Various Soils

[tqn626]

I always look at several brands of soil. I'm usually put off my really cheap soils. I'm curious to what brand other members use. I would love to find new mixes that are great.

Soils I have used:

Master's Nursery Bumper Crop -2 cu. ft- $9
LGM Panting Mix - 2cu. ft - $11
Sanctuary Soil Empire Builder 2cu.ft - $20
Foxfarms Ocean Forest 1.5 cu. ft - $14
Kellog N rich 3 cu. ft - $9
Whittier fertilizer Co. Compost 1cu. ft - $3
Cocotek Coco Coir 1 brick - $11

LGM is a wood based compost that well composted. Deep black color. Very fine with some chunks.
Bumper Crop is a compost mixture that has chicken manure. It a little woody.
Empire builder is a Coco coir base super soil that has a ton of different components. I use a mixture of 50% empire builder + 50% vermiculite to start my seeds. Expensive but works really well.
Foxfarm Ocean Forest is another super soil that works well. Empire builder works much better IMO.
Kellog n rich is pure garbage. the compost was pretty much mulch. Found some plastic in it. I think it came from the dump.
I heard great review for whittier fertilizer co. Their compost has a strong smell. Some of my compost had some weird fungus growing. Other bags didn't do so well with my plants.
Cocotek coco coir is very fiberish. First time using it this year, working great so far. Haven't tried any other coco coirs yet.

My local stores are stocking eco scrap soil, if anyone has experience with them.

[bughunter99]

For seed starting: Any fresh smelling soil not made by "miracle.."+Coir+vermiculite

For the yard, nothing. I enhance my existing soil with lots of compost and organic materials.

For containers: Nothing with "beneficial mycho added."
Nothing with moisture retention additives
Basically I do 2/3 of a fine plain mix with 1/3 my own compost.


Stacy

[tqn626]

Going to make a new batch of soil. If anyone has some input that be great.

1/3rd Leaf/wood base Compost
1/3rd Coco Coir
1/3rd Perlite or pumice (May put less)
10% Worm Casting (For Chitinase/Humic Acid)

1/2 Cup 10-1-1 Bat guano (Slow Release Fertilizer) per Cubic Foot
1/2 Cup 1-10-1 Bat Guano (Slow Release Fertilizer) per Cubic foot
1 Cup 2.5-1-1 Alfalfa Meal (Quick Release Fertilizer + triacontanol) per Cubic Foot
2 Cup Azomite (micronutrients) per cubic foot
1/2 Cup Granular Dolomite Lime ( Cal/Mag) per Cubic foot

Going to use a little bit of gypsum and Epsom Salt when expanding the coco coir also.

If anyone know of any other good organic fertilizer to use that would be great.
Also if anyone know a good organic fertilizer for fulvic acid to add to the soil that be great.