I'm getting ready to do my first grow ever, and decided to use organic soil.
Of course, I love the idea of organic. But the real reason I'm doing it is because where I live, I cannot get nutrients here is a. And the weight of them is prohibitively expensive.
So I need to put together an organic soil that will work well for me.
Here's the basic soil recipe I want to follow:
Here is the gist of what it calls for.
8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
5 lbs steamed bone meal
5 lbs Bloom bat guano
5 lbs blood meal
3 lbs rock phosphate
¾ cup Epson salts
½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
½ cup azomite (trace elements)
2 tbsp powdered humic acid
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I can easily get the worm castings, and I can bring in the rock phosphate, sweet lime, azomite and humic acid if I can't find them here.
My question is regarding bone meal, bat guano and blood meal.
I could easily get blood and bones from the butcher shop. Unfortunately, they will not be dry.
Can I just grind the bones up and put them in the soil?
And can I just put the fresh blood in the soil? I could let it all sit outside in the sun for a few days to a few weeks or however long I need first.
And same question with that guano. I may actually be able to find fresh bat guano here. Could I just get some and put it in the soil?
Thanks for your help.
Of course, I love the idea of organic. But the real reason I'm doing it is because where I live, I cannot get nutrients here is a. And the weight of them is prohibitively expensive.
So I need to put together an organic soil that will work well for me.
Here's the basic soil recipe I want to follow:
Here is the gist of what it calls for.
8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
5 lbs steamed bone meal
5 lbs Bloom bat guano
5 lbs blood meal
3 lbs rock phosphate
¾ cup Epson salts
½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
½ cup azomite (trace elements)
2 tbsp powdered humic acid
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I can easily get the worm castings, and I can bring in the rock phosphate, sweet lime, azomite and humic acid if I can't find them here.
My question is regarding bone meal, bat guano and blood meal.
I could easily get blood and bones from the butcher shop. Unfortunately, they will not be dry.
Can I just grind the bones up and put them in the soil?
And can I just put the fresh blood in the soil? I could let it all sit outside in the sun for a few days to a few weeks or however long I need first.
And same question with that guano. I may actually be able to find fresh bat guano here. Could I just get some and put it in the soil?
Thanks for your help.