Subs Super Soil 101

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I am making up a new batch of Super soil and I get so many questions on the way I do it I thought Iâ??d shoot this labor intensive process. The main change is a soil I am trying that the new hydro store carries. Northern Lights Hydro is a chain and we had never shopped there before. The guy was ultra nice and gave us a 10% discount on the entire order and gave us a free bottle of Vita Grow Rooting Hormone and a Free Fox farm T-shirt. His prices rocked to so I am trying his new product. I always use at least 2-3 large bags of high quality organic soil in addition too 2 large bales of sunshine mix. I had been using a local product but last run it was mainly peat and bark and I wasnâ??t impressed so I am adding this product as well as some blood meal to stop the fading I got to early last run.

â??Lignite, also known as leonardite, mined lignin, brown coal, and slack, is an important constituent to the oil well, drilling industry. Lignite, or leonardite as it will be referred as hereafter, is technically known as a low rank coal between peat and sub-bituminous. Leonardite was named for Dr. A.G. Leonard, North Dakota's first state geologist, who was a pioneer in the study of lignite deposits. Leonardite is applied to products having a high content of humic acid. Humic acid has been found to be very useful as a drilling mud thinner.â?�

So lets take a look at the ingredients of this new product
Roots Organic

Coca Fiber
Perlite
Pumice
Compost
Peat Moss

Bone Meal, bat Guano, kelp meal, green sand, soy bean meal, Leonardite, K-mag, Glacial Rock Dust, Alfalfa meal, Oyster Shell Flour,
Earth worm castings and Mycorrhizae.
I have always believed in giving my plants a wide range of soils and additives I figure it's like a buffet they get all they need. I use large containers because I hate root bound plants and can put the same clone in a 5 gallon and a #10 and the plant in the larger pot wil drawf the smaller containered plant.

Subcool Reviewed by Subcool on 12-10-2006. Subs Super Soil 101 I am making up a new batch of Super soil and I get so many questions on the way I do it I thought Iâ??d shoot this labor intensive process. The main change is a soil I am trying that the new hydro store carries. Northern Lights Hydro is a chain and we had never shopped there before. The guy was ultra nice and gave us a 10% discount on the entire order and gave us a free bottle of Vita Grow Rooting Hormone and a Free Fox farm T-shirt. His prices rocked to so I am trying his new product. I always Rating: 5

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Here are the amounts

2- 1.5 Cubis Feet bags Roots Organic ( Or Any high quality Potting soil
2- Large bales Sunshine Mix #4
3- 25# bags Organic Worm poop
5# Steamed Bone meal
5# Bloom bat Guano
2.5# Blood meal
¾ cup Epson salts
½ cup Sweet Lime ( Dolimite)
½ Cup Azomite ( Trace Elements)

This is the same basic recipe I have used for 15 years the hardest ingrediant to aquire is the worm castings most people don't even know what worm poop is.

what it is is magic

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I open all ingredients and place inside the baby pool. This one has been used so many times it has 2 big holes in it but I just sweep up the mess.

I place the Sunshine in first chopping it up with a rake then I place the powdered nutrients in a circle around the mound. Then goes in the bat poop and then the potting soil. The Azomite is a granular product I found at a local feed shop for replacing trace elements in soil after a crop. I use this mainly when I replenish my soil but this is a 100% fresh batch. Then itâ??s as simple as my Skipper used to say â?? Put your back into itâ?�. This is hard work and I am kinda obsessed even breaking up all the clods of soil my hand. I mix for about 15 minutes then I store in large tuperware bins and a few garbage cans. This will be repeated 2 more times as I like to make sure its mixed up well.


Once itâ??s placed in the containers I water it slightly adding maybe 3 gallons or water to a large garbage can full. It will make the stirring harder next week but it will activate the Mycorrhizae and I think help all the powders dissolve.
I try and buy the highest quality meals and additives as possible I'd hate to ruin a crop trying to save 10$.

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***Disclaimer**





This soil is really hot and you cannot plant seedlings or clones directly into it. When I do my final transplant into #10 pots I fill each pot 1/4 full with Super soil and the top 3/4 I add plain potting soil and stir the top portion. This allows the roots to become used to the soil. After a few days the growth on a transplant is amazing Jillâ??s Comment was most peoples soil plants donâ??t grow that fast. At 30 days I top dress with more super soil!!


Using this soil itâ??s not necessary to add nutrients with the exception of bloom maybe once and Liquid karma and Bcuzz to enhance flavor.


Hope thatâ??s helps the final shot is all cleaned up it took me about 30 minutes and cost on products was about 125$



Give it a shot if your into incredible flavor.***Warning! ***

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No edit feature sorry.

Thanks to Vic High for the basic recipe off the old BCGA forums
I tweaked it some

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Once the soil has cooked or sat for a month or so were ready to transplant into the final pots. I use #10 nursery pots now that will hold a full 7 gallons of liguid. I 7 may not sound bigger than a 5 but let me tell you these slanted #10 pots hold a bunch of soil!
So I store the soil in large cans and then use the same kiddie pool I mix in to transplant in. Helps keep the mess down. I fill each pot ¾ full with the super soil. I then fill the top half with plain potting soil. This buffers the roots and gives the plants time to get used to the hot soil I use.

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Itâ??s important to water the plants well before transplanting. This helps prevent shock a nice damp root ball will make a happy plant. Make sure the roots do not touch direct super soil use you hand to mix the plain potting soil around with the super soil. Place a hand full of plain soil in the hole you transplant in. Gently flip the plant upside down. Wack the bottom with palm of hand to loosen the root ball. Support the plant by placing hand on pot allowing stem to protrude though fingers. Remove from pot and support the base. Flip upright and place in hole made into the soil.

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Fill in the area and smooth over the soil. I like to lift pot and bang in once on the concrete to settle it all down then I pack it down a bit with hands. Make sure soil is slightly under pot rim so water will not run over. Always keep labels straight removing tag from pot and placing into new container 1 at a time. Crossing moms is a major nono. Load into room and take a look at all the hard work!

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One of the things that is very important in a garden is canopy management. There are so many ways to grow cannabis but in the US in legal medical gardens we have number restrictions. This means we have to learn to get the same yields to supply our meds from less plants. We accomplish this by employing several methods that I will cover here today. Once we have our plants topped properly with multi heads and our girls grow up a bit we should have 18-24â?� plants with at least 3 heads or more. Cleaning off all lower growth and using as clones is how we do it. The light canâ??t penetrate this far under the canopy anyway.

I take a small drill and some twine. Drilling a hole in the rim of the pot under each branch I carefully secure the twine and gently spread open each plant. Be careful not to split the main stem and if you do so you can bind it with wire ties. It doesnâ??t seem to hurt things even if you do. Each plant is now much wider and takes up a lot more room but all lower buds are exposed and we have reduced the total height of the canopy.

This is also known as LST

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To get a good start on this style itâ??s important to top the plants early. As soon as my clones have rooted well and have started to grow I chop out the meristem causing the plant to divide into 2 growing shots. If this is performed low enough the plant will actually develop 3 heads just leave 3 nodes.
Canopy management is the key to high yields especially when working with legal medical limits.