Easy living soil recipe

Put together your own organic living soil at home. Use large pots or beds and grow indoor or outdoor with living soil.
This easy living soil recipe for new growers includes the ingredients - peat, perlite, worm castings with rock dust, kelp meal, crab meal, and neem meal.
For 7.5 gallons - this living soil recipe calls for:
2.5 gallons of peat
2.5 gallons of perlite
2.5 gallons of worm castings w/ rock dust
1 cup of kelp meal
1 cup of crab meal
1 cup of neem meal
The ingredients for about 25 gallons of living soil could cost around $75 - $150 depending on where you live, and shipping costs. Support small businesses and contact any local nursery for the ingredients.
Reuse and re-amend your soil as you go. There will be many opportunities to amend your soil and improve it in the future.
Thank you to Autism Advocate Rick of Green Carpet Growing for sharing his living soil recipe and providing the DIY tutorial.

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

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[@brothersgrimmseeds]

Thank you! We're always giving away a free pack of seeds with every website order too!

[@propaganja7264]

Finally a video that isnt 30 minutes long

[@confulio]

Yeah🎉

[@brothersgrimmseeds]

Thanks for sharing this easy living soil recipe so people can start mixing their own.

[@brandonnewby6384]

Thank you short and sweet! I appreciate that. Happy growing!!

[@jillcobb2097]

Excellent!! Very educational!!

[@flavian4788]

Thanks for this well made and easy to understand video 🙏🏼🙌❤️

[@galbeeri8360]

simple and to the point.
notes taken
thanks

[@KaylaBuhdayla]

Cool video!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@kimyee2083]

Sure like to watch your harvest as well.

[@petekeefe3249]

That was fantastic thank you

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Our pleasure! Keep growing ✌🏼✌🏽✌🏿

[@lauramadison3180]

👏 🙌 Very educational!

[@guyjerry]

Thanks man great video

[@akc1739]

Question - I’m growing in food grade 5 gallon buckets this year. Given these measurements you gave us, do you think one batch would be enough to split between two buckets? Great video, btw!

[@shoz2502]

So simple really appreciated..
How long should you veg in this mix before flicking to flower? If Adding more amendments should it always be equal portions.. sorry all questions im very new.

[@gordonspencer4923]

Can you start seedlings in this mix?

[@papacos4745]

I'm pretty sure this guy got this soil recipe from Clackamas Coot. If you don't know who he is just look him up. He has alot of knowledge about living soil and vermacomost

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Yes it’s the same base recipe he learned from watching Clackamas Coot. I just found this out too, so thanks for commenting. I will update the description to give him credit.

[@8thApostle]

Dope

[@rona3915]

Please use breathing protection when handling dry perlite. Or wet it.
The dust is bad for you

[@akc1739]

Thanks for mentioning this!

[@rellymakeveli]

How long do you let it cook b4 topping it or transplanting

[@jemadmonkey]

What is the measurement for the rock dust in the castings?

[@mattking5776]

Is there the need to add microrhizae?

[@edfloer3532]

Does this mix need to cook or can you throw a plant right in ?

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Throw right in!

[@lisaedwards2364]

I have a somewhat silly question. Will crab meal cause any issue for someone who is allergic to shell fish?

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Very good question! We will consult scientists we know, and not guess :) STAY TUNED!

[@jaymcgraw5615]

For a 5 gallon grow, most living soil recipes state should use as 1/3 then finish remaining 2/3 with compost/soil, would you recommend the same? Specifically for Growing Autoflower. Thanks in advance.

[@christiancoronado2140]

You end up finding an answer?

[@christopherrodriguez6545]

Are the amendments added per cubic foot of the base material combined? Please excuse my ignorance.

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

One cup per cubic foot

[@jjones7570]

Can you use this recipe to re amended used soil?

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Yes.

[@jhonwayne1003]

Interesting. Though how long does this last? Veg and bloom?

[@suckswithpivot]

Depends on soil volume and plant size relative to container. Keep a large battery of soil with enough space for your roots to consistently mine and it'll take you all the way. 5 gallon you'll veg for a month and run low on nutes

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Good question. It depends on how long you stay in VEG. But definitely top dress at the beginning of bloom!

[@jhonwayne1003]

@@greencarpetgrowing4539 Problem is I have yet to find a step by step straight forward feeding schedule. For this type of setup and exactly what I need.Any help would be appreciated.

[@BeHappy-hh1ty]

@@suckswithpivot Top dress with worm castings through out the entire grow.

[@GojoTv777]

@@BeHappy-hh1ty When should you top dress every week?

[@veronicakormendy4642]

Hey I like it looks good 👍... I'm also a proud cannabis grower, from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦.. I'm growing some Pink Kush and SOME GMO Cookies and a few more, what strains are you growing this year, I also want to start making videos but so many ppl on "CZcams Cannabis" are such phony and fake as fuck!!... Keep the videos coming friend 💨👌

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

Thanks neighbor!

[@happyoutside2558]

Where do you get crab meal? Is blood meal a substitute?

[@greencarpetgrowing4539]

A local nursery or try Amazon. We prefer crab meal.

[@Hookem361]

Down to Earth fertilizers

[@WetBando]

What’s the measurements of the first 3 ingredients?

[@SiCaRiI_DaGgEr]

Equal parts...

[@zoraidemartins6717]

Alguém pode traduzir para português para eu compartilhar

[@Dreekuz]

Can worms live in this?

[@tattooedgardener]

Yes

[@Dreekuz]

@@tattooedgardener ty

[@xpeyote886]

Is this good for flowering plants? Im looking to grow cannabis with this recipe.

[@hussstler786]

Did you try this recipe growing cannabis?

[@xpeyote886]

No i didnt. @@hussstler786