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Reconditioning soil after grow?

JohnQPublic1917
JohnQPublic1917started grow question 2 years ago
I just completed my first grow with Happy Frog Soil. Soil PH is high after the grow. I'm experimenting with dropping it down to 6.5 after. Right now I'm using coffee and earthworms in 2 of the 4 fabric pots. Do you recondition soil, or replace w/ new soil?
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
If you want to reuse the medium over a few times it needs to go though a phase where it composts a bit and is ready for new life. It then needs to be fortified with minerals and organic matter that was lost in the last grow. One quick way of doing this is to toss it into a pressure cooker and zap it so its sterile and then fortify it. More life will be needed in the soil like worm castings or you will run into problems with this method as the pressure cooker is killing most of the life in the soil, good and bad. Its not like the earth outside is getting new soil, when farmers grow they cycle crops and refortify the soil with manure/green manure. When we grow with much smaller amounts of soil we need to really add a lot more into it as we don't have the luxury of it being outside. To make it stupid simple toss your old soil in the garden and grow some tasty veggies with it, get new stuff when you want. I myself plan on reusing my medium a few times and will compost it in batches on my deck in a black garbage bag before incorporating it into the garden. Best Of Luck!
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
If you need any other help shoot me a DM' Your inbox Is the little green arrow in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. Good Luck!
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 2 years ago
I am not crazy about Happy Frog to begin with. I get better results with Ocean Forest and find it to be a much better product for the entire grow including sprouting. If you are growing properly there really should not be any "soil" left to reuse. At the end of a grow my pots are a solid block of roots. I can work hard and maybe get 10 or 20% of soil stuff out but it is totally spent. I would NOT recommend reusing soil or trying to freshen it up or rejuvenate. Spend the small amount of money and use fresh for every grow.
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Hempy_The_Kid
Hempy_The_Kidanswered grow question 2 years ago
You can recondition your soil, but it is a process. I believe it's cheaper then buying new also. You can find directions online. I prefer new soil and use my used soil in my lawn and garden.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 years ago
New soil every grow is the way to go. Too many problems/risks with second hand soil.
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