WeedFreak78
Well-Known Member
I'll start out by saying this isn't 100% organic, if this needs moving, I'm fine with that, just figured the largest knowledge base is in here.
I'm going back to soil indoors after years of hydro and want to setup a soil recycling system so I dont have to keep buying it. Looking to build a RO water only soil. I won't use town water because of water quality issues due to ongoing work on the towns water mains.
I've already started running 50/50 Ocean forest/ Happy frog plus 25% rice hulls, fed with fish, or fish and seaweed, fert. I'll be dumping 6-8 5 gal buckets of this used mix into a large tote to mix and let cook every 5 weeks. This is what I've come up with, based off what I already have, everything's at package application rates except alfalfa meal @ twice recommended application rate to balance the final NPK.
All measurements based per 5gal container, maybe 0.6cuft of soil?
Alfalfa meal 2-0-2@1C
Bone meal 4-12-0@1Tbls.
Blood meal 12-0-0@1/2 Tbls
Kelp meal 1-0.1-2@5 Tbls
Greensand 0-0-0.1@1/3C
Rock phosphate 0-3-0@4Tsp
Azomite 0-0-0.2@10Tbls
Worm castings 1-0-0@25% volume
Rice hulls@ 15-20%volume, or as needed...
That gives me a final NPK so far of 3.5-2.4-1.0, if I'm figuring it right.
Amendments are Espoma brand, except for azomite and kelp meal which are Down to Earth brand.
I also have Espoma garden tone 3-4-4, Kelp meal 1-0-2, and potash 0-0-60 available.
I need some lime, or something. Recommendations? Just go with dolemite? Anything else?
I'm going back to soil indoors after years of hydro and want to setup a soil recycling system so I dont have to keep buying it. Looking to build a RO water only soil. I won't use town water because of water quality issues due to ongoing work on the towns water mains.
I've already started running 50/50 Ocean forest/ Happy frog plus 25% rice hulls, fed with fish, or fish and seaweed, fert. I'll be dumping 6-8 5 gal buckets of this used mix into a large tote to mix and let cook every 5 weeks. This is what I've come up with, based off what I already have, everything's at package application rates except alfalfa meal @ twice recommended application rate to balance the final NPK.
All measurements based per 5gal container, maybe 0.6cuft of soil?
Alfalfa meal 2-0-2@1C
Bone meal 4-12-0@1Tbls.
Blood meal 12-0-0@1/2 Tbls
Kelp meal 1-0.1-2@5 Tbls
Greensand 0-0-0.1@1/3C
Rock phosphate 0-3-0@4Tsp
Azomite 0-0-0.2@10Tbls
Worm castings 1-0-0@25% volume
Rice hulls@ 15-20%volume, or as needed...
That gives me a final NPK so far of 3.5-2.4-1.0, if I'm figuring it right.
Amendments are Espoma brand, except for azomite and kelp meal which are Down to Earth brand.
I also have Espoma garden tone 3-4-4, Kelp meal 1-0-2, and potash 0-0-60 available.
I need some lime, or something. Recommendations? Just go with dolemite? Anything else?