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Old time dirt grower just getting back into the game. (heck we just used soil, perlite and vermiculite.)
I want to step things up a bit as knowledge is more available than it was before as are more options...
First....
I like DIRT! It smells good, it feels good and gives a great flavor to medication. I know it does not goes as quick or have as high of yields usually as hydro but I am looking for quality here.
I have a 65 gallon Rubbermaid RoughNeck container I want to mix my soil in. I plan on putting everything in and using a drill with a paint mixer on the end to slowly mix everything up.
I have read the forums and I like SubCools soil as well as other variations of it out there. Of course I understand this is only used at the bottom 1/3 of the pot when transplanting your babies into their new home and the rest is pro mix or another soil of your choice.
But I am wondering
1) Why go with a soilless mix using CoCo, peat, perlite and various other suppliments?
2) Why not add CoCo to a soil mix like SubCool uses?
I saw this mix 2 parts peat
1 part coco (very well rinsed!)
1 part perlite
4 tbsp bonemeal
3 tbsp bloodmeal
6 tbsp kelp meal
4 tbsp dolomite lime
20 tbsp rare earth
and like it but I like how SubCool uses the worm casings...
6 Bags Roots soil or equivalent high quality supped up grow soil
25 pounds Pure Worm Castings
½ cup Azomite trace minerals
2/3 Cup Sweet Lime IE Dolomite
1 Kilo Bone meal / IE 5 Pounds
1 Kilo Blood meal ( I use a bit more bone than Blood in this recipe)
1 Kilo Bat Guano bloom formula preferably Fruit bats
3/4 cup Epson Salts
I guess I am wondering
1) Is there anything to add to SubCools mix such as CoCo or anything?
2) What advantages/disadvantages are there of these two mixes versus eachother?
I need to get my soil mixed and cooking as I have just a few weeks till I need it.
Old time dirt grower just getting back into the game. (heck we just used soil, perlite and vermiculite.)
I want to step things up a bit as knowledge is more available than it was before as are more options...
First....
I like DIRT! It smells good, it feels good and gives a great flavor to medication. I know it does not goes as quick or have as high of yields usually as hydro but I am looking for quality here.
I have a 65 gallon Rubbermaid RoughNeck container I want to mix my soil in. I plan on putting everything in and using a drill with a paint mixer on the end to slowly mix everything up.
I have read the forums and I like SubCools soil as well as other variations of it out there. Of course I understand this is only used at the bottom 1/3 of the pot when transplanting your babies into their new home and the rest is pro mix or another soil of your choice.
But I am wondering
1) Why go with a soilless mix using CoCo, peat, perlite and various other suppliments?
2) Why not add CoCo to a soil mix like SubCool uses?
I saw this mix 2 parts peat
1 part coco (very well rinsed!)
1 part perlite
4 tbsp bonemeal
3 tbsp bloodmeal
6 tbsp kelp meal
4 tbsp dolomite lime
20 tbsp rare earth
and like it but I like how SubCool uses the worm casings...
6 Bags Roots soil or equivalent high quality supped up grow soil
25 pounds Pure Worm Castings
½ cup Azomite trace minerals
2/3 Cup Sweet Lime IE Dolomite
1 Kilo Bone meal / IE 5 Pounds
1 Kilo Blood meal ( I use a bit more bone than Blood in this recipe)
1 Kilo Bat Guano bloom formula preferably Fruit bats
3/4 cup Epson Salts
I guess I am wondering
1) Is there anything to add to SubCools mix such as CoCo or anything?
2) What advantages/disadvantages are there of these two mixes versus eachother?
I need to get my soil mixed and cooking as I have just a few weeks till I need it.