REUSE POTTING SOIL ?

RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

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Rookie question I know, but am I able to use the growing medium (Atami Bcuzz Hydromix) I have in my pots now again when I transplant into bigger pots or do I just use new soil altogether?
its been in the current pots for couple weeks and I used some Dadga Grow(nute/fert) time released
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bleak303

bleak303

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I would always use new soil. Used soil is great compound and growing medium for house plants though. The soil loses its microbes that are vital to the growth of roots, and the plant.
 
tstick

tstick

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I disagree with that. If you take care of your soil, it will actually get better. You just need to add some of the depleted nutrients. I'm going to add some bat guano and worm castings…maybe a little blood meal and bone meal…

As long as it hasn't been infected or nested with anything, it should get better over time with proper management.
 
cannaculturalist

cannaculturalist

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Provided you haven't had any issues with soil born pests/disease, then I would be very much inclined to reused the medium. I'd give it a good rinse/flush before reusing to remove any unwanted nutrients/salts/minerals/gunk and manually remove any visible/larger organic fragments (roots etc). If you have any any pest/disease issues, you may want to consider sterilising the medium (heat in oven or steam), but isn't necessary. A healthy soil shouldn't be sterilised though - make the most of the good organisims to naturally cleanse the soil if need be - are you using any bacteria/mycorrhizae product?
 
RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

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tstick said:
I disagree with that. If you take care of your soil, it will actually get better. You just need to add some of the depleted nutrients. I'm going to add some bat guano and worm castings…maybe a little blood meal and bone meal…

As long as it hasn't been infected or nested with anything, it should get better over time with proper management.
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Thanks for the reply
 
RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

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cannaculturalist said:
Provided you haven't had any issues with soil born pests/disease, then I would be very much inclined to reused the medium. I'd give it a good rinse/flush before reusing to remove any unwanted nutrients/salts/minerals/gunk and manually remove any visible/larger organic fragments (roots etc). If you have any any pest/disease issues, you may want to consider sterilising the medium (heat in oven or steam), but isn't necessary. A healthy soil shouldn't be sterilised though - make the most of the good organisims to naturally cleanse the soil if need be - are you using any bacteria/mycorrhizae product?
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Thanks for your reply.
No not that I know of i haven't had any pests or disease issues yet. there are now on there 3rd week so still pretty young.
And no not using any bacteria/mycorrhizae products. To be honest not even sure what that is.
Just started to research the subject of flushing soil.
My concern with that is were it a time release nutrient/fertilizer and it already in the soil i using now. if i use new soil or flush the soil currently using. That if i re apply more nute/fert I'm going to get more nute burn which i already made my few of my babies go through by using to early. And if i just simply don't use more im afraid they might not have enough nute with just the soil.
 
RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY

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RAYRAY420SMOKEWEEDEREDAY said:
Thanks for your reply.
No not that I know of i haven't had any pests or disease issues yet. there are now on there 3rd week so still pretty young.
And no not using any bacteria/mycorrhizae products. To be honest not even sure what that is.
Just started to research the subject of flushing soil.
My concern with that is were it a time release nutrient/fertilizer and it already in the soil i using now. if i use new soil or flush the soil currently using. That if i re apply more nute/fert I'm going to get more nute burn which i already made my few of my babies go through by using to early. And if i just simply don't use more im afraid they might not have enough nute with just the soil.
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So if I just kinda pick through the soil a bit and reuse it where i haven't had any pest/diseases issues and I mix it with new soil to make sure it still gets some of the nute/fert to carry it through til my next transplant I should be fine right ???
 
bird mcbride

bird mcbride

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The reality is you should not use the same soil twice for growing mj and you should not use it for growing edibles after it has been used for mj. Mj is inherently prone to certain microbes that naturally exist in the soil and the mj plant excites these microbes. Once a crop is infected the disease can be passed on from plant to plant even if they are in separate plantpots and different soil.
 
Fangule

Fangule

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I recycle my soil, I put it in a container add Azomite, Glacial Rock Dust Bone/Blood meal, Alfalfa,Humic Acid, Calcitic Dolomite Lime and my favorite Epsoma Bio-Tone, let it sit for a month and I'm good to go. I stay organic to avoid issues and chems.
 
BenFranklin

BenFranklin

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I am sorry to hear about your lack of finances, I don't wish that on anyone.

However, your plants will be ok, rootbound, for a couple weeks. It shouldn't harm them...
 
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