Grozine Cultivation Tech & Lifestyles Mag Issue 12 | Page 11

A: Ok, my non-hippy friend, here is an answer that may work for you, as it has for others including myself. In short, the answer is YES, you can reuse your soilless mix(es) with great success. Now in the long version, I’ll explain when it’s an option and how you stand a better chance of making it work. Before contemplating reusing your soilless mix, make sure you have some experience with growing, especially if it’s for growing indoors under lights with specialty fertilizers, nutrients, etc. If not done right, it’s a great way to ruin a crop before it ever gets growing. On the bright side, if you reuse your mix for younger transplants, it’s not such a loss if you have to start a new batch if you don’t succeed in your first attempt. refilling later. • Add some additional perlite, • Flush well, very well, in the crop fresh earthworm castings and one previous; it improves the quality of cup of dolomite lime per commercial your harvests anyways “bale” of mix you used first. • Remove as much root debris as • Re-wet with a healthy compost possible after letting medium dry out tea, adding enzymes and microbes is for a few days following a prolonged also recommended flush period. • Let the soil “rest” for a few days • Break up and mix the material. (at average growing temperatures) This may mean emptying out pots and after re-wetting before transplanting Do’s: Biksas Growroom Your Growing Concerns Answered Here. Have a Question? Email: [email protected] Don’ts: • Reuse mixes that have been watered with an abundance of products that contain hormones. • Reuse mixes that have had ANY applications of strong PGRs that “halt” vertical growth. • Reuse mixes where crops have had insects, root diseases, or serious issues with over fertilization or deficiencies with fertilizers. • ONLY reuse mixes where you know what’s been fed to the crop and for how long previous-you are carrying over fertilizers, to some extent, from one crop to the next when you reuse the soilless mix. VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 12 11