Hello everyone!
I am planning on growing my first plant but I want to get things ready before I do it. I have been researching in the past months and see that organic growing is the best option. Unfortunately, it's quite difficult to find organic fertilizers locally (UK). Is there a way I can make my own fertilizer mix without spending a lot?
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This article may give you some ideas: https://buildasoil.com/pages/the-complete-system
Search living soil on youtube. There you can also find Mr. Grow It !
What you are describing is a "salt" grow. Also you may want to amend (mix in)
your coir with perlite (any gardening store will have this) or something else to provide air space in the medium (whatever you choose to grow in).
Full organic fertilizers often with kelp meal, fish meals, guano, ect. are not on the inexpensive side of the coin. I would say for your first couple rounds just do whatever makes you comfy. It doesn't have to follow any specific program. You just have to be attentive and learn/fly by the seat of your trousers!
Remember at the end of the day it's to learn. Develope a new skill. And then use that knowledge to grow some great tomatoes or peppers or flowers of any type.
Love Life, Love Nature
You can do a lot with organic inputs (nutes ((fertilizers)). If you live near the country and animal feed stores you can probably procure a lot of things fairly inexpensively. I work at one in the states and I was able to purchase most of my amendments (in bulk-50lb/22kg bags) and they were far less costly than the name brands. Things like Alfalfa meal for N, bone meal for P . . so on.
NPK Value of everything organic - The Nutrient Company
Check out the link above and look into the best way for you. You will find worm castings are amazing but expensive (maybe you build a worm bin?/!)
Maybe you could build a compost bin (manure MUST be composted for a period of time before being used because you can kill or damage your plants if you dress it fresh). Compost is better than manure. Also you will have to decide on a medium (soil, coir/perlite, ect) If soil you should look into "living soils" it is fairly new but it is a very in expensive way to garden/grow. Don't get me wrong, salt/chem grows produce huge yields. The flower that is produced is night and day different if you prefer to smoke it. If just extractions or edibles the flavor may not be as important to you. However, the products that you use are things that you will be ingesting. Some commercial salts use industrial wastes (broke down) for their source materials. This is common in commercial tobacco. You ingest radioactive particles when you smoke a fag or have a dip.
I love the concept of "permaculture" so "living soil" is my gardening angle.
If you had next to no money you could grow amazing stuff if you had access to really great compost. There are ways . . . You just gotta go find 'em .
It depends on what you have more of: Time . . .or Money?/!
What are you going to consider "organic"?
Are you looking for no Bio-solids, no Chemical salts, just manures . . .
This is a real rabbit hole.
I just put up a new post: First auto grow pyr seeds N lights. Check that one out and then shoot me a reply.
We are all here to help, and this is my wheel house.
Cheers