Reusing soil

Vikky_Chips

Vikky_Chips

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Hi y'all,

Last year I successfully grew 5 plants in 10 litre cloth pots with organic, premium soil.
After harvesting and taking the main roots out of the pots, there was left all the small and fibrous roots throughout the soil.
My question is could I plant my new clones into this soil if I mixed it up a bunch? I'd hate to waste it, but would the leftover tiny roots interfere with the new growth?
 
ProPheT 216

ProPheT 216

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Yes you can. I would google it tho and read some. Clean it out the best you can, maybe even attempt to sterilize
 
Rozgreenburn

Rozgreenburn

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Vikky_Chips said:
Hi y'all,

Last year I successfully grew 5 plants in 10 litre cloth pots with organic, premium soil.
After harvesting and taking the main roots out of the pots, there was left all the small and fibrous roots throughout the soil.
My question is could I plant my new clones into this soil if I mixed it up a bunch? I'd hate to waste it, but would the leftover tiny roots interfere with the new growth?
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If you did NOT use synthetic nutes, then, yes. If your old medium was cleaned [no stems or big roots], and has sat for 30 days or more you'll be fine.
 
Rozgreenburn

Rozgreenburn

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I also use the spent soil for the first 2 inches of my final pots floor. I would suggest doing that with spent medium. Clones and seedlings are way more sensitive to nute burn, so I only use a weak organic mix [new] for them. There will be plenty of time to push your plants, once they have a good start.
 
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Jafo232

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I have done this for years with vegetable planters. What I do is throw it into a hot compost pile to ensure it kills any disease that may be in there and then mix it in well. It gets so diluted into the compost that I have never had any issues.
 
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