Organic Super Soil Recipe, by TempleGrower

@sydarko

Hey thanks for pointing that out! I've edited it now but it should have said 6 cups of pure bone meal. I have no idea how the '1/2 blood meal' bit got in there... web-gremlins perhaps. 😎 

But yes, hope that clears it up, and thanks again for the heads up!

Hey again
So after it’s cocked and ready to go, do you use It solely in the pot or you mix it/level with regular poting soil?
Also, I know you mentioned it but what if I’ll use only plain ph’d water for irrigation without never top dressing it, will it work good? Can I maybe make the super soil a bit stronger instead ? Thanks in advanced !

@sydarko

Hey there again. Yes, you can use it right from the get-go - no mixing or diluting necessary. If you did want to mix in some regular potting soil to start your seedlings in, you absolutely can and shouldn't run into any issues. Just ensure you use the full strength soil in whatever pot you transplant the seedling into to finish in.

For your second question, that would depend on how long you decide to grow your plants. I designed the soil to be able to go through 3-3.5 months of growth in 3 gallon pots without having to amend them during the grow, save for a weekly shot of 0.1/0.1/0.5 liquid kelp and home made compost tea (if you have it). That's more for the microbes though. Occasionally I do run into some deficiency issues depending on the cultivar I am running (some are hungrier than others), but all I use to fix any issues like that is a bit of fish emulsion, usually around 4/4/3 or thereabouts. If you wanted to use bigger pots with more soil, you definitely could. I'm just not sure how long you could go in a 5 or 7 gallon pot, for example, before running low on food, as I only ever have used 3 gallon (or smaller) pots.

Feel free to tweak the recipe but if you get too much of something in a supersoil, it's not nearly as easy to remove it as it is in coco/hydro-style grows. For most nutrients, once they're in there, they're in there for good. I'd suggest amending as you go along, but only if you need to. With proper watering (i.e., keep the medium moist/damp - not sopping, but not dried out. Microbes need moisture to do what they do), you shouldn't have too many issues to worry about.

Hi.
Just one quick question, whats the size of the cup you using?

That would be a standard cup.. 250mL (8oz for you 'Muricans) or thereabouts.

Can Bat Guano replace Blood Meal in this mix?

I value your wisdom TG you seem to love what you do and have alot of knowledge! Humbling to know that I can use this recipe of yours if I chose to make organic soil! Thanks heaps for sharing!
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Hey @TempleGrower hope you are well. 

I currently have 6 plants, all growing in TempleGrower super soil. Thus far they are without doubt the best I've grown. I'm particularly enjoying the simplicity of growing in soil as opposed to what I experienced with coco. Long may it continue 😁

Question for you if you will. Do you treat the plants to a Epsom salt foliage feed as a matter of course or rely on that incorporated in the soil ?

Thanks in anticipation 👍

@toploader

Hey man, glad it's working out for ya! Always awesome to hear that 🙂 

As for the ES query - you are correct! I don't like to foliar feed tho - I find it leaves spots all over the foliage and is just messy. My methodology is usually to start supplementing the irrigation water with 1 tsp (~5mL) of Epsom Salts at around 5-6 weeks, regardless whether you're still in beg or have begun flowering, and then continuing with that once every 2-3 waterings until flowering is complete. Unless you see an actual Mg deficiency... then up it to 2 tsp with every watering until morale improves.

There is some Mg in the dolomitic lime in the soil but it's quite slow release. The DL is for pH buffering mostly anyways and so shouldn't be relied on as a primary source of Mg.

@vino_slatt24

I don't see why not.. just try to keep the same ratios.. i.e., if blood meal has 12% N and guano also has 12%, you can use the same amount. If the guano has 24% N, use half has much as the blood meal, since it's twice as strong, for example. And so on and so forth. Time for some math! 🤓