So I recently started listening to the Pot Cast. Which is great if you’re a nerd like me. So many cool back stories, bits of info, just anything cannabis. Love it.
But anyways they had the guy from Build a Soil on there and I’m intrigued by his product. He seems knowledgeable and genuine.
I used to use a premade organic amendment mix which I relied on for my grows.
But since I have been away I don’t think the company is around anymore. Which sucks… because it was so simple and my plants loved it.
I just combined it with some ewc into promix and after a month of cooking it was a true super soil. Just add water. However I did add ewc/molasses teas for that nice little boost…
I have a few options… I could build my own and individually buy amendments… which I will if nothing can compare in a premade mix…
But is there a solid, just add water, amendment mix on the market these days? Maybe from build a soil?
Lemme know what you guys have tried out there and what you liked the most !
Buildasoil has a few different soils ready to go. The 3.0 recipe is a water only soil, as it is super amended. They also have the light version so you can top dress or do teas as well. And then they have mixes based off of Coots’ recipe.
Nature’s Living Soil makes a super soil concentrate that I really like.
I use quite a few Build A Soil products, the Craft Blend is their all purpose amendment. The 3x3 bed grow I just finished up a bit ago in my no till diary, was pretty much done with just build a soil products for the most part.
Build a soil is good but pricey. EB Stone is pretty underrated imo. Or, just build a coot’s style mix yourself, especially if you have a good source of vermicompost locally.
Sweet I’ll check out your grow to see what products you used because they offer so many it’s overwhelming to be honest lol.
I shouldn’t need 35 products for my soil .
But I get it they’re running a business.
Mainly I just want an amendment mix to create the base soil. Then some stuff for teas. That’s really about all I think I would need to have an optimal grow.
Have you watched the Build A Soil 10x10 season 1 and season 2 on youtube? If not you should, it is a fun and informative series, season 3 just started up recently.
And also they are usually very helpful when I have contacted them in the past.
You can use build a soil but i think it’s cheaper to make your own (if you’re not in a big city). I used coots recipe. I made 135 gallons of soil this month.
You would want to replace dolomite for oyster shell flour or garden lime Dolomite has the wrong ratio of calcium to magnesium for proper uptake for cannabis
I make my own soil mix I use a modified coots mix it’s 50 percent peat moss 30 percent airation I use pumice but lava rock or even perlite can work in a pinch but the mix will have to replaced sooner as perlite it tends to float to the top and 20 percent quality compost I use homemade ewc but the best quality you can find the better I amend with crab kelp alfalfa fishbone meal at 1/2 cup per cubic foot I also amend with 1 cup per cubic foot of basalt glacial rock dust oyster shell flour and gypsum also a tsb of langbenite per cubic foot as well as a few scoops of my own mealworm farm insect frass for a sars response once a run I also add cal phos once per run for a slow calcium phosphorus amendment but want to be careful to not to overapply due to metal content watered with homegrown aloe and b.a.s dried coconut and bioag ful power once in awhile a compost tea and sst too
You guys are wonderful I appreciate all the information.
Seems like coots mix is pretty popular.
I found this link… and it explains coots thoroughly with links to the buildasoil store for the supplies. Fucking awesome then. Might have found my no brainer mix.
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! Some great recommendations guys thank you again.
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! Ima definitely binge watch that… multiple times maybe 