I see you have your hands full my friend. I be along for the ride my friend.
P.S. the flowers look awesome
B Safe
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Damn dude. Looking stellar!
You planning on any additions besides water?
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I have 2 more tea rounds planned and depending on how things progress a possible top dressing. Other than that just an avacado and some used coffee and tea leaves for the worms. This is my first living organic grow so im learning as i go. Iâm detailing the grow better just click on my name and youâll see my second grow.
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hey buddy, i rate your soil recipe so highly⌠
i made that trailer load remember, but i couldnât get myself organised for this summer⌠too busy inside. but i made the soil for my misses because of the ease of growing her first plants⌠alas i think she will use all the soil before next summer for all her vegies etc⌠so im going to have to make another trailer loadâŚ
so u will have to wait for some big photosâŚmy misses outside with a couple of 20 gal fabric pots, a bit of minor help next year i know, she can grow a couple of monsters⌠
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LOL ⌠You may have to make another trailer load but youâll be eating good while your doing itâŚlol
B Safe
Will
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Found 3 hermaphrodite⌠Itâs not the soil that caused your hermies. Was something else my friend
Absolutely not the soil i hope i didnt imply that. Its seed source. Got them from a friend of a friend Iâm sure there hermi seeds everything else in the room I ILGM seed and doing awsome.
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No No⌠it was me all the way. I just love my soil and so glad that there are so many trying the soil.
I try to inprove it and then share my findings. But like i said i love my soil all i do is water.
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Iâm loving it too for sure 
When I first found this site , one of the first things I read was your super soil recipe . Cause Iâm into growing outside . Never thought about being able to use it for indoors use . Looking forward to seeing how people grow ( pun intended ) .
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Iâm using it with amazing results and itâs just my second grow.
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I will attest that AAA is a top notch Veteran Grower, so if you arei doing a similar grow, or want to be successful it all begins & ends successful in good Soil. I look forward to watching your grow thrive in, Garriganâs Super Soil.
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Thanks swamp man. Itâs all natures fault!
I think I love growing more than smoking.
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I couldnât agree more. Iâm growing soil the plant is just a bonus.
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Just thought i would ipdate a bit. Today is day 30 after flip @garrigan62 your soil is working my friend ive added worms to my soil and done 2 teas. I couldnt be happier thanks Garragan its preciated
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Looking good!
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How can i get garrigans super soil?
First I would like to Welcome You To Our World of Growing Here At ILGM and to our AWESOME COMMUNITY
" WELCOME " My Friend.
OK Here it is âŚâŚ
I was bored and decided to do the break down for the smaller batches of this mix (listed at the bottom of the post) I looked around and
did not see this on the site nor did I see the break out and decided to post⌠if this is found elsewhere feel free to move or remove.
You know how we look for stuff when we are stoned. :smoke:
By Subcool
Thereâs nothing that compares to the flavor of properly grown organic pot: The subtle tastes and aromas created by using only âMother Earthâ
are overwhelming to the senses when itâs done properly. As with vegetables, a rich organic soil can bring out the best in cannabis.
Over the past 20 years, I have tried almost every possible way to cultivate our favorite plant. And while hydro is certainly faster and the
yields blow soil away, Iâve developed an organic-soil mix that consistently performs extremely well, with very little guesswork involved (i.e., I donât
have to worry about pH or ppms ever).
I spent a few years developing the recipe for this Super Soil mix, and using it in 7-gallon nursery pots, I can run from start to finish adding only
plain water. Other than a bit of sweat equity every 90 days or so, using this soil takes a huge amount of the science out of gardening and puts nature
back in charge. Also, the recipe is always changing in slight ways as I continue to fine-tune it in my efforts to achieve perfection.
The Base
Start with at least six to eight large bags of high-quality organic soil. This is your base soilâi.e., your regular potting soil without the additives.
The selection of your base soil is very important, so donât cut corners here. I canât begin to discuss all the different products out there, but I will
mention a few in this article. A good organic soil should cost you from $8 to $10 per 30-pound bag. Since I want to give you a very specific idea of what
I consider to be a balanced soil, take a look at the ingredients in a product called
Roots Organic:
Lignite, coco fiber, perlite, pumice, compost, peat moss, bone meal, bat guano, kelp meal, greensand, soybean meal, leonardite, k-mag, glacial rock dust,
alfalfa meal, oyster shell flour, earthworm castings and mycorrhizae.
Another local product weâre trying out now,
Harvest Moon,
has the following ingredients:
Washed coco fibers, Alaskan peat moss, perlite, yucca, pumice, diatoms, worm castings, feather meal, fishmeal, kelp meal, limestone, gypsum, soybean meal,
alfalfa meal, rock dust, yucca meal and mycorrhizae fungi.
So far weâve found that Roots Organic produces a more floral smell in the finished buds, while Harvest Moon generates larger yields.
If you have access to a good local mix like these, then I highly recommend starting with a product of this type. Weâve also had decent results using commercial
brands, but never âas is.â The best results weâve had to date using a well-known commercial soil has been with Fox Farmsâ Ocean Forest soil combined in a 2-to-1
ratio with Light Warrior. Used on its own, Ocean Forest is known for burning plants and having the wrong ratio of nutrients, but when cut with Light Warrior, it
makes a pretty good base-soil mix.
You can also just use two bales of Sunshine Mix #4, but this would be my last choice, since plants grown in this mix may not respond well to my âjust add waterâ
method of growing.
After choosing your base soil, the Super Soil concentrate is placed in the bottom one-third to one-half of the container and blended with the base soil.
