I am medical club member Treatyourself.com and need a small help. Having read through the extensive very interesting thread, I need few supplier address to begin and your advice for a ready to use oreganic soil mix.
Thank you and keep the good work in cultivating and assisting others.
It gets as deep as you want. I have made and I maintain my own humus/soil here.. Each year for the past 4 years I have fired up the microbes with new materials and have re-composted this soil with new materials. This next year greensand and crab shells are on the list. And I think another box of kelp meal. I think it just gets better each year.
I haven't used it yet, I have a bag on the way to make soil blocks, but that Peaceful valley mix looks very interesting.. In the mind of this Organic Gardener that looks mighty like tasty stuff for a plant..
Did that help?
Randy
(Edited by Randy High at 7:52 pm on Jan. 23, 2005)
HELL BOY 420
Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil is a good well balanced meal for plants also has enough organic ferts to feeds for several weeks.
erix420
I'm also a Organic grower like the guys above ^ and IMO there right on the money = Fox Farms Ocean Forest is a awesome ready to use mix , try this link for dealers in your area http://foxfarmfertilizer.com/
And O'yeah add some vermiculite to your soil its real cheap, just make sure you buy course Vermiculite and if you really want to spice up the batch add 10% more earth worm casting. Again its real cheap 10 US dollars for both with some cash to spare = Well at least where I shop ..
HELL BOY 420
Nothing like making your own,you can buy Scotts potting mix and add:Perlite,vermiculite,Earthworm castings,cow manure,bone meal,bat guano, seabird guano,greensand,pyrosol,Kelp meal and mix well.Able to use this mixes up to 3 months sometimes.
nobogart
a simple but effective universal soil mix is 5 gallons of peat, 2.5 gallons of vermiculite, 2.5 gallons of perilite, and 1/4 cup of dolomite lime. supplement with your favorite feeding mix at fert intervals.
Randy High
Quote: from nobogart on 2:08 am on Jan. 25, 2005 a simple but effective universal soil mix is 5 gallons of peat, 2.5 gallons of vermiculite, 2.5 gallons of perilite, and 1/4 cup of dolomite lime. supplement with your favorite feeding mix at fert intervals.
I would wet that mix and let that age a bit before use.. Peat is slightly acid and the lime will interact with it.. I worry that it might be a bit hard on seedlings, maybe, if not aged a bit..
But yeah that is a great place to start.
You could add Kelp meal to that as well.
Randy
after thought::
Add a hand full of top soil from a clean source to provide microbes.
(Edited by Randy High at 3:55 am on Jan. 25, 2005)
Hicountry2
Nothing like making your own,you can buy Scotts potting mix and
...Scotts?...I mean Scotts?...Isn't Scotts and Miracle Grow the same Co.?..and I thought you were the organic guru there HB..;)
llIndigoll
I'm a Tratingyourself member too. Nice to see you here Mauricio. Down To Earth makes a superior organic soil that is coir fiber based. http://www.down-to-earth.com/about.html
HELL BOY 420
There are diffrent types of Scotts soil the one that i speak of has only a quality blend of organic materials with no chemical additives,which should make it organic,Down to earth is a greater all organic soil to use.
