Live soil (microbes, cover crop, etc)

[prestondillan15]

Have been doing research on growing using live soil and maintaining a natural environment for the plant and soil. Things I've been looking into are: cover crops, worms, water/compost teas. Anyone have any knowledge on live soil? Anything from mycorrhiza to beneficial plants. Thanks!

 

[tomatoesarecooltoo]

I am no expert, but this is the way I like to garden, have any questions in particular?

 

[prestondillan15]

I am no expert, but this is the way I like to garden, have any questions in particular?

I guess how to maintain a healthy biodiverse medium and what kind of mixes being used. Been looking into no till so how could one transplant w out killing the microbe life. I see a lot of living soil growers growing in planter boxes rather than fabric pots and I kind of like the idea because it's closer to a natural environment but I can see how there may be some problems growing multiple plants in one bed.

 

[tomatoesarecooltoo]

Soil life is pretty resilient. A small disturbance like a transplant wont effect it much, but some no-till gardeners like to direct sow. I like to transplant from a solo cup into the final container.

Might want to check out this thread. Another new no-till grower had similar questions and I left some good resources their.

Please help me identify if these ingredients of living soil are correct.

Ingredients: Earthworm humus Coconut fiber and spagno peat Pumice Bokashi Pro Shrimp flour Crab Meal Seaweed Flour Alfalfa and Nettle Flour Rock Flour Marine Guano Diatoms Activated carbon Minerals in natural form (various) Microbiology (various) source (in spanish)...

www.thcfarmer.com

 

[prestondillan15]

Soil life is pretty resilient. A small disturbance like a transplant wont effect it much, but some no-till gardeners like to direct sow. I like to transplant from a solo cup into the final container.

Might want to check out this thread. Another new no-till grower had similar questions and I left some good resources their.

Please help me identify if these ingredients of living soil are correct.

Ingredients: Earthworm humus Coconut fiber and spagno peat Pumice Bokashi Pro Shrimp flour Crab Meal Seaweed Flour Alfalfa and Nettle Flour Rock Flour Marine Guano Diatoms Activated carbon Minerals in natural form (various) Microbiology (various) source (in spanish)...

www.thcfarmer.com

Thank you!!

 

[tomatoesarecooltoo]

Thank you!!

No problem! Here is another good resource that is not covered in that thread, despite having a very similar name.

No-Till Gardening | Mountain Organics Botanicals

@mountainorganics on ig