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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?
 

Wetdog

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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
 

madodah

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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.
 

eyes ableed

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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
 

ultimate buds

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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
 

eyes ableed

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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
 

Wetdog

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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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