Help with soil mix in Australia

[cbdhemp808]

Good luck from Hawaii, and have fun with your grow.

 

[Jaz]

Try this thread:

Which soil to get from Bunnings or Masters?

j

 

[rigidigital]

These guides from Homestead & Chill in California are excellent and the basic ingredients are easily available in AU.

Seeds, Soil, Containers & Care:

In sum:

• 1 part peat moss
• 1 part compost
• 1 part perlite.
• [Or a bag of Terra Canna Professional soil]
• plus, mix in amendments: a handfull of worm casings, plus the rest as per eg 'Southern No Till REGENERATE'

This is very good too:

Homemade Fertilizer with Aloe Vera: Soil Drench or Foliar Spray

Learn how to make homemade fertilizer using aloe vera to increase plant growth and disease resistance, reduce transplant shock, and more!

homesteadandchill.com

 

[Jaz]

Two Aus. companies with ready made 'no till' mixes I've heard good things about:

TurboDirt

Easy As Organics

j

 

[hoonsince89]

Not enough information for Aussies about soil blends....
I do something roughly like this (i just do it by eye/feel) and seems to work pretty well. Just have to be very mindfull about your tip burn/ PPM count, and salt build up.

SOIL BLEND:
-Organic tomato & veg soil from bunnings.
-30% Perlite
-Blood and bone 5%
-Dolomite lime 5%
-Epsom salt 3%
-Potash (or quality ash) 5%

WATERING:
-Seasol (use sparingly-like 1-2 drops per 3L)
-Worm juice (if obtainable)
-Aloe vera ([blend] optional)
-Mollases
-powerfeed liquid fert. (use sparingly-like 1-2 drops per 3L)
*ensure 15% run off or salts will build up causing lockout.
*some strains wont need the liquid fert, others benefit from it.

1 WEEK BEFORE FLOWER:
Add a little more :
-Dolomite lime
-Epsom salt
-Potash
* Suggest checking your PPM of water runnoff around here and Flushing down to 800-1600 PPM.
The slow release fertiliser in the pre-mix soil can throw things out. Had some strains who are completely fine and others seem to find it too hot.

 

[Jaz]

* Suggest checking your PPM

We use EC in Aus. as different continents use different standards for PPM, whereas EC is a global standard.

Some info here:

EC Meter, aka PPM Meter, Review Thread

j

 

[Mountainman80]

I have bought two mixes and hope to use it. This is my first grow and the first plant has sprouted

Looking at topics here , I got two mixes.

For seeding I am using this :

Scotts Osmocote 25L Seed And Cutting Premium Potting Mix

Find Scotts Osmocote 25L Seed And Cutting Premium Potting Mix at Bunnings. Visit your local store for the widest range of products.

www.bunnings.com.au

After it gets little bigger I will transplant it two a 3 gal final fabric pot. I am thinking to use following which I have already bought.

Scotts Osmocote Plus Organics 25L Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Premium Planting Mix

Find Scotts Osmocote Plus Organics 25L Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Premium Planting Mix at Bunnings. Visit your local store for the widest range of products.

www.bunnings.com.au

I have a photperiod sativa dominant seeds.

I will mix may be 30 percent perlite. Already ordered perlite online. Now since the tomato planting mix has lot of stuff should I not use any nitrosil and cal mag on this during veg?
I will dry wet water this plant. Since this is my first grow I just don't want to do the coco soil method as I think looks to require more work.
I will also try coco soon though.
So can I transplant the plant and just use this above tomato mix?
I couldn't find the NPK data for this mix. Please advice.

I would say the tomato mix should be perfect already got its nitrogen added for growth don't see why mixing perlite wouldn't work everything should be good as gold just remember to check the pH before.planting ur seed always use calmag ur plants will always need it micro nutes would really help