Coots Living Soil Recipe
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Coots living soil recipe. 2 cups of coot s nutrient and mineral pack above. 1 3 sphagnum peat moss. 1 part would be 5 gallons. Building soil clackamas coot living soil soil recipe supersoil april 17 2018 7 important things when building a living soil there are many recipes out there for mixing your own potting soil.
Living soil recipes living soil probiotic organic gardening knf super soil coots mix the rev s mix sub cools super soil clackamas coots. 1 part aeration material like lava rock pumice perlite rice hulls etc. Equal parts of sphagnum peat moss some aeration deal pumice rice hulls lava rock whatever is sitting in the garage and finally some mix of humus my compost worm castings some black leaf mold i bought from the local worm guy. Coots one of the original people introducing this style to the masses.
Coot s soil recipe per cubic foot of soil 7 5 gallons. Clackamas coot is was the guys name at icmag banned but maybe back now. 1 3 aeration amendment pumice lava rock perlite vermiculite rice hulls etc 1 3 high quality compost and or earthworm castings. Look for coots living organic soil or los.
When using the coots mix you use a 1 1 1 ratio of base mix aeration mix and a compost. 1 3 sphagnum peat moss. These results are further improved by increasing the amount of organic biomass in your soil. 1 3 high quality compost and or worm casting.
To every 1 cubic foot 7 5 gallons of the base mix add. For example i run rye grass clover and chocolate mint sometimes. The coots compost mix is used religiously in various no till soil blends due to its utter simplicity and fantastic results. 420mag and icmag have looong threads on it.
Build a soil cover crop blend mixture nitro fixers and da clover nitrogen fixer ryegrass dynamic accumulator alfalfa da chocolate mint ipm there are many others but these are a few. End note misc never till or recycle the soil. Most local compost will be better off used at 5 15 instead of 33 33 as this recipe calls for. High p amendments can have a negative effect on the soil mycorrhizal life for this reason coot recommends using this recipe.
The coots compost mix. 1 part sphagnum peatmoss coco leaf mold etc. 1 3 aƩration perlite pumice lava rock rice hulls etc 3. One thread thats at least 1100 pages 2 threads first closed to reduce server load.