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do you Re-use your medium (soil) ?
one can spend much money on medium if you do 4 grows a year -- recently looking at re-using soil - when you think about it if worked properly can reduce cost and also give you kind of a super soil meaning many microbe's ect still in it -----thoughts was spending $200.00 a year for 4 runs with OceanBlend + HappyFrog ($50.00 a grow for both) now with coco gues you could "clean" it and re-use Thoughts
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I dont get it, can you post a picture of your grows?
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Said he would months ago. Would love to see one after all he is the OG on hear. Far as reusing soil I would rather buy new because the people who make it have spent the time money and effort in figuring out what works best I reuse my bags and it stops there with electric and soil I average $5-600 a run what I get in return is worth more than quadruple that so I'm ok with new bags although some sticker shock when I bought some perlite holly crap did that go up.
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@ Rbt, add some dolomite when amending old media. @ Air, I reuse my media all the time. I have a base mix of coco, peat and perlite, to that I'll add 30% of new base media, after each use. Amending it has become a science. If you can test the old medium, that will give you a look into what it needs for the next grow. Never hurts to add bacteria and fungi too, I'm mainly organic though. I'll also send a soil sample in to Michigan State soil lab after every 4-5 times of use and amending. This will point out extreme deficiencies. Peace
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My best tip is get one of those harbor freight cement mixers. I'm always recycling soil, adding perlite and nutes. The machine will pay for itself time and again.
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I like SanBoisRedux's idea, personally I use a compost tumbler for mixing up and reusing my old soil but his idea would work great as well.
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When you get older like me...he,he,he you look for things you can do that keep you physically fit. Mixing my mixes in a baby pool, with a shovel, is one of things I do. I'ts a good burn fosho !!
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