I've used it and I did not like it at all. Weak on the npk and plants developed a poor root structure. Just my experience though. Best Ive found other than roots is vermisoil
I'm trusting the soil companies to have what I need in the soil so what actually is making up the ppm is not top relavance in THIS thread. It's of maximum importance in the overall view of organic gardening though and I understand that. I just want to know what the ppm of soil mixes are. A seed...
I used to grow with synthetics... Which is why I have this bad ass meter. I now use supersoil religiously and love it!! so I don't really need it. But I'm a science and experiment freak..always testing things and drawing conclusions. It's fun for me so I always use it.
Make a slurry of soil with 0 ppm water and 7.0 ph. Let sit for a few minutes. Then test ppm and ph. I don't currently have a way of testing tds. I know thats the proper way but I'm just trying to get an idea of where all these soils are sitting compared to each other. Ppm will give us an...
Does anyone know what kind of ppm roots original is running right out of the bag?. We can get a base soil "hotness" thread going.
The soils I'm using,
Vermisoil - 550 ppm and 7.4 ph
Roots 707 - 300 ppm and 7.2 ph
Just got some fresh roots...has no bugs that I can see so far! Also seems to not be composted with steer manure anymore... I think that may have been the hot issue. So far so good. Also running a head to head with roots and vermisoil.