Roots Organics potting soil gone anaerobic!

highstandards said:

So yesterday after discovering that my batch of super soil I intended to use he gone anaerobic, I decided to go ahead and up pot my new crop into just plain ROPS and th en feed with teas until I can fix my supersoil batch. So I headed to the hydro store and purchased 30 bags of ROPS and had the shop load it up. I was very disappointed when I got home when I smelled the EXACT same smell that my supersoil was giving off after going anaerobic. It REEKS of manure and ammonia, some bags are even worse than the way my botched superior smelled. So after coming here and learning what went wrong with my super soil, it seems undeniable that the same condition was created in the new potting soil from being packed tightly into the middle of the pallet of bags and being wrapped with the plastic like they do.

So basically I have 30bags of brand new soil that I paid 16bucks a bag for that needs to be "fixed" before I can even use it. This sucks! Anyone else experienced the same?

Before I understood how to diagnose anaerobic conditions, I had smelled some batches of ROPS that had a mild smell (not near as bad as this particular pickup) and was just told that that batch "had more manure" in it. So I went ahead and put the soil in the 10gal root bags I intend to use, and then applied an ACT. Just wanted your guys input on this

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midwestmmj said:

WONT BE A PROB. my ss went anarobic, i set it out to evaportate some moisture, the put it back into the can to let it do its thing. Its just dirt man, its no prob, someone told me they have used it like that (heavy ammonia smell) and had no problems.

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