A tap water only grow that kicked some serious ass. You gotta love a good living soil. Reps+ on that stellar harvest UncleCannabis.
Congrats on outdoor level harvest indoors! Impressive yields....high skills on display!
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Hey UnkyHerb great harvest...
Was wondering if you could list your original soil recipe..? I'm sure you already have somewhere....
My Soil Mix
Ingredients:
Soil Base. Consist mostly of composted black soil containing lots of leaf matter.
Worm Castings
Bone Meal
Blood Meal
Bat Guano
Chicken Shit
Sheep Shit
Alfalfa Meal
Crushed Pumice Stone
Crushed Oyster Shells
Ground Egg Shells
Used Coffee Grounds
Neem Cake Meal
Rice Hulls
Coco Coir
Dolomite Lime
Epsom Salt
Humic Acid
BioChar
EM (Effective Microorganisms)
After mixing I put into clear plastic tubs with clear covers and let it set outside in the sun for at least 4 to 6 months before using. While simmering I turn and water a few times per week until it's ready to use.
Before using the mix for potting up plants I add a bit of perlite along with more coco coir, more worm castings, more bat guano, more bone meal, more dolomite lime (based on ph adjustment needs), more epsom salt, and more neem cake meal. I mix everything well then use.
Ingredient Quantities:
To be honest my gardening habits are similar to my cooking habits in that I don't really measure ingredients when making a batch of soil. I just know from experience about how much of which ingredients to add for different purposes. I was raised on a farm and I've had many years of organic growing experience with fruit and vegetable crops so it's not like I'm just throwing darts at a dart board hoping that I get close to bulls eye. There is a bit of knowledge and experience at play but it's probably an even mix of luck and skill that gets me by by the skin of my teeth sometimes. LOL!
IMHO due to variations and inconsistencies in regards to the ingredients that are contained in most organic based products that are the standard fare when making a custom soil mix it's really an imprecise science. Example...If two groups of bats are eating different diets, the bat dung from both groups of bats will not contain the same NPK ratios. Same goes for worm castings. All worm castings are not the same. Anyways, you all get the picture.
I sometimes compare building a healthy soil to what it takes to build a healthy body. If you want to build a healthy body you need to feed the machine with a WIDE ASSORTMENT of CLEAN and HIGH QUALITY foods. Eating too much of anything is usually a bad thing but eating too little of those same things are bad as well. Same goes for building a healthy and balanced soil. In most but not all cases the amounts of each ingredient are not as important as the variety of the ingredients that are used and getting the soil texture right. I won't get into soil cation exchange capacity (CEC) but those who may have a real interest in organic soil gardening should read up on this subject as this is they key as to how plant uptake and utilize nutrients.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that IMHO there is no PERFECT SOIL RECIPE folks!! There are however some recipes that are better than others and the key reason lies in the variety and quality of the ingredients used. There's more to gardening than just N-P-K and Cal/Mag.
I like to try to not over complicate things unless complicated is the ONLY route to success and growing good weed ain't as complicated or difficult as most folks make it out to be.
Anyways, now that I've probably ruffled up a few feathers with the organic soil growers as well as the hydro gardeners my work is done here. LOL!
One of these days I'll take notes of the quantities of ingredients that I use when mixing up a new batch of soil.
Have a Great Day Everyone!
I always learn something when I visit you. 
In the past when I used to grow outdoors I never used perlite in my planting mixes. Since trying my hand indoors I have added perlite because I noticed that most everyone swears by it.
It would be fair to say that using perlite has been one of those monkey see, monkey do things for me. LOL!
I'm not against the use of perlite. There's a reason that it's been a go to soil amendment product in the horticultural and nursery business for so long. It's good stuff.
I'm just conducting one my little UncleC home experiments which is an attempt to adapt my old organic outdoor growing methods to indoor growing as much as possible.
Rice hulls serve a similar purpose as perlite in that they improve soil texture and help to aerate heavy soils. One benefit that comes with the use of rice hulls is the micro element silicon (Si).
Even if using perlite I'd suggest throwing in a bit of rice hulls anyway just for the Si benefits.
Excellent gardening
Sue,
I'm flattered that you'd like for me to join in the soil thread discussions and share some of my methods.
Unfortunately, it seems that every time I throw in my 2 cents in these type of organic soil threads I get accused of doing it all wrong, or things like "careful with that dolomite fella, cal/mag is better"....or "my soil is better than yours because I use this and I do that" usually by the same folks that couldn't grow a friggin' Chia Pet without having seed germination issues or having it go hermie on them.
Anyways, apologies for the rant....I'd be happy to share if you promise to keep the wolves at bay until I can make a quick getaway. LOL!
Anyhow, I just looked over and realized that three hours ago I loaded the pipe, but I've been so involved with the community that I completely forgot that I grow it to smoke it. 
Sue,
I'm flattered that you'd like for me to join in the soil thread discussions and share some of my methods.
Unfortunately, it seems that every time I throw in my 2 cents in these type of organic soil threads I get accused of doing it all wrong, or things like "careful with that dolomite fella, cal/mag is better"....or "my soil is better than yours because I use this and I do that" usually by the same folks that couldn't grow a friggin' Chia Pet without having seed germination issues or having it go hermie on them.
Anyways, apologies for the rant....I'd be happy to share if you promise to keep the wolves at bay until I can make a quick getaway. LOL!
