Smelly super soil??

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Wobblyeastcoaster

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So I have read a few other threads about this and I'm thinking 1the soil is too wet, but it doesn't clump when I make a fist of soil. 2 it needs mixing daily and to dry out. So Im getting like a septic smell, it's been cooking for a week and a half. I didn't really follow a recipe per se but I used what I had for amendments. They were all Gaia green stuff but then I added molasses and oats to feed the Mycorrhizae. I have stirred it up as I can't dump it out to dry. I have it in my tent with a fan blowing on it and lights on to raise the temp of the tent. Hope it helps. Need to get this gross smell gone and hope I didn't wreck like 60liters of soil.
 
kratos015

kratos015

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It's gone anaerobic. What you're smelling is ammonia.

You just haven't been turning the soil enough. Just keep turning/mixing the soil and eventually the smell will go away and aerobic bacteria will come back into your soil. It hasn't been ruined, just requires a bit of extra work now.

You're good.
 
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Wobblyeastcoaster

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kratos015 said:
It's gone anaerobic. What you're smelling is ammonia.

You just haven't been turning the soil enough. Just keep turning/mixing the soil and eventually the smell will go away and aerobic bacteria will come back into your soil. It hasn't been ruined, just requires a bit of extra work now.

You're good.
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Awesome! Was worried I'd lose everything. I had the lid of the tote on and it would have a ton of moisture on the lid so hoping storing daily will help and the soil is ready in like a month
 
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ComfortCreator

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kratos015 said:
It's gone anaerobic. What you're smelling is ammonia.

You just haven't been turning the soil enough. Just keep turning/mixing the soil and eventually the smell will go away and aerobic bacteria will come back into your soil. It hasn't been ruined, just requires a bit of extra work now.

You're good.
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How about adding more mycos to help it along?
 
kratos015

kratos015

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Wobblyeastcoaster said:
Just wondering how would you do this. Compost tea? I have a lot of worm castings and compost in there now. This is my first time making a super soil so any help is great help! Thanks sir
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Don't add any more liquid for a while, keep turning it. You want to aerate it, you can moisten things up after the smell starts to go away.


ComfortCreator said:
How about adding more mycos to help it along?
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No sir, unfortunately mycos is useless without roots for them to attach to.


ComfortCreator said:
I use Recharge...do you have any form of mycos without nutrients from Gaia?
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Recharge is good shit. But first order of business is to remove the anaerobic bacteria, only way to do that is get enough aeration going in the soil. Turn it with a shovel/rake/etc. 2-3 times a day until the smell goes away. Then add some Recharge to the soil and keep mixing and you'll be just fine.
 
friedguy

friedguy

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AACT (if needed), oxygen and time.

I just added some CSPM to my mix that's been sitting in anaerobic pond water for a month. I'm just going to let it sit for a bit. I'll stir it up in a few days to check.

I've used recharge in the past and it works fine, but I'm trying to avoid adding additional trichoderma to my soils.
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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Molasses and oats will also feed all other types of fungi that are not as pleasant like trichoderma and promote all kinds of anaerobic bacteria to grow. Mix it all up real good and add something inert like more perlite and/or coco coir to cut it down....let it aerate for awhile.
No need to “feed” the fungi just inoculate with it at transplants. It will get along just fine with out any sources of food. Save the molasses for aacts once the soil is fully cooked. Granular mycorrhizae is what you want; I use myko xtreme but even a genetic white label will work. Sprinkle it in the hole at each transplant in contact with the root ball.
Recharge is ok but nowhere near as active as good worm castings. It should smell earthy and sweet; humus has a distinct aroma. If it smells like a pond that is anaerobic bacteria.
 
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Wobblyeastcoaster

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Richard Drysift said:
Molasses and oats will also feed all other types of fungi that are not as pleasant like trichoderma and promote all kinds of anaerobic bacteria to grow. Mix it all up real good and add something inert like more perlite and/or coco coir to cut it down....let it aerate for awhile.
No need to “feed” the fungi just inoculate with it at transplants. It will get along just fine with out any sources of food. Save the molasses for aacts once the soil is fully cooked. Granular mycorrhizae is what you want; I use myko xtreme but even a genetic white label will work. Sprinkle it in the hole at each transplant in contact with the root ball.
Recharge is ok but nowhere near as active as good worm castings. It should smell earthy and sweet; humus has a distinct aroma. If it smells like a pond that is anaerobic bacteria.
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So I took the lip off, well loose, put itin my tent so I could filter the stink and in the day an a half it's starting to smell better but is hot. The probe said 40.it was really warm/hot to the touch. Decomposition happening I guess!
 
TaoRich

TaoRich

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friedguy said:
oxygen and time
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+1

Exposure to oxygen generally kills the bad stuff over time.
Exposure to oxygen favours the good microbes and they'll overcome the anaerobic nasties.

Keep stirring and churning regularly to allow all of it a chance to get some surface time exposed to fresh air.
 
TaoRich

TaoRich

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LinkiSt said:
If smelly does it mean fertilized or am I misunderstanding?
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There's good smelly ... which is an earthy pungent richness

For example, seaweed or kelp or manure have a strong odour, but not foul.

Then there's bad smelly ... which is typically sour

The sour smell comes from anaerobic bacteria ... meaning those that thrive in the absence of oxygen.

That's more like the smell of stuff that has gone funky gunky in the bottom of your fridge, or a blocked drain.
 
dynomyco

dynomyco

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Good luck and Happy Growing :peace:
 
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