Anyone care to chime in on my soil recipe??

so this is going to be my first 100% organic grow as i now believe its the way to go and ive seen so many great results im trying to make it so once the plants are in the ground all i have to do is add water.
ive got a bunch of stuff i can get my hands on and i was thinking of making each hole up something like this

1/4 worm casting
1/8 cow manure
1/8 mushroom compost
1/2 organic soil from the shop
1/2 cup of lime
1/4 cup epsom salts
1/2 cup of either fish or kelp meal
then a couple of handfuls of prawn shells towards then bottom of the whole and about 2 hanfuls of satureaid rewetting granules
water it with a molasses mix and let it cook for a couple of weeks to start the process.
does anyone think ill need to add perlite as well??
i was also thinking of going out and finding some worms as well to add in while cooking is this necessary or will they just rock up on their own??
forgot to say im just going to dig some holes about 1m round 1.5m deep and just mix it up in the holes so that the roots have somewhere to go if they get huge.

so let me know what ya think and feel free to critique my recipe in any way.

I would lighten it up with coco coir and perlite. I would also recommend adding a cup of azomite for trace minerals. I usually add 25 lbs of castings to 4 bags of soil, 1/4 sounds like a lot. I haven't had much experience mixing my own soils because I have had such great results with sub's super soil.

here is the recipe..

• 8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
• 25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
• 5 lbs steamed bone meal
• 5 lbs Bloom bat guano
• 5 lbs blood meal
• 3 lbs rock phosphate
• ¾ cup Epson salts
• ½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
• ½ cup azomite (trace elements)
• 2 tbsp powdered humic acid

http://www.hightimes.com/read/subcools-super-soil-step-step

If you only want to give it water for a whole season, you're going to need to amend that soil a little more.

I would add this:
* Fish bone meal at about .75 to 1 cup per cubic foot,
* Kelp at .75 cup per cubic foot
* Alfalfa at .75 cup per cubic foot

How is your native soil? If it seems to support healthy plants, you can probably get away with just that. Maybe a top dressing of compost and additional amendments when they start flowering.

I hesitate to recommend adding perlite to a hole in the ground. It's man-made, takes a LONG time to break down, and sticks out like a sore thumb. Mixes used straight in the ground need much less "aeration amendment". You don't see perlite floating all over on an organic veggie farm... Maybe add some coco coir to lighten it up a little, and more compost is rarely a bad idea.

Good luck! Get that in the ground EARLY, and let it do it's thing for at least a month before you plant in it.

Because of where you are...you will have a hard time getting Azomite.

Try a product called Wallys 'ROK Solid' and 'Oceans Solid'....very good substitute from what i have deciphered .... Any other help with substitute ingredients in your area and where to find them....i can probably help.

Gonna be a good season.

SpicySativa said:

If you only want to give it water for a whole season, you're going to need to amend that soil a little more.

I would add this:
* Fish bone meal at about .75 to 1 cup per cubic foot,
* Kelp at .75 cup per cubic foot
* Alfalfa at .75 cup per cubic foot

How is your native soil? If it seems to support healthy plants, you can probably get away with just that. Maybe a top dressing of compost and additional amendments when they start flowering.

I hesitate to recommend adding perlite to a hole in the ground. It's man-made, takes a LONG time to break down, and sticks out like a sore thumb. Mixes used straight in the ground need much less "aeration amendment". You don't see perlite floating all over on an organic veggie farm... Maybe add some coco coir to lighten it up a little, and more compost is rarely a bad idea.

Good luck! Get that in the ground EARLY, and let it do it's thing for at least a month before you plant in it.

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@cobwebs13 - You won't get much better advice then that. ^