Is a subculture/bacteria necessary in coco using General Organics?

I am extremely confused. I have looked everywhere for the answer to this question and cant find what I'm looking for.
Here is my situation. I'm using the general organics line, and my medium is 50/50 coco/perlite. I have not amended my medium with anything else, no myco, subculture, bacteria, compost, etc.. I am brand new to to organics and was under the impression that the general organics line didn't require any of these things in your medium. Adding to the confusion is that every single person I see talking about this subject is referring to growing in soil.
Do I need to add something to my medium, as in remix it?
Can I just add subculture to the feeding schedule instead?
Or can I run the GO line all by itself in the medium with nothing else?

My seedlings have sprouted and are about to hit the first set of true leaves. I transplanted my cubes into the pots and I was about to start feeding today but this question came up before I could.

Please save me from my incompetence RIU!
 

bertaluchi

Well-Known Member
you can use beneficial bacteria and fungi to you mix but with the organic acids in the GO line you will have to keep adding them because those "organic" products have to contain acids to chelate the nutes. Those acids make for a tough life for your bennies. The idea in true organics is to get off of the bottles and use actual organic amendments like kelp meal, fish meal ect. and cook that with your soil for a few weeks. When you do a true organic grow it sounds like a lot but it really is easy. There are recipes all over the net for mixing your own organic soil. Then you can use AACT(tea) for you feeding and to pack your soil with microlife. And growing in this fashion you will have top notch funk. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I don't know everything by any means, but there are a lot of good organic guys here and if I cant answer a question for you I could probably direct you to someone who can.
 
It won't work well. I've tried it as I had got a bunch for free. Used with promix and to very poor results. It was just experimental.

Any bottled organic nutrient is best used with a live soil. Unless you bubble it for a few days (on some brands) and or adjust pH. Which..then why do organics?

Most bottles have chemicals of some sort. One I do trust is earth juice. But they need to be bubbled and adjusted and a live soil really helps with pH.

Make or buy a good soil. Give it water and teas. Call it a day. Grow amazing plants and watch your friends try to figure out why the rust spots come back every time at 4 weeks. Lol..

Best terpene production to boot.

Inert soil. Go synthetic. But I would go with a well built soil any day over a bottle or bale from any store. Real talk man.
 
Also. Simply adding worm shit to that mix and maybe some more perlite depending on the feel, will go a long way on making it a viable, easy, stress free grow. That's all the bacteria you really need. Maybe some myco for good measure. But good quality worm shit/compost is everything they try to sell ya bacteria wise in a bottle/powder.
 
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