AlpineGardener
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Hey everyone. I thought I`d repost my thread in the organics section (hope thats cool with moderators) to try and get some more info on my question from a different perspective. Looking for some advice from experienced outdoor growers to help me choose the best pre-made organic soil mixture. I don`t have access to the top-notch mixtures I`ve been reading about (e.g. Fox Farms, Plagron, etc.), so I`m going with the stuff from the garden store.
Here`s a brief grow environment overview so you can steer me in the right direction
Location: outdoor, south facing apartment balcony (6-8 hrs direct sun), northern hemisphere/european alps
Strains: Autofem Pineapple Express (Barneys Farm), Autofem Snowstorm #2 (Dutch Passion), Big Bang (Greenhouse)
Pot size: 12 liter pots, 1 for each seed
Germination medium: coco pellets
Listed below are the 2 potential organic soil mixtures I am trying to choose between.
Soil Mix 1 (50 Liter bag, pH 6.9): white peat, humus, black earth, mature compost, crushed expanded clay, trace elements
Soil Mix 2 (20 Liter bag, pH7): peat (45%), garden compost (20%), coconut fibers (15%), wood fibers (10%), sand (10%)
Questions:
Of the 2 listed, which soil mix would you recommend?
Is anything else needed to enhance the mixtures? (e.g. worm castings or other organic material)? If yes, how much?
Also, I already have some organic fertilizer pellets for my vegetables, 5/1.5/3 w/60% organic stuff and another liquid organic fertilizer w 4%N 6%P. Would this be a recommended option to enhance the above soils?
Looking for a simple, straightforward solution, nothing too fancy as this is my first grow....i`d like to try and have the mixture set from the start that will last me basically from start to finish of the autoflower cycle (60-70 days).
If you can please provide some sort of % breakdown of added materials into the mixture.Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, looking forward to your advice.
Here`s a brief grow environment overview so you can steer me in the right direction
Location: outdoor, south facing apartment balcony (6-8 hrs direct sun), northern hemisphere/european alps
Strains: Autofem Pineapple Express (Barneys Farm), Autofem Snowstorm #2 (Dutch Passion), Big Bang (Greenhouse)
Pot size: 12 liter pots, 1 for each seed
Germination medium: coco pellets
Listed below are the 2 potential organic soil mixtures I am trying to choose between.
Soil Mix 1 (50 Liter bag, pH 6.9): white peat, humus, black earth, mature compost, crushed expanded clay, trace elements
Soil Mix 2 (20 Liter bag, pH7): peat (45%), garden compost (20%), coconut fibers (15%), wood fibers (10%), sand (10%)
Questions:
Of the 2 listed, which soil mix would you recommend?
Is anything else needed to enhance the mixtures? (e.g. worm castings or other organic material)? If yes, how much?
Also, I already have some organic fertilizer pellets for my vegetables, 5/1.5/3 w/60% organic stuff and another liquid organic fertilizer w 4%N 6%P. Would this be a recommended option to enhance the above soils?
Looking for a simple, straightforward solution, nothing too fancy as this is my first grow....i`d like to try and have the mixture set from the start that will last me basically from start to finish of the autoflower cycle (60-70 days).
If you can please provide some sort of % breakdown of added materials into the mixture.Thanks in advance for any help you can offer, looking forward to your advice.