How do treat 6 month old soil

mud1dnot2

mud1dnot2

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Got some soil laying around from some plants that turned male. Kept the soil, got rid of the males...so i'm thinking about my next grow and was wondering if the soil can be re-used. and if so what's the best way to treat it to get rid of any bugs/disease in the soil....i would just go buy new but it's my own mix and it works so I'd like to stick with it....I can't really heat treat it either.. any thoughts?
 
Sub Zero

Sub Zero

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I put the used soil in my back yard vegetable garden.
I would not reuse soil for my girls... no way!
 
spiked1

spiked1

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Since I lost my driving license I have to carry all my potting mix 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) to my home and as it's been summer here and very hot in the sub tropics I have been re-using my soil.
I mix in some worm castings and benificial microbes like Tarantula and piranha and 50% new potting mix plus perlite.
If I could I would use new potting mix always.
But I never reuse mix from a harvest, only from plants that were determined to be males early on and pulled.:weed:
 
DrGreenFinger

DrGreenFinger

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i routinely think outside of the box, with amazing results at times. but i would never re-use soil. this is one expert agreed upon, tried and true method that i would not alter a bit. blessings.
 
DrGreenFinger

DrGreenFinger

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spiked1 that avatar is sick. where'd that pic come from? (you could start a thread about that bad boy, i'm sure.)
 
TeaTreeOil

TeaTreeOil

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Best thing to do if you really want to reuse it is to compost it. Also compost other organic matter(left over food, unused parts of vegetables, etc). You will make yourself some of the best soil there is... and it's all shit you would of just thrown away. Almost seems ironic.
 
DrGreenFinger

DrGreenFinger

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TeaTreeOil said:
Best thing to do if you really want to reuse it is to compost it. Also compost other organic matter(left over food, unused parts of vegetables, etc). You will make yourself some of the best soil there is... and it's all shit you would of just thrown away. Almost seems ironic.
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what happens to potential parasites/bacteria from the previous grow with this technique? could they survive composting to create future problems? blessings.
 
TeaTreeOil

TeaTreeOil

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Composting is merely the art of accelerating decay(rot). The finished compost should be so that there's no distinguishable pieces of the original ingredients remaining. It should look and smell like rich soil. Compost is usually really full of nutrients(hot) and should be mixed with dirt/sand/perlite/moss/whatever you like. You can also put some on top of the soil of other plants. As it's watered it'll feed the plant.

Also the microbes themselves help soil growers as they break down complex compounds into soluble nutrients for the plant to eat.
 
tyke1973

tyke1973

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I wouldnt reuse soil never mind it been 6 month old and had males in through it away dude it about 5 pound for a big bag but go for the bestyou can afford.
 
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