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eyes ableed

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alright so march 20-28 i dug and amended my 6 holes...There all 3 x 3, 3 ft deep. I put 1 cup fish bone meal
1 cup blood meal
1/2 cup soft rock phosphate
8 cups greensand
1 cup all purpose 4-4-4
12 cups alfalfa pellets
1 cup kelp meal
1 2cft organic pro-mix potting soil
1 20 lbs bag earthworm castings
8 cups perlite
2 cups vermiculite

Now my first question is, are these pre amended holes good enough to plant in?
2nd question, im planting with in the week should i toss a cup of dolomite lime to level out my ph?
3rd question, should i add more perlite say 11L split between the 6 holes and more vermiculite and mix it in the soil with my rake?
 
Big yes to the dolomite and the perlite. I don't care for vermiculite myself, retains too much water.

Did you add any myco's and BB to that to start breaking down those meals?

Check out www.fungi.com for MycoGrow Soluble. ~$8 to your door, enough for 12 gallons of solution. It can be used as a soil drench and has both the Myco's and BB. I bubble it with molasses (1tbl/gal), but that is not necessary if you don't have the set up. It is REALLY money well spent.

Wet
 
I'd put a batch together and pH test runoff from a one gallon container before adding lime. Your greensand should buffer pH to about 6.5 and also retain water, so no need for the vermiculite.

A 3'x3'x3' hole is 27 cubic feet, 202.5 gallons, so unless the native soil you're amending in those holes has excellent drainage on a standalone basis, I'd probably up the perlite to 20% of total hole volume. Perlite's cheap and it'll ensure your root systems receive air and water during summer months when dirt by itself can bake brick hard.
 
shitt really appreciate it guys, for mychorizae my planet earth nutes have tons of them, when i used the 4-4-4 during veg so far my roots and top soil showed the white fuzz so i think those holes have to be pretty packed with benficials right now.So if i had the greensand in the holes already theres no point to adding lime anymore and just the perlite?
I just need to make sure i have a neutral ph with out the meter ( low on $ )really low
 
id say to water it a couple of times befor puttin ur gals into the soil so the nutes disperse through the soil also i wouldnt bother with the lime
good luck
 
any1 got an idea if the mix i have above will mess with my ph or should i be just fine?? its guerilla btw so i cant really fix the problem till a week after
 
Don't you have any way to check the pH of this mix?

I know 2 others have said you don't need the lime, LOL, but I'm hard headed and still suggest it, for both the cal/mag it provides and the soil buffering. Even with the greensand, I'd still suggest it. You can over apply it of course, but you would have to work at it. I use 1 cup of powdered dolomite lime/cf of my mix. Those holes were figured to be 27cf. 2-4 cups of lime would be like nothing. Even 8 cups would be like a 30% dose. Cheap insurance.

I agree 100% with the 20% amount of perlite/hole. Around here, it's ~$17 for a 4cf bag. Cheap for what it does, more than worth it.

Wet
 
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