Description
Build A Soil's original recipe: a water-only living organic potting soil based on the famous Clackamas Coots recipe. The base is Oly Mountain fish compost, sphagnum peat moss, pumice and rice hulls, and the nutrients are already included in the mix.
What's in it
The base mix, by parts:
- 1 part Oly Mountain fish compost
- 1 part sphagnum peat moss
- 2/3 part pumice
- 1/3 part rice hulls
Includes 5% pre-charged Colorado biochar.
Nutrients included in the soil
Per cubic foot of soil:
- Acadian kelp meal - 1/2 cup
- Crustacean meal - 1/2 cup
- Terviva karanja cake - 1/2 cup
- Brix Blend basalt - 2 cups
- Gypsum dust - 1 cup
- Oyster flour - 1 cup
Good to know
Potential to heat. Because multiple composts and ingredients are mixed together, this potting soil can heat up once it is combined into larger volumes and watered in. Double check soil temperatures before planting. This is especially likely when combining over 10 cubic foot soil bags into a new container.
Living soil. The compost and potting soils are not sterilized during manufacturing, so this soil contains plenty of life. That can include beneficial mites, fungi and microbes and, from time to time, unwanted fungus gnats. Efforts are made to keep anything unwanted to a minimum, but that can't be guaranteed. Beneficial insects, along with learning best practices to avoid a population explosion, are the recommended way to handle this.
Commercial growers - heavy metals. All organic potting soils contain trace amounts of heavy metals, and a soil with a lot of compost and amendments is no exception. Commercial facilities should be sure to have a heavy metal compliance program for their state to make sure they are in the clear, since each state varies. Home growers need not be concerned, as the commercial restrictions are significantly lower than even normal outdoor garden soil.
