Easy soil recipe suggestions?

3waygreatness

Well-Known Member
I would like to use subcools super soil for my outdoor grow but I really don't want to spend all that money on all of those soil amendments. Is it really necessary to use every single amendment or can I cut it down?If so, could someone give me a simple soil mix with all the basic soil amendments so I can put my plants out in the wild and just give them water.
 

TruenoAE86coupe

Moderator
This is what i use:
1 Bag Roots Organic
15lbs Earth worm castings
4 gallons or so perilite
(thats the base mix for seedlings and clones)
Then for the amended soil i add:
1 cup Bone meal
1 cup blood meal
1 cup dolomite lime
1 cup Espoma Bio-Tone Plus.

Works great for me.
 

VX420

Active Member
I would like to use subcools super soil for my outdoor grow but I really don't want to spend all that money on all of those soil amendments. Is it really necessary to use every single amendment or can I cut it down?If so, could someone give me a simple soil mix with all the basic soil amendments so I can put my plants out in the wild and just give them water.

Do what you want and what you know... MG is fine soil... when someone says MG is bad... ask them which one and in what State... they cant answer or even understand the question. I make my own soil (sometimes with MG) but I make my soil how I want it. IF you don’t understand why/what you are doing, don’t do it. Buy some MG and if your plants die/suck you have a “Get out of jail free card”

PS Out in the Wild.. good luck you need a lot more skill for that.. or Luck.. all the same. Kepp us posted either way, good growing
 

3waygreatness

Well-Known Member
Thanks for the optimism? I had one plant survive in the wild last year and I mended horse manure and gave it chicken manure tea. I didn know that they both supply a large amount of N but my girl turned out fantastic with absolutely not defficiencies. This year I would like to perfect what the plant needs with some help from you guys.

This is what I do know... You need nitrogen phosphorus and potash for the plant to survive and I would like to use soil amendments to do so im just not sure what combination I would like to use. How does this sound? Oganic soil mixed in with th best soil in With the best soil in the world along with worm castings, horse manure, bat Guana, and Epsom salt. Any more suggestions? Thanks
 

mccumcumber

Well-Known Member
If you are going to use that many ferts you need to add in some trace elements. They help "cool" your soil by buffering the ph, and help support a diverse microbiology that can eat all of the food you are putting in the soil.

Small amounts of azomite, dolomite, gypsum, humic acid, and/or green sand will greatly benefit you. You don't need to choose all of those trace elements, but dolomite and gypsum a pretty essential in that hot of a mix. If I were using your materials I would probably amend it as such:

Cheapest Way:
50% base soil
25% worm castings
10% manure (chicken is better than horse in my opinion, but if horse is all you have access to it is fine).
10% fish bone meal
2% dolomite
2% gypsum
1% epsom salt

A bit more expensive:
50% base soil
25% worm castings
5% manure (half and half chicken and horse for best results)
5% Bat guano (half and half Jamaican and Mexican for best results)
5% Fish blood meal
5% Fish bone meal
1% azomite
1% dolomite
0.5% humic acid
1% gypsum
0.5% epsom salt
1% green sand
 

Chem Dawg

New Member
I've used this mix with good results..

1 bag Fox farm ocean Forrest
1 bag fox farm light warrior
1 bag fox farm planting mix ( EWC )
6 gallons of perlite
1 cup peace mind starter ( for veg )
1 cup peace of mind flower

This is a water only mix.. Maye a little fish emulsion late in flower but this mix is pretty dope.
 

Rising Moon

Well-Known Member
One of my friends (east coast old timer) grows a few really nice outdoor plants, by using only home made food trash compost as a supplement. Big nice 7ft trees.
 
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