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Rabbits rabbits rabbits I feed them and pet them and love them and they poop outā¦magic!!!
my auto mix is 1 part āgarden compostā 1 part āsuper soilā compost 1 part organic promix
garden compost is-my old soil/root balls composted with normal yard and garden debri as well as select kitchen scraps allot of coffee some castings and char and my magic rabbit poop
Super soil- this is the subcool recipe or there about you know blood bone meal guano etc I bu the charge packs now at least hit my worm bin some extra perlite and myco I love this stuff
I only grow in 3 gallon pots so a batch of both lasts me forever someday Iāll get better more worm bins I want to try no till etc. I know this is nothing special except them furry poop making machines you could grow in a pile of it and it wonāt burn the plants ācold manureā I love it
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simple soil recipes or the best east to make adjustment if needed peace.
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Yeah we have a Giant Flemish rabbit. She poops like a Clydesdale. It makes great worm food, Iāve put worm bins under rabbit coops in the past. Canāt do it with the Giant Flemish because she needs more room.
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We had a flemish in the past and yeah you would think it was a pile of horse poop right now we have 2 dutch and a mini lop they are magical poop making machines for sure
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I have several cages of the 4 legged sh*$ factories myself. My mother brings buckets when she comes to visit. The stuff is great to help all my plants.
I had not read it anywhere, but I started adding this to my supersoil right out of the gate. I thought, why not. It has always done a great job for all other plants.
I put a whole cage of rabbits over my strawberry bed last winter. Some of the strawberries got too much nitrogen and died. The rest of them look like they are on steroids now. They were already in my first batch of supersoil, so the microbes got supercharged over the winter.
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from what Iāve read It is packed with nitrogen pretty much bioavailable right out there butts so yeah little brown pellet gold
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My wife and I were just talking about this as well. My last several batches of soil I have used ewc or compost tea to wet down my sphagnum peat moss when adding my raw ingredients. There is a huge difference in how my soil cooks.
My first few batches of soil you could hardly tell they were cooking. With this method the microbiology had obviously been through the roof. Iām turning it every day and it is super hot when I do. I donāt have a compost thermometer, so I canāt give a report on exactly how hot it is.
The last couple of batches have had higher quality compost as well. Has anyone else tried this method?
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Hey All,
I was mixing up some soil today and thought I would post up what I am running this year, not that it is proven per say but the components and rough ratios have not hurt anything ever and I am hoping for reasonable results! I should say that this is by no means a ājust add water mixā, I expect to be further top dressing and amending but Iād like to think that this is a good starting point.
Base:
Pro Mix HP (@25% Total Volume)
Bluesky Organics Super Soil (@40% TV)
Worm Casting (@20% TV)
Canna Prepared Coir (@15% TV)
Pearlite 3-4L per 100L of prepared soil
Further Nutrients/Additives
Neem Cake 3/4 kg per 100L of prepared soil
Kelp Meal 1/4 kg per 100L of prepared soil
Bone Meal 1/4 kg per 100L of prepared soil
250g of Bio Char per 100L of prepared soil
I like this mix as Ph is pretty consistent, lots of diverse and beneficial contents, and itās easy to mix and go as needed. Would love to be doing the no til or even living soil but currently this is widely available and effective unitl then 
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Havenāt been around in a while so figured I would drop in.
For amendments, I use and suggest any and all of these companies Iāve listed below.
Earth Safe Organics
http://vitalearth.com/earth-safe-organics/
Down to Earth
https://downtoearthfertilizer.com/
Build A Soil
Kelp 4 Less (theyāve got allll kinds of good stuff)
I love Mykos from Xtreme
This companyās silica is topppp notch. Plants are noticeably hardier.
Kelp meal, insect frass, Mykos, and harvest gold silica will always be in my soil mix.
IMO all make a huge difference in my soil mixes
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Great idea. Really great. I have access to Alpaca poop. Similar to rabbit poop in many regards.
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Iāve been using this for a few years. Two religiously. It makes a huge difference in plant health. They get a certain look to them when mycos is in the soil. More vibrant. I always use it in containers.
