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Yes!! So happy you asked, was wondering if anyone is into the organic regenerative farming life! Leighton Morrison is great and where I started learning about orangics from in 2020! He has a lot of older podcast on the future cannabis project labeled living soil talks with a wide variety of guest and so much knowledge shared. Iām happy to share whatever I know about it.
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@Bearneff needs a few more people to pop some and have a look through, these were the ones Bob mentioned hold absolutely stellar examples in abundance! I was sick I never got a pack but I got redemption on the way. HP project ā¦ā¦
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Iāve been wanting to get into living soil and the entire rabbit hole it entails for almost 2 years now. I just recently started acquiring inputs etc. so hopefully by summer I can grab a bed and give a 4 x4 a go, it just makes sense to me. Plus Iāve ran almost every other method in the last 20 years and I just love the entire idea, itās quite the bit of info to digest though thatās for sure.
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This current bed is horizonal mix. He can explain it much better then I but, bottom layer is a rock layer can stagger sizes, then filled with sand, then a silt and clay mixture, then your O horizon which is your normal super soil mix, then top layer is compost, much layer, cover crop. It allows moisture storage and mimics how soil is found in nature, while also allowing greater microbiology diversity, which is key to good soil. Try to make due with whatever u can find locally and saves on cost of soil in your builds 
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These the red leb puck f2 from jodery?
@Bearneff this sounds awesome man. I have a decent amount of red leb Puck stock Iām sitting on. Just recently popped 4 ended up with all males it was hard but I killed them off for nowā¦ Iām going to do a larger run this spring. Would love to share and or help out with this project anyway I could 
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I definitely highly recommend doing a living organic soil grow if you havenāt yet (or did you just mean you havenāt donāt a big LOS bed yet?).
I have also grown using a lot of different methods over my 20(ish) years and LOS is probably my favorite.
I still run hydro/aero and coco but always have some going in soil. Next run will be all soil.
I havenāt used big soil beds yet though. Iād love to transition to big no-till beds but it would mean redesigning my entire grow space. Iād need to either make the entrances bigger so I could wheel the beds between veg and flower, or Iād need to redesign my separate veg and flower spaces so I could use them both for veg and flower instead of having separate spaces for each (so I didnāt need to move the beds).
I am also planning to try making a living organic soil SIP like in @CrunchBerries thread.
I think I might try this horizontal method too! I love experimenting with better ways to do LOS.
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Any ideas on what the smallest size container you could use for this? They did mentioned 3-5 gallon containers at the beginning of that youtube video but didnāt really say much about it.
Like, would this be worth attempting in a 5 gallon fabric pot? Or does it need to be bigger?
I really want to give this a try. Iāll probably have more questions in the future. lol
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I made them myself from original crickets and cicada stock
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Very cool. Iād love to take you up on this, just have a seed project Iām about to start.
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You were right, I havenāt done any, been coco/perlite and/or RDWC for the last 7 years, before that I was on tables. If it werenāt for the amendments necessary etc. Iād probably already be started. I have 3 giant bags of the organic pro-mix already, have some calcium supplements, some earth worm castings but thatās about it yet, Iām going to grab something every time Iām in the store or I place an order online etc. Iāve got a big ass list, rather than cook my own to start Iām going to grab a few bags of black swallow pre-made living soil (itās the Canadian build a soil)
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I would say it wouldnāt be worth doing till a 15 gallon. I have some 25-30 gallon pots I like. Can fit 4 in a 4x4 space
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This is basically what Iāve been told as well. The bigger the better. Iād love to just have one giant bed in a 4x4 , and tweak my style from there experimenting with big plants , small plants , more, less , differing veg times etc.
(BTW I have no likes for a few hours, not being a dick 
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I love the idea of those as well
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Ya I highly recommend it. Little bit to invest up front but now my cost are pretty much nothing. Make my own inputs and reuse soil. And it allows full expression of the plant! It doesnāt have to be super hard or complex. Some good compost, and mulch layer, cover crop.
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This is truly my number one reasoning, terps can be off the chart with the proper genetics done right as well. Now you guys have me itching again! I havenāt talked much or done much about it since like September, this oughtta kick me into high gear !
Thanks boys, much respect 
Gonna be hitting you up for tips etc. if that cool
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Yes forsure! Love to talk any organic regenerative tips with anyone. Iāve been using a bled of different methods like Knf and jadam, soil food web. Think theres a good Knf thread on here have not got to read it yet.
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Thatās what Iāve been reading about the last three weeks KNF farming methods/culture.
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Itās just easier.