Thanks for looking at it. I intended on adding Langbeinte as a faster acting soluble source and also Greensand as a longer term source. If you are familiar or use either, certainly appreciate info to dial in amounts to use. thank you again.
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Sounds like a plan…
I do use both…
For some reason I can’t select/upload pics…I add Langbeinite and greensand based on the down to earth product boxes.
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They are in my shopping cart - much appreciated. Have a good one
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I’ve found that my local hydroponics garden store has better prices on almost everything vs. Amazon. Esp when it comes to nutrients.
For example this Down To Earth Organic Bio-Live Fertilizer Mix 5-4-2 (which is AMAZING!) is $21.95 on Amazon, but my local hydro store sells the same size for $16.59
Also, the last time I ordered this from Amazon, I ordered in July 2020 and it had a production date of August 2019. Because this has beneficial organism it is one of the few DTE amendments that has a expiration date. It’s good for 2 years after production date. In other words, Amazon shipped me something that was already 1/2 expired. The Bone Meal, Humic Acids and Starter mix (All Down to Earth brand) that I got from local shop, all had a production date that was only a few months old.
Amazon isn’t good for everything.
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@beardless Also, I ran a test where I literally took straight DTE Starter Mix 3-3-3 and COATED my transplant root’s/soil after I took it out of the cup. Like breaded it like some kind of fried chicken. I was trying to see if it would burn the plant. It DID NOT. Plant thrived.
Starter Mix and Bio-Live are very similar in that they both can be applied directly to roots without burning.
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I hear you. I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible. Because I am in an illegal state, I don’t have a lot a grow shops available so pretty much limited to garden centers.
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@Skydiver @beardless
I thought you were telling Beardless he need more K, but then I looked at my mix and noticed the same problem. I ended up getting some Langbeinite 0-0-22.
This is my final recipe that I am running the grow with:
Name / Amount
Medium: FFOF 20%, Coco Coir 40%, Perlite 40%
Amendments:
Name / Amount
Starter Mix 3-3-3 – 2 cups
Bone Meal 3-15-0 – 1 cup
Blood Meal 12-0-1 – .5 cup
Bat Guano 7-3-1 – 1 cup
Crab Meal 4-3-0 – 1.25 cup
Langbeinite 0-0-22 – 1 cup
Gran. Humic Acids – 1 cup
Azomite – .5 LB
Azos – Add to transplant hole
Mykos – .25 cup
Epsom Salt – .25 cup
Made 14 Gallons, or just shy of 2 cubic feet (1.87 Cubic Feet)
Soil mix has been cooking for 2.5 weeks.
I’ve started a grow journal. It is HERE.