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ADDITIVES FOR RECYCLED SOIL MIX<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are basic guidelines and remember that all this stuff needs <strong>to</strong> be cooked<br />
(composted) first for about 30 days before use. I will give these <strong>to</strong> you in per (dry US)<br />
gallon of soil mix amounts, so just do a little simple math <strong>to</strong> make larger amounts.<br />
Per single dry US gallon of soil mix:<br />
• Kelp meal: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Blood meal: 1–2 teaspoons<br />
• Bone meal: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Dolomite lime powdered: 1–2 tablespoons<br />
• Dolomite lime pelletized (prilled): 2–4 tablespoons<br />
• Bird or bat guano (high nitrogen types): 1–3 teaspoons<br />
• Bird or bat guano (high phosphorus types): 1–2 teaspoons<br />
• Bulb food: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Alfalfa meal: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Greensand: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Gypsum powdered: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Gypsum granular: 2 tablespoons<br />
• <strong>Living</strong> earthworm castings: 1 cup<br />
• Perlite (always use small nugget size): 2 cups<br />
• Coconut (coir) fiber (well rinsed or pre rinsed): 2 cups<br />
• Humic acid ore (granular): 1 tablespoon<br />
• Rice (raw): 1 tablespoon<br />
• <strong>All</strong> purpose fertilizer like 5-5-5 N-P-K: 1 tablespoon<br />
• Feather meal: 1–2 tablespoons<br />
• Oyster shell (ground): 1 tablespoon<br />
• Oyster shell (crushed): 2–3 tablespoons<br />
• Azomite powdered (rock dust): 1 teaspoon<br />
• Azomite granular: 1–3 teaspoons<br />
• Soft rock phosphate powdered: 1–2 teaspoons<br />
• Rock phosphate granular: 2–3 teaspoons
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