Thoughts on reusing soil...

[caveman4.20]

soft rock phosphate is a nice additive for reused soil it prevents unused nitrogen to turn into ammonia please correct me if im wrong

 

[tattoojim]

i have a few hundred gallons of used soil, and tired of dragging it out side in the spring and dumping it in my flower and garden bed......so i have done a lil test..;):D
i took 3 fresh cuts , got some roots on them. went in my mixing room and and srapped up enough to top off a few red solo cups.. these cuts have had nothing but water. the bottom pic is one in the same soil, but had straight tea for one drink as a test

 

[caveman4.20]

Looks good tat did you just start reusing your soil for inside?

 

[tattoojim]

Looks good tat did you just start reusing your soil for inside?

those are my first ones to get reused soil...looking good so far....i figured if a plant was gonna show how the soil is, a cut would b great for the job..
im cracking some fresh beans, and they will get a chance to try out the soil also :)

 

[caveman4.20]

ya sounds good and smart move with the cuttings....back when i tried this i used sensyzyme and an awesome Myco product with protien and Soil Secrets TTP which is a vegan compost but everyone was scared to do it back then i mean the people i talked too but if the dirt was run organic i found there was only a few things to watch for that nitrogen thing earlier was one of the biggest things.... i cant wait to try it again know that theres more people fixing the bugs in this attempt one old man told me he onlybroke up the old roots every three years and thats indoor used soil bed

 

[tattoojim]

i have hygrozyme, but wanted to see how it went with out it..
i need to start reusing all the time....have you tryd to hide 300 gallons of used soil from you nieghbors ? lol...its a chore to do ;) cant keep making flower beds in my yard lol

 

[caveman4.20]

Thats cool if you have a living symbiotic rizhosphere or whatever you dont even need Enzyme thats y i gro TLO the bacteria and fungus make those same enzymes in the millions but thats if they are thriving and its a beautiful thing when all those microbeasts do their job!

 

[Seamaiden]

Jim, you PhotoShopped those, didn't you? ;)

 

[caveman4.20]

Seamaiden would you check out my gas lantern techinique thread in CO i was told you had some good input on unorthodox veg cycles

my bad Dizzworth for getting off subject,

 

[Seamaiden]

Caveman, I don't know a thing about that method, but I'll take a look. :)

 

[outwest]

I have to say I've started to reuse everything, and I'm kinda ashamed I hadn't previously.

outwest

 

[tattoojim]

Jim, you PhotoShopped those, didn't you? ;)

rite out of my veg room ;)...them cuts look better than the others...been doing a bunch of testing on cuts...straight tea, light tea..ph,d water and un ph'd,,used soil..uncooked soil..,,,lol lots of pest off plants and a few happy ones

 

[Dizzworth]

RE; Used soil

I put these plants in a bed that I had just Harvested out of ....Oct.1st

I didn't add anything...and never fed them...nothing but water (mostly rain)




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Damn that is some strain fire! BEAutiful.

 

[outwest]

My reuse could needs something to break it up a little make it more fluffy and less cakey. Will some type of sand or coir do this?

outwest

 

[Seamaiden]

Coir--yes; sand--yes; rice hulls--yes.

 

[below frigid]

I have been using the same soil in some spots 4 years or so. Started with about half native soil and roots 707 with some added chunky perilite, worm castings, chicken poop and a few other ingredients. I do add to it each year but yields are consistent if not better. One item I use that is supposed to promote beneficials and make the nutrients more available that really seems to make a difference is the diatomic humus.