The coots compost mix is used religiously in various no till soil blends due to its utter simplicity and fantastic results.
Coots living soil recipe.
When using the coots mix you use a 1 1 1 ratio of base mix aeration mix and a compost mix.
Coconut water benefits all soil life not just plants however you do want to make sure the plants get some so i ll explain how i target the root zone.
Take bag of char add 1 2 gallon ewc 2 4 cups fish or guano or alfalfa or comfrey soak a week in act strain and add to soil.
1 2 cup organic neem meal 1 2 cup organic kelp meal 1 2 cup crab meal or crustacean meal 4 cups of mineral mix aka rock dust.
Making coots soil mix.
8 large bags of a high quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae i e your base soil 25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings 5 lbs steamed bone meal 5 lbs bloom bat guano 5 lbs blood meal 3 lbs rock phosphate cup epson salts cup sweet lime dolomite cup azomite trace elements 2 tbsp powdered humic acid.
This is a recipe that u herblion uses for his indoor no till living soil grows.
This recipe uses 100 natural amendments to grow some of the best cannabis you ve ever seen smelled or smoked.
To each 1 c f.
For example if you are trying to make 15 gallons of soil 2 cubic feet you would add 5 gallons of each and then mix thoroughly.
This ensures the water and coconut water will run down the stem and follow along the roots like water tends to do find the path of least resistance.
Mineral mix recipe 1x glacial rock dust.
This method removes the need for most people to check ph and ppm levels.
Here is the recipe.
If you don t know what living soil is please refer to our soil food web page for an in depth explanation.
For example i feed 1 2 cup of coconut water per gallon as opposed to but i feed the whole bed after targeting root zones.
1 cup gypsum 5.
These results are further improved by increasing the amount of organic biomass in your soil.
Allow up to 10 total soil volume.
Of this mix i add the following.
1 3 sphagnum peat moss.
8 large bags of a high quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae i e your base soil 25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings 5 lbs steamed bone meal 5 lbs bloom bat guano 5 lbs blood meal 3 lbs rock phosphate cup epson salts cup sweet lime dolomite cup azomite trace elements 2 tbsp powdered humic acid.
The consistency of flour.
Enzyme tea 2 tablespoons of seeds 1 oz.
1 3 compost or learn how to make your own compost 1 3 sphagnum peat moss.
4 5 cups rock dust per cf rock dust should be super fine.
1 2 cup neem or karanja cake 4.
Cowboy charcoal from whole foods.
I start by spraying the trunk at the soil or mulch line.
The mixture is then required to cook which involves sitting together in a tub for 3 6 weeks to that essential microbes can form.
The coots compost mix.
1 3 aeration pumice perlite lava rock etc 1 3 compost earthworm castings.
Then i soak all.
1 cup caco3 oyster shell flour dolomite lime calcitic lime etc 6.
Let s go over the recipe and then we can further discuss the best sourcing of the inputs.