greasemonkeymann
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sorta both, I basicly started reusing my old soil for yrs, it is a vermifire base (good shit actually), so I did the ROLS for a couple yrs, and found that method had it's advantages, as well as drawbacks, for me the drawbacks were the peat based mix tended to contract a bit more than i'd like, and then it sorta had hydrophobic tendencies, that.Are u using a compost amend? Or compost as yr actual medium? Prob a dumb question but ive switched to organic soil from dwc and im looking for a good org recipe one that dnt gotta cook
So to predicate that, I know a LOT of hippy homesteader people (good folk btw), and they have the most amazing fruits and veggies, and it's all based on leaf compost, only they don't even amend it, other than fruit and veggie scraps (nutrients right there), they have a worm bin too.
So I wanted to replace my peat with something, and already have tried coco (didn't work as well), so over the last five runs, I've replaced/reamended my mix with just my amended leaf compost and the results have been amazing, like indescribable.
My theory is all the abundant humus and microbial diversity has the compost just about perfect.
But this is all based on results, so the actual science is beyond me.
I wont ever, ever not have a leaf compost going though.
I need to get a new camera so this run I can post some pictures of it.
So long answer to your question. Sorry.
Point is, with patience, you can eliminate peat and coco from your mix entirely, and the results are waaay beyond what peat or coco can provide.
Annnnd it's water only.