Easy Organic Soil Mix

Don't quote me on this...but I think wood ash is supposed to be spread well before planting as a lime substitute (end of previous season?). Use molasses...much safer without the excess alkalinity. Wood ash also has very little nutritive value and is considered more a source of Ca and micro minerals than anything else.


Dude..aren't there like goats donkeys or burros around you? Make a tea son.

 

No dog shit! Carnivore poop makes for bad garden material.

 

Honduras not having molasses? That would blow my mind since it's a by product of sugar refining. If you got Rum manufacture or sugar manufacture you got lots of molasses. Dark cane sugar syrup is ok I guess but doesn't have as high levels of nutrients or minerals as unsulphured molasses. Personally I wouldn't use it.

 

First lesson of growing anything. If a little is good, MORE is NOT better. If a little is of marginal benefit MORE is usually NOT the solution. This is a living thing, if you keep throwing stuff at it without a game plan you'll most likely end up killing your plants.


So far you've got them in marginal soil covered with high alkaline wood ash and soaked them in sugar water. Not exactly the best start. Stop, do something simple like give them plain water, then watch and wait.


Outdoors with anything as sweet as molasses or sugar your going to get ants at some point. Second....cane syrup, whether you crush your own or not, is not going to have the benefits of molasses. It's the high heat and pressure from processing and reducing that produces the concentrated mineral and nutrients in molasses.

 

:thumbs-up:

 

Res,


Considering that the BX already has Dolomite lime & Vermiculite in the mix, are you adjusting your recipe? I thought I saw you mention somewere that you cut the amount of lime back when using BX as a base.


Also are you still recommending to add the 2 cups fish/seaweed emulsion?


Just to be clear here's the bag of BX.





thanks


Duc

 

I did cut the lime for BX by 1/3. Everything else remains the same. :thumbs-up:

 

RR, need a litle advice on my soil mix. I mixed up a fresh batch of soil for the next round & made a bone head mistake with the bone & blood meal quantities. Instead of 6 cups at the propper ratio I added 3 cups of each. OK so I know I need to add more bone meal to get the ratios back in check but my question is will the extra cup of blood meal make the mix too hot? I'm thinking that the Lemon Thai will handle it just fine but wanted a second opinion before I made matters worse.


Note to self: mix soil before getting stoned..........:BangHead:


Worst case I buy another bail of ProMix & start over.


Thanks


Duc

 

:roffl::roffl::roffl: Your going to have enough soil for awhile. You'll have a good chance of burning if you don't fix it. Even the LT. The nitrogen level is already too high for some light feeders.


Pick up a 2 cu/ft compressed bale of cheap basic peat based mix. Menards and most Homie DePot, Lowes, etc carry Majestic Earth Pro Growers mix in the right size. (around $5-$10) Whatever you use make sure it does not have any nutrients added. Mix it in with your current batch.


The total amounts in your now 6 cu/ft bin of mix should equal;


9 cups bone meal


3 cups blood meal


1.5 cups epsom salt


4.5 cups dolomitic lime

 

Yeah no shit I'll have plenty of soil, I already have a full 50 gal trash can on deck :roffl:. No worries though, it's not like I won't use it.


As usual thanks for the guidance Res, you be da man:thumbsup:


my plants thank you too


Duc