Subcools Super Soil
In a nut shell it's a hot soil with a strong nutrient package that, if used correctly, should be enough to carry an entire grow cycle. This means NO added nutes! No mixing, no guessing, no nothing. Basically you would just be adding water as needed. In my case, tap water for the entire grow. Now I could use ro and calmag (and, as I understand it, might need calmag anyway) but then the cost of operation increases slightly. My tap is free so why not? I live in a mountainous region and there is no chlorination practiced on my local water supply. SS is entirely 100% organic. This is an awesome benefit. This also means that the need for flushing is eliminated. Here is the recipe I am using for this grow:
Subs SS 1/3 recipe
Base
1 bag Light Warrior
1 Bag Happy Frog
1 bag Ocean Forest
Supplements
10 lbs worm castings (I got a twelve lb bag and just used it all)
1 lb 11oz steamed bone meal
1 lb 11oz blood meal
1 lb 11oz
fruit bat guano (bloom mix)
1 lb rock phosphate (could only find soft rock locally. That's the tan stuff, not the black stuff)
1 lb crab meal
1 lb kelp meal
2oz epsom (I used the store bought. It is recommended that you use the biotanical epsom, but be darned if I know where to get it)
8 tsp lime (doesn't seem like much, huh? Yeah, I used a little more)
8 tsp azomite
2 tsp humic acid powder
1 gal water (I used a little more here too)
I added NO mycorrhizae. Ocean Forest already claims to have it. Also, when I was at Greenfire (makers of Earth Juice), in Chico Ca. looking at the EJ line of mycorrhizae, the EJ spokes person told me not to waste my money
confused:
) that it takes a year to become beneficial. I didn't have a year. Well, the jury is still out on the use of fungi.
This recipe was mixed and stored in a large rubbermaid container. Sub says to put it outside in the sun so it can 'cook', however I found that it seems to do just as good cooking anywhere. Even in a cool, air conditioned room it goes off and creates an enormous amount of heat. If you end up doing it this way, just be prepared for the smell when you airiate it for the first time. IT IS FOUL! So this is how it goes for a minimum of one month. Mine went two for good measure.
One more thing about this soil is that it will cook anything you plant in it. When using it for mj, you have to buffer the ss with base soil and allow the mj roots to find there own way or your plants will die.
Hope this clears up any questions and gives everyone an idea of what's going on here. Fun stuff, eh?