Aha! There is a difference. There's no peat listed in my book. Mine reads:The book I have lists coco as one of the bulk ingredients along with peat moss, perlite, and EWC or compost. I think the ratio is like 3winkyface:2 peat moss:coco: perlite:ewc.
Billie ia taking over. So if I was a "Little monster" back when, what am I now? I love how musical and fluid her music is to me. And confident attitude, oh yeah. It's a mite too deep for this ol fart to really understand having listened only a few times but if it is you, then you pretty cool! And flexible!
I am leaning toward mc. for this upcoming summer season. But LOS has my attention for sure. Not sure I ready for that as yet.
What do you mean when you say you lost control of your soil? 
I no longer knew how much of it was supersoil and how much was base soil... between layers and spikes and additional amendments in the compost bins... I lost track... they were merging together.... so I said the heck with it and threw it all together and called it good, but without a soil analysis at this point... I am not sure where we are at minerally speaking.
So you are saying you are not sure what to add to amend it anymore? At this point would you just start over with a new batch and use the old for top dressing or just throw it in the outdoor gardens?
I started with the base soil that I did knowing that it would last for decades if I took good care of it. I started this project with the urban dweller in mind, who can't be bringing large amounts of soil in and out or throwing away a lot of debris. My compost bins and permanent soil were the answer to this, and to greatly reducing my cost per grow. I have been using and amending this soil with what I have guessed the plants have been using up and that I need to replenish, but I have never checked where it really was with a good analysis. A few grows back I had a long running sativa in a 3 gal container of this stuff and near the end of the grow the soil fell flat... totally gave out. There were no nutrients left. So after that grow I threw in a cup of this... handfuls of that... and I grew another strong organic grow with that soil, my last prize winning journal as a matter of fact. But now I am second guessing myself, and I am not willing to risk a 4 month grow without first testing the soil to see what I might need to add or if I have gotten things out of balance. Once I see the report, I can make the soil just as good as it has ever been, by adding back whatever is necessary. Although the outdoor garden would love it, I would hate to have to rebuild 75 gallons of supersoil from scratch. For now, MC is allowing me to step away from all of that and still allow me to get the quality of grow that I am used to, and I may use this soil until it totally breaks down in another 5 years or so since I am already storing it.
I don’t know about all that but you’re cool. I have 3 daughters and everyone of them marches to a different drum. One smart/jock, one genius book worm and one is more artistic/metal. Whatever. Gotta look up what you got, hope you’re ok.
Ok that brings up a lot of questions. So when I’m done, I put the pots in bins, chop them up, re-amend with minerals per amount I’m keeping? Then just let it cook? Can I keep it all and use it for the whole pot next time?
I have what is known as number synesthesia... I can hear certain numbers and sequences of numbers in my mind, and I can visualize mathematical problems as geometrical shapes that interact with each other. I used to think this was normal and that everyone saw numbers this way, but apparently not many people can do what I do. There are certain mathematical equations that I can visualize in my mind and I can see where the answer must be in spacial form without doing the calculation. I have tried to explain this to teachers who insist on doing the long calculations, but I can't get anyone to understand what I am seeing. People around me also emit sounds and colors, and ever since a child I have used those colors to judge whether people were being truthful with me. Especially in crowds, this can become very overwhelming, with way too much input coming in to process, so I have never liked crowds, and always enjoyed my solitude.
both... I have always been an in your face, let me see if I can shock you sort of girl and one who for a long time didn't like anyone trying to interact with me. I have gotten a lot better after figuring out college, and I even smile now and then these days... Miss J. has been very good for me.
Thanks Em.
I like to think that it is not me actually causing the ruckus, but that the ruckus is being caused by other people's reactions to the amazing things that I am doing.
Ok thanks Emilya...Do you find that color is an accurate gage?
