36Gr0w's First Journal - Hi-Brix - LOS - Indoor & Out!

[Major PITA]

You mean they charged you >$100 shipping when you specified free??

 

[36Gr0w]

No, I chose free, which I'm pretty sure is local only. I re-entered my order to check what shipping should be, and it was around 100. I emailed them to fix my mistake.

 

[COorganics]

What company is that?

 

[36Gr0w]

Occupy Organics

Let me know what you think Co.

 

[COorganics]

Ill check it out. Sounds like VERY! cheap pricing. (Without shipping)

 

[36Gr0w]

The goal for my basic soil mix. 1/3 sphagnum peat moss, 1/3 perlite/lava rocks, 1/3 malibu compost bu's blend.

To this I will add 1 cup kelp meal, 1 cup neem/karanja meal, 1/3 cup gypsum powder, 1/3 cup oyster shell powder, 1/3 cup crustacean meal, and 2 cups glacial rock dust per cubic foot. Thinking about more rock dust but not sure.

Questions, concerns, experience, input, and suggestions encouraged.

Edit...I would love to substitute the perlite for pumice, but I have to find some.

 

[36Gr0w]

Crustacean Meal - Calcium Carbonate + Chitin

Oyster Shell Powder - pure Calcium Carbonate

Gypsum - Elemental Calcium + Sulfur Oxide

 

[36Gr0w]

I also have 1.5 cubic feet of ewc that will be added with the compost. Forgot about that.

 

[Radogast]

I also have 1.5 cubic feet of ewc that will be added with the compost. Forgot about that.

Sounds good to me. You'll finish building your first CC soil before I do. !

 

[COorganics]

Sounds like a great mix.

 

[36Gr0w]

Sounds good to me. You'll finish building your first CC soil before I do. !

Reading CC's posts was kind of an eye opener for me. I'm not trying to grow some mysterious plant that is somehow different than every other plant on this earth. I'm gardening.

Once I realized this docs advice about environment first made perfect sense.

 

[Dutty Panty]

Just got done washing the lemon skunk, 1 dirty heri glad we met. See ya next Saturday for trimming and other garden work. Talk to ya before then

 

[Major PITA]

Edit...I would love to substitute the perlite for pumice, but I have to find some.

Why do you prefer perlite over pumice?
I was thinking of getting some pumice for our garden. Seems like it will work like perlite, maybe add some minerals, and is a bunch cheaper. Around here one cubic yard of small pumice is $18.

 

[ClosedCircuit]

Pumice is a better choice than Perlite me thinks. Wont float to the surface, will remineralize the soil over time, and more porous.

 

[DrZiggy]

Doc Bud is a fertilizer broker, just say'n

 

[Shrike]

...he's the "good" kind of fertilizer broker...unlike politician's...

 

[36Gr0w]

Yep Circuit, that's why I'd prefer pumice as well.

Ziggs, I have one of docs kit, hopefully planting something into it today or soon. I'm just the kinda guy who wants to try things his own way, learn from my failures and successes, and figure out WHY what I tried worked or didn't. I enjoy the idea of making my own soil, and I like the exercise I get from hauling the bags and pots and stuff around. I also have a few friends and family who want me to make them soil. I'm trying to make that be as close to water-only for them as I can, while still having success.

 

[36Gr0w]

Question about the EWC people are using in docs kit. What brand are you using and why? Has anyone tried using different brands to try to see a difference when used in the kit? Does anyone use vermicompost instead? Would this throw ratios off?

I'm just wondering if using higher quality castings would make a noticeable difference.

 

[DrZiggy]

Question about the EWC people are using in docs kit. What brand are you using and why? Has anyone tried using different brands to try to see a difference when used in the kit? Does anyone use vermicompost instead? Would this throw ratios off?

I'm just wondering if using higher quality castings would make a noticeable difference.

Wiggly Worm I think..you want K to be 0
Also if you cant get WW, make sure theyre pure castings, like WW is...and not a blend or something.

 

[Graytail]

I've gone on the 'bay and bought the cheapest EWC I could get a couple times. Once it was good stuff - the other time it wasn't.

So now I just buy WW, cause I know what's in it. If it costs a little more, that's an insignificant cost.