Happy Independence day yall
Looks like you had a awesome time jig!
GemuGrows, that roots organic soil is great stuff, too funny about the guano lol. I'm gonna mix up a small batch of super soil in the near future, any tips on how to build up the nematodes, bacteria and fungi? Is there a way to buy all the separate critters for the soil? Gotta love the wars going on under ground with the bacteria eating fungi and nematodes eating bacteria, then pooping out the food for the plant
I'm gonna do a full organic water only grow soon so any help on the supplies I need to get the life in the Super soil at full speed would be cool, I have a recipe for the soil but not the life that needs to go in it
Have a great weekend yall
Sweet tools BTW figgy
Yeah the two best things you can probably feed your organic soil (after inoculating the soil with mycorrhizae) are (in my opinion):
#1: Compost tea. Really easy to make. You can get like a $35 tea kit from a hydro store most likely, and some stores brew their own tea. All you need is like a 5 gallon bucket, a circulation water pump, and a air pump with a stone. Brew up your tea and let it sit for like 24+ hours (48 would be best). Guanos have a lot of beneficial bacteria in them, and the tea will have a ton of organic matter for your soil life to break down.
#2: Unsulphured molasses: Feeds the shit out of your soil life once its there, breaks down a to a ton of little elements your plants will love that will keep them healthy and green.
IMO organic growing takes more confidence than growing with synthetics, but its much easier to do once you get it started. Feed the soil not the plant!
So recap, Start with good organic soil with Myco (soil fungi) in it. , if it doesnt have it make sure to get some in it. Great white is a really good myco product, so is "Plant success granular". Then feed with compost teas (bacteria) and molasses (Mostly feeds soil life, some goodies go to your plant), and you can add supplement or use organic base nutrients too.
You could probably buy all the separate beneficial orginisms, but you would have to find very specific suppliers and likely order online. Most shops should carry several types of organic root zone inoculates
Also it is in my opinion that you could easily use a healthily maintained soil many times before it gets too imbalanced. IE, you consistently keep your soil life fed and active. It could easily also potentially be better soil grow 2, 3, 4, etc...
As for mixing your super soil i'd suggest some version of Subcool's super soil and giving it a few months to "cook." During this cooking feed it just compost tea and molasses, this will instill the definition to you: "Feed the soil, not the plant" Because you will theoretically literally spend a few months feeding soil without a plant in it.
Can't go wrong with organics unless your really trying to push yield; but i'm sure a lot of people would debate that pretty heavily I would need more experience say somebody was right or wrong in that sense.
/rant I hope I helped in some way lmao
Edit: Good base soil choices: Roots organic (May or not have myco I honestly don't know, I only found 1 source that said it did), Fox Farm Happy frog (has myco in it!), Vermisoil (has myco), Vermifire (also has mico, its hotter than Vermisoil)
Good Myco innocs: Zho, Great white (likely the best), plant success granular (What i'm currently trying)
Good bacteria innocs: Compost teas with guanos, Fox Farm Big Bloom is also a good product that should have live benis in it, its also their only all organic product pretty much. I actually use this stuff in small quantities