Super Soil-cook during winter or wait until spring ?

I am preping for next season. I want to go all organic and mostly water only. I will be using the same holes for next season, each hole is about 5 gallons of soil. The soil is about 60% peatmoss 20% native soil and 20% perlite with some Espoma Garden Lime. Will these amendments get me though harvest with just water. I plan to topdress with some 0-7-0 guano during flowering and some compost teas here and there. I just need to know if I have what I need to get me through harvest.

Per 5 Gallon hole:

1/8 cup of 9-3-2 Bat Guano (2 heaping tablespoons)
1/4 cup of 1-0-2 Espoma Kelp Meal
1/2 cup of 3-4-6 Espoma Tomato Tone
1/2 cup of Espoma Garden Lime
1/2 cup of 4-12-0 Espoma Bone Meal
1 cup of 5-3-2 Chickity Doo Doo Chicken Manure
1 cup of 1-0-0 Earth Worm Castings

Also I live in upstate NY and we get freezing winters up here. Would it be a bad idea to put this mix into the ground now, before frost, and let it sit in the ground all winter until spring. I plan to reinoculate the soil with a EWC tea with greatwhite and High Brix molasses. I know that the bacteria will freeze during the winter but will it actually be worse for the super soil to go out that early and wait until spring to start mixing?

Small Pineapple Express Bud from last grow

More pictures of whole plants if anyones interested

yah probably wait until spring

why not take your time and dig bigger holes to amend, you have all winter.i fertilize in fall n let cook over winter myself.....peace

i am digging 20 holes and already have my amendments pre measured for each 5 gallon hole and used the last of the amendments above to do so. IF i dig the holes bigger, would i need to get more amendments. I dont really want to buy anything else so I hope this is enough to get me by even if I do dig wider holes.


These are the size i keep my ladies, around 3 feet.

Thank you so much brimck, great ideas! So i am going to dig and amend my soil for about 10 gallons of supersoil. I am also going to start cooking this weekend and let it cook until next spring when i plan to add more EWC and compost teas to reinoculate the supersoil. Will the amendment measurments i have, can i get through an entire harvest with some topdressing and compost teas?

Per 10 gallons of soil:
1/4 cup of 9-3-2 Bat Guano (4 heaping tablespoons)
1/2 cup of 1-0-2 Espoma Kelp Meal
1 cup of 3-4-6 Espoma Tomato Tone
1 cup of Espoma Garden Lime
1 cup of 4-12-0 Espoma Bone Meal
1 cup of 5-3-2 Chickity Doo Doo Chicken Manure
2 cup of 1-0-0 Earth Worm Castings

Winter is the perfect time to prepare soil. Just mix out the fertilizer pockets. Soil will coalesce whether frozen or not.

That is what I want to hear! Thank you so much. And does my super soil cover everything that I need?

i think that would be plenty to get em through, if not, you can always top-dress. good luck bro...peace

sk8nbmxr411 said:

That is what I want to hear! Thank you so much. And does my super soil cover everything that I need?

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for flowering photoperiod cannabis, yes but not for autos if you're a beginner. It takes some finesse for autos. You should read up on subcools 2010 revised super soil thread man.

Yea itll be g13 pineapple express 8 weeker, not the auto. And they will all be clones vegged indoors for a few weeks. I have read a ton of Sub's threads and watch his videos on youtube. I wasn't able to get the exact supplies everyone uses and I just wanted to make sure what I have will do the trick.