So I've researched a bit on both Coot's & Subcool's Supersoil recipes and decided to make my own mix. I wanted to keep it simple and use just a couple of products. In fact, I didn't even need to bust out a scale. Any suggestions/recommendations would also be appreciated. So here goes:
- 6 bags of Royal Gold Coco Mendo Mix (1.5cuft/ea)
- 2 bags of Foxfarm Ocean Forest (1.5cuft/ea)
- 20lbs of Earthworm Castings (0.5cuft)
- 10lbs of DTE Bio-Live 5-4-2
- 5lbs of DTE Neem Seed Meal 6-1-2
- 5lbs of DTE Seabird Guano 0-11-0
- 2lbs of Earthshine Biochar
So I was initially going to use 8 bags of the Mendo Mix but thought of having a bit of peat moss from the Ocean Forest instead. Not sure if that was the wisest choice, but oh well lol. The Down to Earth (DTE) amendments are each in 5lbs boxes, which means 2 boxes of the Bio-Live. I really like the Bio-Live since it's a blend of Fish Bone Meal, Fish Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Crab Meal, Shrimp Meal, Langbeinite, and Kelp Meal. It also comes packed w/ beneficial microbes. I think the only inputs I may be lacking are some minerals, but the Bio-Live contains Langeinite, which provides Magnesium & Sulfur. I'm not too worried about lacking Calcium since most of the ingredients in the Bio-Live have plenty of that. I did also grab a 1lb box of DTE Azomite, but after hearing people say Azomite has heavy metals and stuff, I decided not to mix it in. Lastly, the Earthshine Biochar has a suggested application rate of 8oz per 4cuft of soil, which equates to 1.5lbs in total. But since I've been using the entire bag/box of all the prior inputs thus far, I decided to just dump in the entire 2lbs bag of the Biochar lol. If my calculations are correct, the overall NPK from the DTE inputs should come out to an average of 4-5-1.5. Of course, I have no idea what the total NPK of the entire mix would be w/ everything taken into account. Anyways, what do you guys think? Is there anything I can improve upon? Thx!
