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Recycling Soil between grows

Free_I_grow
Free_I_growstarted grow question 3 years ago
Can I get some opinions about recycling soil? I started off with a mix of FoxFarm Ocean Forest & Happy Frog Coco, Perlite, worm castings and a 1/4 cup of diatomaceous earth. Break up the old roots then soak it with Recharge & mycorrhizae and a new brick of coco.
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Cheeba_Inu
Cheeba_Inuanswered grow question 3 years ago
Looks like a good start. I would would use an enzyme product such as cannazyme, as those are designed to break down and dissolve old dead roots within a growing medium. I use it while recycling coco, should have a similar effect in coco. There are many brands of enzymatics on the market and really any should work (although some may work better). This will save you from the effort of trying to remove every little dead root clump from the soil lol. Happy growing! 🌱👍
GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3 years ago
My pots are so utterly filled with roots I can't imagine using the soil again. There simply isn't much left to save. I would think if you are only refreshing the soil with coco and microbes your soil will be very different for the second run. The first time around it was a soil but for the second urn I think you'll be closer to hydro in coco. I think to rebuild "soil" you will have to recreate the soil and everything that entails.
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Hempy_The_Kid
Hempy_The_Kidanswered grow question 3 years ago
I would remove as much root and plant material first. Then I would bake or pasteurize the soil then add nutrients.
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Free_I_grow
Free_I_growanswered grow question 3 years ago
FYI I live in a city so I don't have an outdoor space to transfer the soil, and seriously there's a lot of expensive ingredients in there and more importantly: I am not going to throw out good soil. That seems wrong on so many levels.
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