Hi Chris, sorry for the misleading post over in the supersoil results thread, I meant no offense. Anyway, I wouldnt mind trying a bag and compare with my own supersoil at some point, I grow with LEDs and its hard for me to tell if the LEDs are simply doing it for me and that my soil recipe could be greatly improved or maybe my soil recipe is simply great. But they say if its not broken dont fix it. (I added greensand in the recipe just recently!!)
I even thought of marketing my own supersoil all premixed / composted for people that dont own their land of simply convenience or for the beginner. But I dont have the knowledge to do so, may be in the far future.
One thing though is I am doing all I can to have a lesser impact on the environment, and I have read bad things about coco. I am in the process of re-using my own supersoil using the bokashi composting method. I like to use local source as much as I can but if there is any way to re-use the coco, then its not a big deal to me to use it especially if it delivers better results (you may want to start experimenting with this, and at some point teaching people how to re-cycle their supercoco for at least one run making it an even better investment. You could have bags of amendments people can buy to simply re-amend their recycled supercoco. Food for thought.
Let me know what you think and let me know what deal do you have for anyone that is willing to test your supercoco. Also mostly interested in what you (an others) have to say about re-using coco.
Cheers.
Thanks but I'm the one who jumped on you yesterday and I am sorry. I have not read these things about coco but I'm sure they are everywhere because the big peat moss guys see their monopoly on potting substrates slip away.
About reusing the soil yes I absolutely think the soil should be reused after it has sat under the sun for a couple months I will put about a 3rd of old soil into my new mix and here is why. The colonies of mycorrhizae are established in the old soil. Throwing in this old soil in the new pile is a great way to supercharge your new soil. This is the last area I have yet to master and I am working on it.
There are a few reasons super soil isn't available. The soil companies are really fertilizer companies whose bread and butter are water-solubles. Next this feat is nearly impossible for the layperson. fortunately I had a firm understanding of organics then devoted two years to find out what potting soil is made of, what it should be made of, then make it. Then there is the logistics and freight. Just so happens when you combine my Father, Brother , and my trade experience you get three people that could build and deliver nearly anything. If you ever watched swamp loggers you've seen it is the most difficult trade out there.My Dad taught that guy from NC's boss how to swamp log
As far as the environment I have a huge guilt. My Fathers creation of the mat logging system where the shovel machine lays trees in a road where the skidders can pull the wood makes it possible to fell timber on a lake.
The equipment company developed the shovel machine Dad got no credit but he didn't know what he had.
A year later the equipment inc invites Dad to Indonesia to offer him the job of showing those natives how to mat log. He went over there and saw million acre tracts of rainforest to be clearcut. the acreage provided by the corrupt government who knows felling a million acres in one place is unheard of by a master timber harvester. We can't stand to see raccoon fall out the trees much less destroy a home of the few remaining tigers.
The story after that gets more depressing so I'll stop but I felt a bit of history was in order.
Anyone can test the soil if they will keep a journal and post the pics here and anywhere.
Thanks endurexx