[Headless Hornet]

Been busy with school, but will continue with the specs...

Thanks to everyone for viewing this thread.

Since the number one rule of growing is "tell no one" it's nice to have a place to show off your work relatively safely.

I'll try to give some more specs on my grow:

Soil:

I used a custom mix with a local nursery's organic potting soil as the base.

I added several amendments (I tried to sort-of average all the soil mix recipes I found online - erring on going with too little of an additive than too much)

Organic Potting Soil
Worm Castings
Peat Moss
Perlite
Vermiculite
Blood Meal
Bone Meal
Dolomite Lime
Epsom Salts
Liquid Kelp Fertilizer

I mixed it all up in a rubbermaid tub, moistened it, and let it sit for about 3 weeks. I mixed it about every other day.

My biggest problem is PH though. For whatever reason, (I think the local potting soil is alkaline) I originally tested my mix at a PH of about 8. Waaay to high.
Over the course of the last two weeks, I added more peat moss, some sawdust, vinegar, and lemon juice to it. I only got the PH down to 7 or 7.5, but by that time it was time to plant. I should have got the PH under control before planting, but beginners make mistakes. I hoping this mistake doesn't turn out to be fatal for my first crop of girls. I'm slowly bringing it down...so far so good.