Subcool's Super Soil - Page 4

potpimp · #31 01-30-2008, 10:01 AM

Man I only wish I could give you more than one rep here. Super job! I heartily recommend this as a sticky!

subcool · #32 02-06-2008, 03:50 PM

Thanks bro means a lot that people benifit from my post.

Here is some final results using all of these combined methods

Tinybomb

http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...tiny-bomb.html

dankforall · #33 02-09-2008, 12:03 PM

Any new pics. I love your grow!

davveroxx · #34 02-09-2008, 05:53 PM

i'm reading it all too....dont think for a second ur wasting ur time

sleepytown · #35 02-16-2008, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by subcool

This is yet one more Soil Mixing tutorial. This one is going to focus on making a batch in the city while keeping it neat and tidy. First we use a tarp and a sheet of plywood under so the shovel will slide easily as we mix and scoop.

Here is the recipe to make this concentrate!
You cannot grow plants directly in this super concentrate!

6 Bags Roots soil or equivalent high quality supped up grow soil
Note**I am trying a new product made by a local company that contains less fir bark called Harvest Moon
25 pounds Pure Worm Castings
½ cup Azomite trace minerals
2/3 Cup Sweet Lime IE Dolomite
1 Kilo Bone meal / IE 5 Pounds
1 Kilo Blood meal ( I use a bit more bone than Blood in this recipe)
1 Kilo Bat Guano bloom formula preferably Fruit bats
3/4 cup Epson Salts
The Perlite and Coco I happen to have and it will make a better mix but it is not necessary.

First we take the tarp and the Lucky rug and lift the edges to form a 2 sided pan.
So now we put on the muck boots these help me kick the soil around and get it mixed up well.

So lets make a nice pile of Roots soil.
We layer the ingredients so they can be mixed well.

Contuing to build my montain behind the fence I built just for stuff like this

I have a few seedlings that are a week or two away from first transplant. There are currently in 16 oz plastic cups with Fox Farm Ocean forest soil. I am thinking that I really want to use this "super soil" for the rest of the grow. I have a couple questions:

I am not familiar with "Roots" soil. I can't even find a good source for it on the internet. Is Fox Farm Ocean Forest a suitable replacement? I have two Hydro stores in town; and the only soil they sell is FF.

You say to use 1 kilo of bone meal and blood meal, but you then put in an "i.e. 5 pounds". 1 kilo is about 2.2 pounds. Do you use 1 kilo, or do you use 5 pounds?

I have been looking for a good organic mix for some time, but am always left with very vague directions. This mix seems to be doing the trick very well. Thanks again for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

S-Town

subcool · #36 02-16-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepytown

I have a few seedlings that are a week or two away from first transplant. There are currently in 16 oz plastic cups with Fox Farm Ocean forest soil. I am thinking that I really want to use this "super soil" for the rest of the grow. I have a couple questions:

I am not familiar with "Roots" soil. I can't even find a good source for it on the internet. Is Fox Farm Ocean Forest a suitable replacement? I have two Hydro stores in town; and the only soil they sell is FF.

You say to use 1 kilo of bone meal and blood meal, but you then put in an "i.e. 5 pounds". 1 kilo is about 2.2 pounds. Do you use 1 kilo, or do you use 5 pounds?

I have been looking for a good organic mix for some time, but am always left with very vague directions. This mix seems to be doing the trick very well. Thanks again for sharing your wealth of knowledge.

S-Town

Roots is Local Id suggest 2 bags FF to 1 bad LW as a mix FF is kinda hot and the wrong ratios to grwo in.

Its supposed to read 2 kilos I am sorry I use 5 pound boxes of meals and quanos

closet.cult · #37 03-01-2008, 04:43 AM

thanks again subcool for this recipe and the nutrient tutorial.

quick question: In your experience as an organic grower have you found it necessary to ever leach or flush your soil as regular maintanace? If so, when?

I grow organically and I do not leach or flush ever. I haven't had any problems, but are their benefits?

subcool · #38 03-01-2008, 06:50 AM

I do not flush my soil as I am not adding anything to be flushed out

Sub

rockfish · #39 03-01-2008, 06:56 AM

I am going out to get the stuff to make a batch of this Super Soil. I have a quick question. I'll be substituting Fox Farms soil as the base, in an earlier post you said a decent replacement would be 2:1 FF & LW. Was that Ocean Forest and Light Warrior?

Also, what size bags of Roots soil were you using for the original recipe? Later in the thread you show a label of a bag of Roots that says 1.5cu ft, but in the original mixing pic the bags look bigger than that. I just want to be sure I have the ratios correct.

Thanks so much for your help and wisdom!

Rock

subcool · #40 03-01-2008, 08:13 AM

Yes people get good results with combining Ocean Forrest with light warrior.

Sub