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Mykos is still labeled Glomus Intraradices iirc but the new name is Rhizophagus Irregularis, and itās the only fungus shown to interact with cannabis the way we want it to. Not to say that other species arenāt useful too.
I like to use mykos as a seed inoculate and the rest later on, because some other life forms, trichoderma iirc, tends to take over if theyāre all at the same starting line.
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That trichoderma. Is that the stuff that makes your pH take a nosedive? Happens real fast if you piss off the microlife. I have some beldi apollon at 3 days old. Should be plenty dry enough to send. Iām headed to the post office tomorrow for someone else hopefully that works for you
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Canāt find the proper study, but hereās one along the lines of what I was looking for.
The one I was looking for studied beneficials in common commercial mixes, and found that in their test the trichoderma outcompeted everything, instead of just the pathogens.
So i take that to mean if seeds are planted in a sterile media with the rhizophagus irregularis / glomus intraradices it can develop the relationship we want, in peace.
Then when transplanting from the solo cups, inoculate the new media with the broad spectrum of beneficials for all the environmental controls
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This thread has been very useful as I get back into the game. I definitely stopped growing at the wrong time, about 13-14 years ago. The idea of a supersoil intrigues me, but thatās a lot of ingredients and time between mixing and using. Iām use to just mixing a Simple soil blend, just promix and some more perlite, vermiculite, and gardening lime. Then feeding using liquid fertilizers, either organic (Alaskan fish or Neptune) or chemical. Since I got into growing berries and peppers this year, Iāll have more reason to go completely organic and get all the associated fertilizers and techniques in my tool belt.
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You can grow excellent plants in the ground using only the local soil, compost, blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal, and lime. And anything you can think of to add air into the soil , such as chopped up one ( or older) year old leaves.
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Outdoor: 1 part compost, one part soil, one part peat moss.
Indoor: 1 part compost, one part worm castings, one part peat moss.
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I donāt keep track of measurements much, mostly go by feeling.
- Certified organic potting soil
- Basalt
- Malted barley
- Kelp meal
- Alfalfa meal
- Chopped banana peels
For next amendment gonna skip the kelp and alfalfa meal as Iām running out and donāt wanna buy more, and instead add:
- horsemanure
- dandelion
- nettle
- thistle
- grass
And gonna start growing my own beans, alfalfa and clover. Why waste money buying it if you can grow it? Either outside or in your pots after harvesting your weed. When itās time for your next weed grow just chop & drop and sow. Gonna have two cycles of pots going.
After cleaning out my gutters I now also have a bucket of black gutter compost mainly built from leaves and tree seeds (only partially broken down, lots of little balls in there), and quite a bit of pollen as well I imagine. Itās been in my garage for weeks and itās staying moist without adding water.
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Iām new to this and am aiming at Rols and soon no till this is my recipe as follows Iāve been mixing in 6 cf batches
1/3 base soil
1/3aeration
1/3 compost
base soil is promix the 2 cf bundles of organic garden mix I think itās called itās 60 to 70% spagnum, 20 to 30% coir and 10% pelite plus a few things mycos etc
aeration 50% perlite 50% rice hulls
compost currently using rabbit manure compost pine and paper bedding coffee kitchen scraps etc but hope to have vemi producing soon
amendment
biolive 4 cups
barley 2 cups
kelp 2 cups
mineral 2 cups each
basalt
azomite
gypsum
oyster flour
DE 2 cups
the compost is inoculated with local microbes IvÄ been playing with from the JADAM Book and recharge going to water with each any thoughts on my mix topdress ideas teas not sure what to āfeedā them used to using bottled chelates been playing with making humic/fulvic acid any thoughts or help would be great thanks folks havÄ a great day
edit iām wondering about teas molasses if iām going to hav ph issues cal mag iām not using much āhotā amendments blood bon or even crab working on building the beds so i can setup the no till but from a bottle grower point of view idk how or if i will need to āfeedā the girls the promix and the biolive have myco do i need more anybody have experience withbferments iāve found a bunch online and here on notill but most of it involves a shopping list of stuff i donāt have kinda feels like the opposite of what Iām aiming at thanks
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