Da Almighty Jew
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I wanna know why there is no K in this super soil? No kelp meal, green sand, nothing. Why is this??!?
Later in the thread JTR bushes further explains:"It doesn't lack potassium I am not sure where this comes from, if it did I wouldn't be harvesting 6-10 ounces plants dripping with resin and hard as rocks!"
Sub
"The K comes from two places in super soil. #1 is the kelp meal that Aurora mixes in with the Roots soil. #2 is the K that is released over time from all the coco in the Roots soil. As coir breaks down, it releases K over time. That's why when using liquid mineral ferts in straight coco, you have to back the K off a bit in your mix so you don't lock out Ca, Mg, and N."
Just so you know what Surfdout printed wasn't Sub's recipe. It was Vic High's. Sub was showing that's where he got his ideas for supersoil from and that his recipe evolved from that. He has been using a much different recipe than Vic's one for a while now. That's why Sub sourced it before quoting it.And moving to a kelp and coco-loaded Roots soil base removed the need for added kelp in this very latest recipe?
Thanks for taking a minute to clarify that.Just so you know what Surfdout printed wasn't Sub's recipe. It was Vic High's. Sub was showing that's where he got his ideas for supersoil from and that his recipe evolved from that. He has been using a much different recipe than Vic's one for a while now. That's why Sub sourced it before quoting it.
http://www.cannabase.com/cl/bcga/soil/soil.htm#Super%20Soil
Given the consistent results of his 2010 formula, it seems the kelp already in the roots is doin the trick. That and the K from the coco. I thought about this a lot and have faith. So I won't be adding any kelp to my (first) SS grow.I'm betting he incorporates kelp before too long as its just too good not to use....
I stopped carrying roots in my store, it was loaded with fungus gnatsHi T James-Go off the recipe and you'll get great results. After a couple of years of using this recipe, I bet you'll further adapt it to your growing region. For example, I add perlite for mixes used during our rainy Hawaiian winters and use microbial teas to innoculate and I'm not using Roots anymore this year until the fungus gnats thing gets fixed. Happy Growing my friend!!!