The key to working with dry amendments is to be ahead of the game. Ammend, water, and cover the soil 2-4 weeks before you plan to use it, it makes a world of difference.
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This is actually the key to making a more complex substrate with good microbiology 
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I love Gaia, but it is so fine, it “bleeds” out of the bags when I water it in. Now I add it to a bag of worm castings in a separate grow bag and cook it down for a few weeks before I use it. It works really well, though. I’m a Dr. Earth fanboy at heart.
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Here’s a good deal on Flower Girl. $2 a pound.
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That’s a really good deal. I just paid $62 for 4, 4-lb bags at Amazon.
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Doesn’t get any easier and cheaper than topdressing with kitchenscraps, grass clippings, tree leaves, nettles, dandelion leaves, etc. That’s all the minerals covered.
Sow beans in the same pot as your cannabis for nitrogen.
No need to reinvent what has been working perfectly for billions of years.
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Ya, I thought it was crazy cheap. I’ve never used it and I bought 2 bags, 
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I have enough soil for two runs so half is always cooking, kept nice and moist. time is crucial
reminded me to water and turn mine.
I do cheat after veg and transition into salts. Seems easier to read the plant and react accordingly with jacks 321 if your top dress game is weak like mine, but it’s worked well for me in veg. I don’t “flush” but I go water only w a solid dryback for the last week or so. So far no salt burns on seedlings after a long cook. (3 months?)
Complete bastard non tek
I imagine a more knowledgeable person can address the flower transition more eloquently, and @AzSeaindooin420 has a really nice soil recipe, with teas and timing. I’ve just been fiddle fartin around with shit so this should come with a disclaimer lol
Also @BeagleZ and @CrunchBerries have pretty amazing threads on how dirt works
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Cocoa coir, little soil, worm poop, perlite, Dr earth, jlf. Once you get it down its so much cheaper than fox farm and works great
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EBay has 25 lb bags of dr earth for like a buck a pound. Maybe it’s 12 lbs. Ya never mind its 12 lbs for $24. So same 
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Richlawn dried chicken turds. Organic and $12/40lbs
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Im a huge fan of gaia green.
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I was looking (lurking? 
) at your grow yesterday, lots of good stuff🫵
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I use insect frass alot it’s not super high in nitrogen but if your doing organic soil it’s perfect it’s gets like a crusty layer when top dressing with it and it adds as a kinda mulch layer too.it can be expensive but if shop around you can find people that sell it .
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I re-amend with a 4-8-4 blend from Down to Earth.
Also, don’t forget the calcium with a little garden lime and gypsum!
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This is what I ended up getting for bloom …
I’m gonna try and use the remaining giaja green for my veg tent!
Thanks all so much for voicing your opinions!
If this fails I’m deff gonna try out doctor earth next winter along with my living soil plan !
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Well thank you so much.
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That ratio, 5-7-10, is a little heavy on K. You want a lot of K at the very, very, end of flower so that stuff is probably good for late flower.
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We shall see what occurs !
Thanks for that info
Only time can tell the outcome 
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