Will rain wash away nutrients from two months ago?

diabIo

New Member
Two months ago I had a setup for ten autoflowers outdoors in Air-Pots. Something came up and I decided to grow them indoors, but I left the Air-Pots with 2:3 FF Ocean Forest & Happy Frog outdoors. Can I still use this soil, or will all of the nutrients have been washed away?
 

mudballs

Well-Known Member
it will be somewhat depleted but not completely. The nutrients aren't all instantly water soluble and mobile. Mix it 50:50 with a fresh batch, that's what i do with soil i don't feel 100% about
 

SidV

Well-Known Member
Better be careful 2 months is a lot of time for bugs to take up home in that dirt
 

diabIo

New Member
Better be careful 2 months is a lot of time for bugs to take up home in that dirt
I've read somewhere that leaving your soil in heat, before use, will kill bugs throughout the soil - something like leaving it in a black car during a hot day. Is this true?
 

mudballs

Well-Known Member
that's sterilizing...it has to get above 140deg Fahrenheit. and there's different bugs that require different heat for different lengths of time to kill them. between 140-180, don't go higher than that. if it does the soil can literally become toxic to all plants from the heat and chemistry
 
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