Howdy everyone! This is the start of my organic no till living soil adventures. I will be running a 3x3 raised bed in a 4x4 tent and also a 2x4 raised bed jammed into a 2x4 tent.
The 3x3 bed is full of Build A Soil’s Take and Bake living soil kit. The 2x4 bed will have a living soil mix I made myself on the cheap. Interested to see the differences in the soils between the 1st-3rd cycles in the beds.
Soil for 2x4 bed:
4 cu ft Black Gold peat moss (measured out after being broke up/fluffed)
1 cu ft Brute Worm Castings
1 cu ft Coast Of Maine lobster compost
2 cu ft Pumice, hand crushed black lava rock and perlite
<1 cu ft Rice Hulls
18-20 cups of Build A Soils Craft Blend (Their re-amend ratio)
2 gallons of biochar that I charged up myself with a compost tea made up of 2 types of compost, worm castings, alfalfa mean, kelp meal, fishbone meal, ground coconut chips, organic aloe leaf powder, a little craft blend and molasses. After brewing I added some Rootwise microbe complete into the tea right before I added the biochar to soak.
After all the soil was mixed up in a 100 gallon grassroots pot, I topped it with Build A Soils Kashi Blend and watered 3.5 gallons of water into it and it is sitting there cooking/prepping away for a bit.
Feel free to leave questions and comments.
Pictures and updates incoming…