If you could only use three amendments...?

Just a simple thread here. I did an internet search with this question and nothing really came up, so I'm asking it here. If you could only choose 3 amendments to grow with for the rest of your life, what would they be? If you want to give the reason why that would be great. Remember single amendments no commercial blends or fertilizer, such as bloom ferts, all purpose, bottled nutes etc...

My three:

1. Compost: just because of versatility during the making of it. Can be crafted for specific growth needs, veg, flower...

2. Kelp meal: Growth hormones, mineral content, heat tolerance and overall plant health.

3. Bone meal: Some nitrogen, calcium, other miner and phosphorus to finish through flower.

Those are mine. Thanks ahead of time guys.

Home made worm castings, bokashi, and crab shell meal.

If you're looking to use fewer amendments bio live from down to earth is pretty good. It is a blend though. It's a mix of crab shell meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, fish bone meal, fish meal, shrimp shell meal, langbeinite, volcanic ash and mycos

hyroot said:

Home made worm castings, bokashi, and crab shell meal.

If you're looking to use fewer amendments bio live from down to earth is pretty good. It is a blend though. It's a mix of crab shell meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal, fish bone meal, fish meal, shrimp shell meal, langbeinite, volcanic ash and mycos

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Damn. That's sounds pretty good. I've seen that at one of the nurseries in my area but never bothered ready the box. I have DTE alfalfa meal though. Have you used the bio live?

Obepawn said:

Damn. That's sounds pretty good. I've seen that at one of the nurseries in my area but never bothered ready the box. I have DTE alfalfa meal though. Have you used the bio live?

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Using bio live currently. I like it. $12 a box. It's way cheaper than sourcing half of those inputs separately.

Coco coir
Perlite
Compost

NirvanaMesa said:

Coco coir
Perlite
Compost

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Question, so all your plant’s nutritional needs all the way through flower will come from compost?

hyroot said:

Using bio live currently. I like it. $12 a box. It's way cheaper than sourcing half of those inputs separately.

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How are you using it, as a top dress or was it amended into your soil before hand?

ewc, compost, comfrey.

Obepawn said:

How are you using it, as a top dress or was it amended into your soil before hand?

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Both. Top dressed in flower along with bokashi and castings. Then made a soil mix with it for vegging plants

kkt3 said:

ewc, compost, comfrey.

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Comfrey stinks but it's pretty good.

hyroot said:

Both. Top dressed in flower along with bokashi and castings. Then made a soil mix with it for vegging plants

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The P is kinda low for flower. I guess in organics high Phosphorus isn't needed.

Obepawn said:

Question, so all your plant’s nutritional needs all the way through flower will come from compost?

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No I use fertilizers with NPK and micros. But you said not to say those so I didnt.

Obepawn said:

The P is kinda low for flower. I guess in organics high Phosphorus isn't needed.

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High phos isn't needed at all with pretty much all types of plants. Plants only uptake so much readily available phos. With bottled nutes phos just goes straight through and with outdoor it pollutes ground soil and creates algae blooms in water bodies.

You want a low and even balance. Too much potassium will lockout calcium and phos and promote mold

NirvanaMesa said:

No I use fertilizers with NPK and micros. But you said not to say those so I didnt.

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Ok let me clarify. 3 nutrition amendments, batt guano, kelp, bone meal, neem meal etc... Coco is not what I was referring to.

Ok, I did my last grow with 3 bottles from Lowes.

These are just as useful as any high dollar cannabis bullshit out there. It a better veg, flower, and micro package than 3 part general hydroponics and way cheaper.

1 gallon fish fert 5-1-1
1 gallon more bloom 0-10-10
1 gallon seaweed extract

NirvanaMesa said:

No I use fertilizers with NPK and micros. But you said not to say those so I didnt.

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It was a hypothetical bro and coco is a base for soil not an amendment. Think of super soil amendments.

worm castings, kelp meal, bat guano.



great all around amendments that work with each other, contributing to and building your soil biome while providing a good blend of the npk spectrum. All can also be bought in bulk and fed in teas and slurries throughout the grow for little boosts. A lot of guanos ive seen are high in P, but take a while to break down anyway so by flowering your roots should be making use of it

edit:maybe change one to alfafa meal

madvillian420 said:

worm castings, kelp meal, bat guano.



great all around amendments that work with each other, contributing to and building your soil biome while providing a good blend of the npk spectrum. All can also be bought in bulk and fed in teas and slurries throughout the grow for little boosts. A lot of guanos ive seen are high in P, but take a while to break down anyway so by flowering your roots should be making use of it

edit:maybe change one to alfafa meal

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Definitely would keep the ewc and kelp

NirvanaMesa said:

Ok, I did my last grow with 3 bottles from Lowes.

These are just as useful as any high dollar cannabis bullshit out there. It a better veg, flower, and micro package than 3 part general hydroponics and way cheaper.

1 gallon fish fert 5-1-1
1 gallon more bloom 0-10-10
1 gallon seaweed extract

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I have those at my Home Depot. You have pictures of the plants? I've heard to more bloom burned plants, did you have issues with it?