(With strains that require high levels of nutrients, weâll go so far as to fill Ăž of the container with Super Soil, but this is necessary only with a small
percentage of strains.) This allows the plants to grow into the concentrated Super Soil layer, which means that in the right size container, theyâll need nothing but
water throughout their full cycle. One of the things I like best about this soil mix is that I can drop off plants with patients, and all they have to do is water
them when the soil dries out.
Stir It Up
There are several ways to mix these ingredients well. You can sweep up a patio or garage and work there on a tarp, or you can use a plastic wading pool for kids.
(These cost about 10 bucks apiece and work really well for a few seasons.) Some growers have been known to rent a cement mixer to cut down on the physical labor.
Whatever method you use, all that matters in the end is that you get the ingredients mixed properly.
This can be a lot of work, so be careful not to pull a muscle if youâre not used to strenuous activity. On the other hand, the physical effort involved is good
for mind and body, and working with soil has kept me in pretty good shape. But if you have physical limitations, you can simply have someone mix it up for you while
you supervise. As far as the proper steps go: Pour a few bags of base soil into your mixing container first, making a mound. Then pour the powdered nutrients in a
circle around the mound and cover everything with another bag of base soil. In goes the bat poop and then more base soil. I continue this process of layering soil
and additives until everything has been added to the pile.
Now I put on my muck boots, which help me kick the soil around and get it mixed up well using my larger and stronger leg muscles instead of my arms. The rest is
simple; as my skipper used to say, âPut your back into it.â This is hard work that I obsess over, even breaking up all the soil clods by hand. I work on the pil
e for at least 15 minutes, turning the soil over and over until itâs thoroughly mixed.
Then I store my Super Soil in large garbage cans. (And before using any of it, I pour the entire load out and mix it well once more.) Once itâs placed in the cans,
I water it slightlyâadding three gallons of water to each large garbage canâs worth. Though it makes stirring the soil harder, adding water will activate the
mycorrhizae and help all the powders dissolve.
Before Planting
So weâve added the water, and now we let it cook in the sunshineâ30 days is best for this concentrate. Do not put seeds or clones directly into this Super Soil
mix or they will burn. This is an advanced recipe to be used in conjunction with base soil. First you place a layer of Super Soil at the bottom of each finishing
container; then you layer a bed of base soil on top of the Super Soil concentrate; and then you transplant your fully rooted, established clones into the bed of
base soil. As the plants grow, theyâll slowly push their roots through the base soil and into the Super Soil, drawing up all the nutrients they need for a full
life cycle. The Super Soil can be also be used to top-dress plants that take longer to mature. Iâll use this mix for a full year.
Buds grown with this method finish with a fade and a smoother, fruitier flavor. The plants arenât green at harvest time, but rather purple, red, orange, even
blackâplus the resin content is heavier, and the terpenes always seem more pungent. This method is now being used by medical growers all over the world, and with
amazing results. The feedback Iâve received is really positive, including reports of hydro-like growth and novice growers producing buds of the same high quality
as lifelong cultivators. So give it a try! You wonât be disappointed.
The Mix
Here are the amounts weâve found will produce the best-tasting buds and strongest medicines:
8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
5 lbs steamed bone meal
5 lbs Bloom bat guano
5 lbs blood meal
3 lbs rock phosphate
Ăž cup Epson salts
Ă½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
Ă½ cup azomite (trace elements)
2 tbsp powdered humic acid
This is the same basic recipe Iâve been using for the past 15 years. The hardest ingredient to acquire are the worm castings (especially since many people donât
even know what they are. FYI: worm poop). But donât decide to just skip them: Be resourceful. After all, worms comprise up to Ăž of the living organisms found
underground, and theyâre crucial to holding our planet together. Also, donât waste money on a âsoil conditionerâ with worm castings; source out some local pure
worm poop with no added mulchâŚ
Now for the break out of this recipe for those that do not need a mix on this massive scale.
Full Recipe
8 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
25 to 50 lbs of organic worm castings
5 lbs steamed bone meal
5 lbs bloom bat guano
5 lbs blood meal
3 lbs rock phosphate
Ăž cup Epson salts
Ă½ cup sweet lime (dolomite)
Ă½ cup azomite (trace elements)
2 tablespoons powdered humic acid
1/2 Recipe
4 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
12.5 to 25 lbs of organic worm castings
2.5lbs steamed bone meal
2.5lbs bloom bat guano
2.5lbs blood meal
1.5lbs rock phosphate
3/8 cup or 6 tablespoons Epsom Salts
1/4 cup or 4 tablespoon sweet lime (dolomite)
1/4 cup or 4 tablespoons azomite (trace elements)
1 tablespoon powdered humic acid
1/4 Recipe
2 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
6.25 to 12.5 lbs of organic worm castings
1.25lbs or 20 ounces steamed bone meal
1.25lbs or 20 ounces bloom bat guano
1.25lbs or 20 ounces blood meal
3/4 lbs rock phosphate
3/16 cup or 3 tablespoons Epsom Salts
1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons sweet lime (dolomite)
1/8 cup or 2 tablespoons azomite (trace elements)
1.5 teaspoons powdered humic acid
1/8 Recipe
1 large bags of a high-quality organic potting soil with coco fiber and mycorrhizae (i.e., your base soil)
3.125 to 6.25 lbs of organic worm castings
.625 lbs or 5/8 lbs or 10 ounces steamed bone meal
.625 lbs or 5/8 lbs or 10 ounces bloom bat guano
.625 lbs or 5/8 lbs or 10 ounces blood meal
3/8 lbs or 6 ounces rock phosphate
3/32 cup or 1.5 tablespoons Epsom Salts
1/16 cup or 1 tablespoon sweet lime (dolomite)
1/16 cup or 1 tablespoon azomite (trace elements)
3/4 teaspoon powdered humic acid
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