I build my own recycled organic living soil. There’s a sticky thread in the organics forum that discusses it in great detail.
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As I mentioned in that thread I absolutely despise the term “super soil”. It sets the bar for what is considered good soil really low if only properly made, composted, organic soil is “super soil”. There is nothing super about setting up a microbial ecosystem in your soil. It happens on its own in nature and I doubt anyone would call the dirt in their backyard super. Living soil is my preferred term because it’s the most accurate. There are a million ways to get it started. I mix all my ingredients together and compost them in a bin next to my grow tent. I got all my soil ingredients from Lowe’s except for the leached horse manure which I can get for free. I use Jobe’s all purpose organic plant food granules to start the compost because it’s got a really good blend of soil microbes and makes a great inoculant. Although the horse manure has actinomyces (firefang) in it, trichoderma (fuzzy white mold with bright green spores) is the microbe that does the most work. Anaerobic bacteria such as bacillus play a huge role too. I got deep into mycology and microbiology when I was growing shrooms and I’m glad some of what I learned translated to cannabis.