big rockpile
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Using mix of 1 part Peat Moss, 1 part Perlite and 1 part Compost.
Do you let this cook?
I've seen several mix and go.
big rockpile
Do you let this cook?
I've seen several mix and go.
big rockpile
I seen several mixes this way and I was thinking as you something more needs to be put in.Peat has zero nutritional values. It is also anti-fungal which means very few if any fungal soil microbes. Compost is very low in NPK. All perlite does is help maintain moisture and soil oxygen and also has zero nutritional value. I don't know what you are trying to grow but this mixture MIGHT be OK for starting seeds but nothing else.
What do you mean "cook"? Let it sit? Put it in water? Or put it over a fire and roast it?Yes but do you let it cook?
big rockpile
I have no idea why you are commenting when you don't know anything on the process.What do you mean "cook"? Let it sit? Put it in water? Or put it over a fire and roast it?
Why I am commenting? Over 60+ years in agriculture. If you want an answer to your questions make it plain what you are asking. If you add peat, perlite and compost together what do you have? The answer to this question is just about nothing except for maybe 5% nitrogen, 4% phosphorus and 2% potash IF the compost is made with nothing but pure chicken manure which is doubtful, then you have less than 2% nitrogen with all the other stuff added. How would you "cook" this stuff if it requires cooking. This entire idea is flawed. I don't know who these Einsteins are that you are so enamored with but as far as I am concerned they are completely ignorant and clueless of what a plant needs to produce. Please enlighten me about this "cooking". Maybe I can learn somethingI have no idea why you are commenting when you don't know anything on the process.
big rockpile
Stupid is as stupid does...the legendary Forrest Gump...
I might add most don't worry about NPK or PH.
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@Chuck, I previously tried several attempts to no avail to show this poster how one can make a soil mix far superior to any commercial product and for essentially free.Don't believe anything on the internet. What you just stated is total BS. The only way one does not need "fertilizer" is when one gardens like Meadowlark and his "fertilizer" is turned under cover crops and cow manure.
Well, as we say it here in Texas, you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink. And this is one thirsty horse.Stupid is as stupid does...the legendary Forrest Gump
@Chuck, I previously tried several attempts to no avail to show this poster how one can make a soil mix far superior to any commercial product and for essentially free.
The response that PH and N-P-K don't matter is typical.
So you would lean more to Super Soil well this isn't Super Soil.Why I am commenting? Over 60+ years in agriculture. If you want an answer to your questions make it plain what you are asking. If you add peat, perlite and compost together what do you have? The answer to this question is just about nothing except for maybe 5% nitrogen, 4% phosphorus and 2% potash IF the compost is made with nothing but pure chicken manure which is doubtful, then you have less than 2% nitrogen with all the other stuff added. How would you "cook" this stuff if it requires cooking. This entire idea is flawed. I don't know who these Einsteins are that you are so enamored with but as far as I am concerned they are completely ignorant and clueless of what a plant needs to produce. Please enlighten me about this "cooking". Maybe I can learn something
I lean toward productive plants and what you are proposing WILL NOT GIVE YOU PRODUCTIVE PLANTS. Go ahead and waste your time and money. I couldn't care less.So you would lean more to Super Soil well this isn't Super Soil.
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