help with choosing the best additives

pedrovski

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ive got several different things i have access to add to my peat free compost which are best to add and how much of each should i be adding?

coco coir
worm castings
perlite
vermaculite
dolomite lime
ground up egg shells
calcified see weed
chicken manure pellets
horse manure pellets
rock dust
 

justugh

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what is wrong with your soil..............some of the stuff u listed do 2 different oppsing things

what did u start with ..........what are u growing

worm casting is always good to have in the soil

as for chicken and horse shit .............i do not think it will do u right everything i seen is a mix of different bat poop (differnet diets differnet poop)

i know for afact egg shells are not something u want to add into soil unless u are composting it for a season or 2 to let decay and break up

rock dust is not the right thing u want something called azomite..........that will give u better results

here is subcool's method directly from hightimes ..........not me all him
http://www.hightimes.com/read/subcools-super-soil-step-step
  • 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
 

H.M. Murdoch

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ive got several different things i have access to add to my peat free compost which are best to add and how much of each should i be adding?

coco coir
worm castings
perlite
vermaculite
dolomite lime
ground up egg shells
calcified see weed
chicken manure pellets
horse manure pellets
rock dust
Just FYI, "additives" is a term normally used to mean non-nutrient chemicals given to plants during flowering to make bigger and/or tastier buds. In that light, none of the things you mentioned are truly additives.
 
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