The mix I'm doing this weekend is a experimental one for quick use. I'll be transplanting in about another week or so and figured I'd make the mix and let it sit in the pots until I transplant.
1/4 ffof
1/4 espoma potting soil for the worm castings
1/4 sphagnum peat moss
1/4 aeration (pumice or rice hulls)
I have blood, bone, and kelp meal, along with greensand, azomite, and oyster shells. I'm looking for alfalfa meal, fish bone meal, crab meal, and neem meal.
I have a compost pile just starting also and I'll be ordering worms next month as my goal is to be a no till gardener by my next run! Any advice you have on my idea for the quick mix I listed is definitely appreciated!
Hey joe, what you doin wi that gun in your hand (Sorry,I love Jimi Hendrix and couldn't help myself pmsl). I'm far from an expert, I only went organic 2 years ago and I'm in UK so don't know anything about ffof or espoma soil.
Many people have a gripe with using blood and bone meal because of the chances of pathogens or diseases, I used both in my original mix, (it's a noob thing I think, it seems everybody finds the rev first) and I don't have the same hang ups about them. 'Fish, blood and bonemeal' and 'Bonemeal' are THE staples of the organic veggie growing scene over here and I've never heard of any problems arising from them.
I'd go lightly with the blood meal and the alfalfa or just use them in your compost pile, they're both real hot amendments and could cause nitrogen toxicity/burn if overused even after cooking.
I've never used azomite, because of availability, from what I've read, if you planning on no till or ROLS, you wanna drop it and add basalt rock dust, something about aluminium causing problems.
Organics seems pretty flexible as long as you go lightly with hot amendments, read things, try things, see what works for you and your set up.
Most of all enjoy it, problems are for learning from, not getting stressed about