Man I wish I lived in Cali. Lucky folks.
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I buy the green bag potting soil from Community Garden on Sacramento. Iām such an unsophisticated grower. It approaches my level of unsophistication in most of life! 
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I love them,
When I up-pot I tip those on top into the soil mix.
These are a great mulch and aeration. I water less using them for mulch and break down for aeration unlike perlite.
I bought a 50lb bag and used 1/2 in three yearsā¦
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Awesome. Thanks @G-paS Iāll pick some up today.
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Ok I put some as mulch on top.
Now what do I do when itās TOP DRESS time? Mix the layer in with my soil & fertilizer?
Or do I hand-remove it before top-dressingā¦ hmmm, a fine mess Iāve gotten myself into 
@G-paS
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Iāve been reusing all my soil and I reamend with my Dr earth and Malted Two row and a couple heaping cups of ECW and cooking for 2 weeks then I repot and grow out and flip .I occasionally do a couple teas in veg and I supplement with Organic Calmag and Epsom salt through out the grow a touch extra in flower with some Teas made from dr earth bud and bloom booster in flower with a teaspoon of molasses added to teas and bubbles with an aquarium air stone right in the watering can for some extra food for all the microbes I never add molasses directly to my soil ever( Thank you @ReikoX for that nugget it paid off big time)with Fox farm big Bloom very light being last.I eliminated my need for top dress.Iām your case you would get a drip pan and scoop out all top dress add amendments mix into top 2 to 3 inches of soil (gently donāt be a barbarian)and mix in cover back with mulch.Thatās how I would do it if I top dressed and used top dresses again.You could save the hassle and kind of liquify your organic feeds to act like the vehicle that salts use in terms of liquid lunch for the plants.Water and gravity and feed.Just my two cents might help you some Homie
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It sounds complicated but most of the time im just watering With Ph 6.3 Calmag water with Lift every other water TBH the rest kind of takes care of itself and I LITFA
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We just move mulch to one side top dress then move to the other side top dress. Not a huge deal.
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Cool, easy enough thanks LSā¦ I had to go overthinking it
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KISS & LITFA then Bud & Hash
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Lol Thanks for that Levity @LivingBlackSoil. Iām reading Way too seriously
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