@@RedbudSoilCompany Hmmm! I have a local garden shop that carries FF shite because "that's what people want" (their words). I wonder, what if, let's try (Sesame Street) creating micro-hubs of garden shops who mix their own soils for resale, support the advantage with soil tests, and hook consumers by the amazing results the garden shop has to offer in the way of better looking plants using their blended soil.
I absolutely hate how I seem like I'm either trying to sell you a used car, or am running a science youtube channel in this video. The info was soild though. 😂
@@RedbudSoilCompany thought it was a great breakdown on how to make your own living soil from scratch, that literally anyone could do and could get those ingredients anywhere. Those of us that are a little lazier lol would usually go to companies like you guys. But nothing like getting your hands dirty and making your own soil.
I need to find a good worm casting company that ships large amounts at a good price and warms feed good material to make them all the places I found feed the worms garbage inputs or they have no idea what they feed them and I got another 2 years before my 200 smart pot bin is done I use a lot of leaf mold and volcanic rock dust in my bins
I don't know why people keep making this mix. It's very outdated. It Was fire over a decade ago when everyone got their info from forums and we didn't test anything because we were scared to go to jail. 🤷♂️
Is the chunky biochar inoculated? If so, with what? If not, do you worry about it absorbing too much from the mix as it saturates? Also, I'm guessing you did not add water before recommending a soil test. Will watering, then mixing, before soil testing change the results of the test?
We did not inoculate this biochar. We do have activated biochar, but I've never had any issues, and under a scope all is well with using non-inoculated biochar. We personally test right after mixing. Wetting it wouldn't change the nutrients right away. It could bring more microbes to life though and that could change a biological assessment.
@@RedbudSoilCompany Good stuff, but adding water is the very next step to growing. Why would you not want to see the soil test results of a completed process that is ready to grow, lacking a test? I'm missing something?
I would be concerned with it becoming anaerobic by the time it got to the lab. You can surely do that though. May not be an issue, and we could just be paranoid.
sending soil in for testing, while thats great for some, most people dont know how to read the results or what they mean so kind of pointless for the average person.
This is something you guys should package and sell to us..I'd prefer this over the other mix. A lot less sea ingredients.
Funny you should say that, Stay tuned.....
@@RedbudSoilCompany Hmmm! I have a local garden shop that carries FF shite because "that's what people want" (their words).
I wonder, what if, let's try (Sesame Street) creating micro-hubs of garden shops who mix their own soils for resale, support the advantage with soil tests, and hook consumers by the amazing results the garden shop has to offer in the way of better looking plants using their blended soil.
Outstanding!!! Great video, you guys are awesome
I absolutely hate how I seem like I'm either trying to sell you a used car, or am running a science youtube channel in this video. The info was soild though. 😂
@@RedbudSoilCompany thought it was a great breakdown on how to make your own living soil from scratch, that literally anyone could do and could get those ingredients anywhere. Those of us that are a little lazier lol would usually go to companies like you guys. But nothing like getting your hands dirty and making your own soil.
Y’all are the best ✌️✌️ great video !
Keep up w the content, I really enjoy it. Hope u guys keep up the tent grows too, that helps as well 🤓👊
We got more growing coming. I've been traveling a lot, but we should be back to it in a few weeks.
Thanks!!
I need to find a good worm casting company that ships large amounts at a good price and warms feed good material to make them all the places I found feed the worms garbage inputs or they have no idea what they feed them and I got another 2 years before my 200 smart pot bin is done I use a lot of leaf mold and volcanic rock dust in my bins
Just got testing result back from y’all on a “coots mix” I recently made with local inputs and was waaaaaaay off target.
I don't know why people keep making this mix. It's very outdated. It Was fire over a decade ago when everyone got their info from forums and we didn't test anything because we were scared to go to jail. 🤷♂️
@@RedbudSoilCompany kind of did exactly what you said not to do over the first part of the video. Here’s to hoping the inputs I ordered get it sorted!
As long as you keep testing, you'll be fine.
Is the chunky biochar inoculated? If so, with what? If not, do you worry about it absorbing too much from the mix as it saturates?
Also, I'm guessing you did not add water before recommending a soil test. Will watering, then mixing, before soil testing change the results of the test?
We did not inoculate this biochar. We do have activated biochar, but I've never had any issues, and under a scope all is well with using non-inoculated biochar. We personally test right after mixing. Wetting it wouldn't change the nutrients right away. It could bring more microbes to life though and that could change a biological assessment.
@@RedbudSoilCompany Good stuff, but adding water is the very next step to growing. Why would you not want to see the soil test results of a completed process that is ready to grow, lacking a test? I'm missing something?
I would be concerned with it becoming anaerobic by the time it got to the lab. You can surely do that though. May not be an issue, and we could just be paranoid.
I forgot to add, the test we do, is a mild acid extraction, so we aren't as concerned with the nutrients being already soluble.
@@RedbudSoilCompany Understood, and thank you!
sending soil in for testing, while thats great for some, most people dont know how to read the results or what they mean so kind of pointless for the average person.
In the video we tell you we give free recommendations with every soil test. Not pointless at all.
@@RedbudSoilCompany ohh you guys test it and give recommendations? That's perfect actually! Guess I missed that I didn't watch the entire video.