True Living Organics - The Ultimate Guide to Growing All-Natural Marijuana Indoors (2012)

¾ cup ground oyster shells (1 cup if no crushed oyster shells)
1 cup crushed oyster shells (optional)
½ cup dolomite lime (powdered)
1¾ cup prilled (pelletized) fast-acting dolomite lime
¼ cup blood meal
¼ cup high N bird/bat guano 12-8-2 N-P-K
½ heaping cup feather meal
1 cup un-steamed granular bone meal (like Whitney Farms brand)
½ cup bulb food
¼ cup powdered soft rock phosphate
½ heaping cup powdered gypsum
½ cup kelp meal
4 heaping cups composted steer manure (this inoculates your mix with specialized
microbeasties and primo organic matter)
½ cup Azomite granular (add an additional ¼ cup greensand if no Azomite)
1 cup granular humic acid ore (such as Down to Earth brand)
1 cup alfalfa meal (or 2 cups pellets—make sure pellets are all organic no additives)
½ cup rock phosphate granular (optional)
1 heaping cup organic rice (important for the good fungi in this soil mix)
REV’S TIP
with this recipe.
This recipe is only for use with pure water sources, like reverse
osmosis, rain, or distilled water. Do not use well, tap, or spring water
This mix should be moistened with chlorine-free water, but be sure not to get it soaking wet. It
should also be turned over every few days, for about 15 days before use. This is what I call
“cooking” your soil, and letting it get pretty dry before use is fine. Again, the nutrients don’t
evaporate or anything over time, so there are no worries there. If this soil mix turns out to be too
powerful for some reason, just cut it with good quality bagged organic soil until you get the strength
your environment and genetics demand.
I find cooking mine for about 30 days works the best for me, but I have often used it sooner, for
example after 2 weeks. Just remember the warmer it is outside, the faster the cooking processes will
happen. You can use a soil pH meter to tell when it is finished cooking too. I wait until it is in the
6.2–6.8 range, which normally takes about 2 weeks, because as it kicks off cooking the pH will often
be very low. Readings of 4.9 aren’t uncommon when it first starts to cook.
This soil mix is meant to be used along with the spike and layer TLO dynamic, and while it is