Lmao. Sorry just hit me. Early morning wood.
Ty @Hogbud . My circle will be in a couple of weeks. Been off my game a bit and letting them down on amounts produced. That is in the process of being fixed.
I’ve working that angle, as well. When I fill the pots now, I leave space for the later amendments mixed with soil.
Hey everyone. I’m trying to switch back to living soil after years of coco growing. I just grabbed 40lbs of BAS 3.0 mix, compost, pumice, etc according to their 3.0 recipe. My question is, should I pick up anything else before I get started or is that enough to do a fast run in 7 gal pots? Do I need additional tea or feed supplies?
Sounds like a great start, I would imagine you be good with that, my last indoor I added a cover crop which definitely seemed to help. Good luck!!
Cool thanks I have cover crop coming too. I appreciate the input. Last time I did living soil there wasn’t near the info or resources available. We have come a long way from chicken
sh!# tea and molasses.
@Roadsideorganics.ok
I agree. I included a link to my grow where I did the same thing.
(Sorry for the repeat post @ADK_Guerrila. )
SL out.
@Gl1tch the 3.0 will get you through veg. Worms and bokashi are a great additions to help break down the ammendments. 2 weeks before the flip to flower, I would start topdressings with some flower ammendments and compost. I looked at @Roadsideorganics.ok
Back Road Blooms 1-5-3. I haven’t tried it yet but it has the right ingredients ( Crab Meal, Fish Meal, Bone Meal, Seabird Guano, Neem Cake, Langbinite, Oyster Shell Flour, Basalt, Green Sand, Gypsum) for flowering cannabis. Something like that will get you through flower. There are definitely more living soil growers around now adays. Good luck with your grow 
How many worms should I throw in each 7 gal pot? @Roadsideorganics.ok, How much Back Road Blooms would you recommend to get 6 girls through flower? Thanks everyone for all the help
I would use around 5-10 red wiggler worms in a 7gal. The worms will reproduce too. If you can only throw 2 in each pot, its better than none. Sometimes when you buy worm castings, they come with some eggs.
Our 4 lb bags have enough to get 6 plants in 10 gallon pots through up to 10 weeks of flower no problem. So that should be plenty for your 7 gallon pots
I have a huge list of possible cover crops. I don’t have a pic of it. But there is probably around 30 or so different types. Not sure if I should/will use all but I’m looking to get as much diversity as I can within my mix. Most I’ve seen online only have about 10-13 types not sure if this is optimal or just an attempt to sale more lol. I haven’t checked your website yet. Been meaning to just haven’t had time.
We have made our own cover crop blends as well as purchased several different premade blends, and from my experience it gets really pricey trying tp do a ton of varieties, and there is some difficulty in keeping all the seeds evenly mixed. When mixing a large range of seed size and shape its hard to not have smaller seeds like clover settle to the bottom, buckwheat has a shape almost like chocolate chips that gras big gaps letting them fall down to speak. Then when it comes to actually selling it so many people have their own preferences that making multiple blends that fit a wider range of preferences help. Now this is all just my personal experience, and do not claim to be a cover crop expert. For sources Millborn seeds has some great pre made mixes (they may have a different name for their cover crop side), they aslo have a good variety of single seeds and barley. But for single seeds for mixing my own i like Sustain Seeds, they have alot of options and a fair price. Bothe of those companies are ag scale so will be on 50 lb bags.
The effing stoner killed me and Grayson off didn’t he! Sick puppy u are 
So I have a watering question. I see a lot of people here recommend SIP but I’ve also read quite a bit elsewhere about using auto irrigation system to drip or spray small amounts of water frequently to simply maintain moisture content in the soil. Has anyone tried this or compared the two?
Indoors - Ive only done SIP. Hard to imagine myself going any other way. It’s very easy, no over watering issues, the plants get to drink as much as they want. Important to have a cover over the soil, or a real good mulch, to keep the top layer moist. I would occasionally, every 1 to 2 weeks, mix up a treat and water in from the top (varies, lactobacillus, molasses, kelp, humic, fulvic).
Outdoors - I’ve done both the past couple years. This year I’m going only with SIP. It was fun setting up a reservoir, getting a pump on a timer, putting in the drippers. I found that I was always adjusting the timer schedule, more water on hot days, less when it rains, etc. Pump ran on a wifi smart outlet, and a couple times when I was away it lost connection - I was never sure if it still ran the pump or not.
Overall I found SIP to be much easier and didn’t see any sacrifice in plant health or quality. I could also imagine a really well done drip/spray irrigation kicking ass, but for me it’s not worth the time and effort.
I just made 3 more DIY SIPs out of HD totes and drainage pipe. They will give me about a 18litre water reservoir and 46 litres of soil volume (4.7 and 12 gallons)
I do have a well regulated grow room and a good irrigation system already so I was thinking about comparing the two. I do believe SIP is a lot easier. In my endless quest to emulate nature I can’t help but wonder about the top down watering since that is mostly what we see in nature. Does it really matter? Probably not. I can see the irrigation being a major pain outdoor, but sadly I can’t grow outdoor anymore as I am surrounded by commercial farms and hemp fields.
What kind of milk are you using and at what proportion to fermented carbohydrates solution?
I had to do a double take on your pic
I use the same bottle