bad thing. It is better to have lots of different things in small quantities than a whole lot of just a few inputs.

Garden gypsum.... promotes fungal life and the absorbtion of nutrients.

Neem seed meal.....NPK value and prevention against leaf munchers like thrips.

Diatomaceous Earth...,first defense against gnats and larvae plus great source of silica once decomposed

Fresh EWC... nothing better than having fresh super active castings from your own worm bin working in your soil mix

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Richard Drysift said:

Food grade. It is edible. People sometimes mix it with food for their dogs to prevent worms.

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Mafiaal said:

Here’s my list for cooking up some super soil..what’s missing?

Dr earth organic soil (base soil)

Organic composted Cow manure

Coco fibers

Wiggle worm Castings

Happy frog bat guano

Dolomite lime +Mag/Cal

Blood meal

Bone meal

Fish bone meal

Kelp meal

Azomite

Oyster shell

Alfalfa meal

Vermiculite

Perlite

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Greenthumbs256 said:

My recipie I also added back in some dolomite needed that extra cal mag for my girls!

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Mafiaal said:

I've used about 2.5 lbs (5 cups) in 3 CF of soil. Would you say that's on the heavy side or about right?

Edit: from what i read about how much to use, it say 2 cups per 1/2 cubic foot of soil.

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Mafiaal said:

Here’s my list for cooking up some super soil..what’s missing?

Dr earth organic soil (base soil)

Organic composted Cow manure

Coco fibers

Wiggle worm Castings

Happy frog bat guano

Dolomite lime +Mag/Cal

Blood meal

Bone meal

Fish bone meal

Kelp meal

Azomite

Oyster shell

Alfalfa meal

Vermiculite

Perlite

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DonTesla said:

Less slaughterhouse inputs, more minerals from the earth, for cleaner (meaner) more potent meds that burn better and taste cleaner!

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Miyagismokes said:

What if you make your own bone and blood meal from animals you raised?

Not to suggest I do, but I dream....

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Wetdog said:

You might want to recheck that. The standard for blood meal has been 1/2cup/cf. At 12-0-0 it's really hot and 5cups in 3cf is going to take a good while to cool down.

I don't see any real P source listed. I've always used steamed bone meal @1cup/cf

Greensand is a rock dust and I've used it forever. In fact, I've discontinued rock dust completely and just use greensand and azomite for my mineral needs. 1/2cup of each/cf, 1cup total. Very old school and works a treat.

The old LC's#1 mix recipe is, per cf:
1/2 cup blood meal (or neem meal)
1 cup bone meal
1/2 cup kelp meal
1/2 cup greensand
1 cup dolomite lime
1/2 cup Azomite (optional)

This will give you a nice, basic mix that doesn't go off the deep end anywhere.

Wet

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