s.s base soil alternative

so this season as far as soil has been a shitty one at least where im at! roots,fox farms are infested with gnats and other crawlers. so My options are black gold organic, mg organic "stored outside" so this one will be a last resort, and promix bx "not ideal" so it's looking like black gold or mg organic! Which of the 2 is more ideal for subs recipe?

I've never used it personally, but I've heard nice things about Black Gold.

get half of each and mix em, I used a mix of garden safe, mg, promix ultimate organic as my base, works fine

If amending the soil with more EWC in the first place, you really shouldn't have to worry about soil dwellers. Compost teas, beneficial nematodes, mixing DE into soil will also make those larvae a non issue.

elduece said:

If amending the soil with more EWC in the first place, you really shouldn't have to worry about soil dwellers. Compost teas, beneficial nematodes, mixing DE into soil will also make those larvae a non issue.

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Wormcastings themselves can contain fungus gnat larve. But you are correct the DE will help.

guudbud said:

so My options are black gold organic, mg organic "stored outside"

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if you buy the 8 quart bags of mg organic they will be usually stored inside not like the 1.5cu bags

I use Kellogg Patio Plus Potting Soil and add in Coco Coir and extra worm castings. I also add organic steer manure when I can find it. The regular steer manure is always around but since they use so much antibiotics and hormones on cows, I will only use Organic Steer Manure.

GeeTee said:

if you buy the 8 quart bags of mg organic they will be usually stored inside not like the 1.5cu bags

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Who the hell wants to buy 8 qt bags? Most people would have to buy like 50 or more...
And MG? n/m