u/Own_Acanthisitta1067

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Is my soil recipe OK?

Planning to do an organic living soil outdoor grow this season.

All these materials I already had available so if I can improve this soil without having to buy stuff that would be awesome.

All photoperiods, popping seeds and starting indoor in rock wool under a lamp until they are hearty and then burying the rock wool straight in the soil (no pots).

Here is my recipe so far

12 gal Roots organic potting soil

(Contains worm castings, peat moss, coco, perlite, guano)

2 gal perlite

1 gal coco choir

1.5 gal finished compost

1.5 gal local top soil (can add more, it’s rather clay/sand rich and poorly aerated)

1 gal bokashi co-composted bio char

Half container of molasses

1 gal oyster mushroom substrate (inoculated saw dust)

Mychorizal inoculant

15 tsp Gaia green 444

60 red wrigglers

I am considering adding:

Crushed lava rock for aeration

Bokashi fermented food scraps

Aerated compost tea and a bokashi tea during first top dress

More finished compost

Should I just mix everything together or would layering be beneficial?

I also may need more aeration but I’m hoping the perlite, biochar, lava rock and worms is enough.

All advice welcome.

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u/Own_Acanthisitta1067 — 2 days ago