earthbox

[chickenpoop]

whats the minimum inputs required in a earth-box to grow the firey dankity dank without buying a premade mix.

 

[bbggkk1177]

volcanic rock dust

 

[natureboygrower]

Compost
Peat
rice hulls or perlite
Kelp meal
Fish bone meal
Neem seed meal
Milled malted barley
Rock dust and/or oyster flour
Garden gysum
Langbeinite
No need to cook or let sit

 

[weedstoner420]

I guess it depends on what you mean by a premade mix, but you could probably start with:

- 75% organic "potting mix" (like Fox farms, Coast of Maine, etc)
- 25% compost or worm castings
- A few cups of Garden-Tone

And do just fine.

 

[SlownLow86]

Check the feed stores. You may have to buy bulk or split it with a couple of growmies, but you'll get by far the best bang for your buck there. Search of here for "coots mix" or find the BAS mix, and get what you can locally. Make your own compost or EWC. Grow some comfrey for teas. Look up KNF.... Bro, the cannabis world is super DIY friendly. I know what it's like to grow organic dank on a tight budget. I learned it all on here. Keep reading, Padawon.

 

[chickenpoop]

I guess it depends on what you mean by a premade mix, but you could probably start with:

- 75% organic "potting mix" (like Fox farms, Coast of Maine, etc)
- 25% compost or worm castings
- A few cups of Garden-Tone

And do just fine.

ya coast of maine is amazing but I feel like I’m riding with training wheels using it and its somehow equivalent to “being on the bottles” / “being in the bags”. I feel more accomplished crafting a soiless mix from scratch.

 

[weedstoner420]

ya coast of maine is amazing but I feel like I’m riding with training wheels using it and its somehow equivalent to “being on the bottles” / “being in the bags”. I feel more accomplished crafting a soiless mix from scratch.

Understandable. You could use peat and perlite instead, that's pretty much all that's in the CoM, they just add a little chicken manure, kelp, and lobster shell for fertility. Or promix hp if you want to avoid buying two different bags. Or use old/spent soil from prior grows and replenish it with more compost and dry amendments.

Same with the Garden-Tone I mentioned. It has 7 ingredients, but you can always buy the individual amendments separately. As mentioned above Coots mix is probably a good place to start, it's only got 6 or 7 ingredients, as well.

I'm also a SIP grower, I use the growbox which is very similar to the earthbox. Definitely the most fool-proof way to grow organically...

 

[Trollson]

Understandable. You could use peat and perlite instead, that's pretty much all that's in the CoM, they just add a little chicken manure, kelp, and lobster shell for fertility. Or promix hp if you want to avoid buying two different bags. Or use old/spent soil from prior grows and replenish it with more compost and dry amendments.

Same with the Garden-Tone I mentioned. It has 7 ingredients, but you can always buy the individual amendments separately. As mentioned above Coots mix is probably a good place to start, it's only got 6 or 7 ingredients, as well.

I'm also a SIP grower, I use the growbox which is very similar to the earthbox. Definitely the most fool-proof way to grow organically...

Can I follow the original Earthbox guide except the part where you make the trench for fertilize and just top dress organic fertilizers?

basically having mainly peat moss/perlite as my medium with dolimite mix in on top (like the Earthbox original guide) and follow a organic feeding schedule by top dressing every 2 weeks. Also fill reservoir with em1/or labs everytime and Start filling bottom reservoir from day 1.

would this work? The fertilizer I will be using is dr earth homegrown for veg, and dr earth flower girl for flower.

 

[amneziaHaze]

if you have a big enough pot for a single plant you can put normal dirt it will last until the end

i took plants to the end with orchid fertaliser any npk fertaliser will work its a plant like any other

 

[Tolerance Break]

I'm running a 14+ week flowering haze in a larger SIP, with only minor issues. A reasonably sized 10 weeker should have no problem in an earthbox if the base is good

 

[weedstoner420]

Can I follow the original Earthbox guide except the part where you make the trench for fertilize and just top dress organic fertilizers?

basically having mainly peat moss/perlite as my medium with dolimite mix in on top (like the Earthbox original guide) and follow a organic feeding schedule by top dressing every 2 weeks. Also fill reservoir with em1/or labs everytime and Start filling bottom reservoir from day 1.

would this work? The fertilizer I will be using is dr earth homegrown for veg, and dr earth flower girl for flower.

I would mix the fertilizer in from the beginning. I question the effectiveness of top-dressing in a SIP, unless you really dig it in deep, which can be a pain to do, especially if you also follow the instructions of mounding up the soil before planting...

 

[Tolerance Break]

I would mix the fertilizer in from the beginning. I question the effectiveness of top-dressing in a SIP, unless you really dig it in deep, which can be a pain to do, especially if you also follow the instructions of mounding up the soil before planting...

Top dressing works as long as the soil is alive and moist.

I keep mine covered with panda film. Lift that, and it's fungus among us, breaking down all kinds of goodies (causing N tox currently, but that's my fault)