Forgot to water leftover soil for 3 weeks - still good?

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Absolem The Blue

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Hey everyone

Throughout the madness that has been the last 3-4 weeks, I completely forgot to moisten the leftover soil I mixed up from my last batch. It's been sitting in the basement the entire time. Can I thoroughly water it and maintain it for the next month or so and use it for the next cycle, or does all of the soil life die from having not been watered for so long?

Thanks!
 
calliandra

calliandra

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Nah I don't think the soil life has died, maybe gone into standby.
I mean, hey, it sometimes doesn't rain for a loong time out in nature, does all life end with that? Nope :mrgreen:
"Thoroughly water" sounds like too much, it just needs to be moist to the touch!
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Absolem The Blue said:
Hey everyone

Throughout the madness that has been the last 3-4 weeks, I completely forgot to moisten the leftover soil I mixed up from my last batch. It's been sitting in the basement the entire time. Can I thoroughly water it and maintain it for the next month or so and use it for the next cycle, or does all of the soil life die from having not been watered for so long?

Thanks!
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If you can brew up a compost tea that would work awesome, if not just very LIGHTLY dampen the soil with water(to where it barely makes a "clump" in your fist when squeezed)
the key is a more humid soil rather than wet
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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I recycle dead dryass root balls all the time. I mean yeah you are right it's basically sterile at this point but add some fresh worm castings, fertilizer, whatever amendments you prefer & then hit it with a 48 hour AACT. Let it cook down & it'll be good to use. Just hydrating it & adding compost could make it viable once again.
 
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Absolem The Blue

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Thanks everyone, I will most certainly use the teas then. I will most likely use the leftover tea from my upcoming brews of AACT, SST, and kelp tea to ensure some nice life remains active.

Thanks again!
 
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