i wouldnt get too wrapped up in the living soil thing, i say that for this reason, living soil just cant be maintained in small containers, far as a tent goes 7 gal is ideal ,but thinking that even a said advertisment claims it will just be water only,well it will at first up until you wash all out from runoff .
living soil is as one person mentioned ,the great outdoors, it will live if the soil has no end.
outside the moisture stay on top of the 6 to 8 inchs ,it has no bottom for the water to settle ,just keeps going down,
in containers the moisture resides in the bottom 6 inch of the conatainer ,because it has well the bucket stopping it from draining completly
this in my opinion also makes me feel that with the so called knuckle tip for watering is crap inside in tents,the moisture is in the bottom of pot and you cant feel that ans water and wind up over watering ,drowning your roots and also making the best house for knats , instead use weight as your judge,outside the knuckle tip works best.
the best way to figure this all out is to let the plant droop and then feed.
so with the living soil you really pay more attention to feed the Soil not the plant,living is a colony of life in the zone,so some top dressing you buy even though it claims OMRI certified does mean it organic but doesnt say it is imediate available , so it really isnt helping right then right, so look more to feeding your colony instead of your plant.
sounds complcated ,but it really isnt
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