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Not familiar with the product, but I don't think there's any “cooking” going on. Beneficial critters can get cooked during the composting process when your pile heats up. But if you're just adding compost to peat moss and then adding some organic fertilizers then it doesn't matter, as your soil mix isn't heating up. (The beneficial bugs are going to be in your compost.)OK I am trying to use coots living soil mix and here is my problem im running into
I am confused when I see soil mix and then compost. The 2 are separate at first right?
Then I mix them together and let them cook right?
When do I add the worms , springtails, and other beneficial bugs? from the start? or once everything is cooked?
Coots is just the soil recipe there is a guy known as clackamus coots.Not familiar with the product, but I don't think there's any “cooking” going on. Beneficial critters can get cooked during the composting process when your pile heats up. But if you're just adding compost to peat moss and then adding some organic fertilizers then it doesn't matter, as your soil mix isn't heating up. (The beneficial bugs are going to be in your compost.)
Hmm thanks for the response hopefully someone can confirm all this.. or correct it. I really wanna do this living soil because of no chemicals and I do not need to flush at the end of flowering. Just a lot of benefitsI could be wrong but I believe the “bugs” are on the microbial level, as in little tiny critters that are already in your soil they just reproduce and multiply when you take care of your soil. That’s what is meant by living soil.
you can add worms if you want but it isn’t necessary. Also, any beneficial insects like lacewings and ladybugs can be added as the plant grows, when or if there is a pest problem.
Gonna make my owndid you buy his kit or making your own
And this is what confuses me . I thought I needed q compost to add to the soil mix. Then add bugs but I'm totally lost now.i just googled coots soil recipe and you dont add any bugs unless you want to go all out but your creating a soil . compost and soil are two different thing but depending on what you are putting in it you may have to cook it .what amendments are you using ? i made a soil mix for the first time this year with out cooking it
Bro thank you I was breaking my head. I understand now then. One last thing is the bugs that's my concern, do I buy them or they are a product of the compost as it ages and the soils fed?also make sure to distill your water or the chlorine will kill the life your trying to grow in the soil
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