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also use a solution of 1 teaspoon of all-natural molasses to 1 gallon of chlorine/chloramine-free water to
use on the recycling mix. This will expedite the processes and really power up all the microlife that are
actually doing all the work for you. Don't forget that they are your own personal micro-farmers who work
24 hours a day for you and your plants, so treat them nicely!
I used to add all kinds of stuff to my soil mix as it recycled, like all my leftover cannabis plant matter,
stems and leaves, along with things like kelp meal, alfalfa meal, steer manure, greensand, and dolomite
lime.SinceIgotmyownlittlewormfarm,theydomostofthebigworkforme,andmyrecyclingmixonly
actually needs to process the cannabis roots. I highly recommend the worm farm approach to recycling, as
it actually makes everything much easier to recycle, and faster too. If you prefer, you could also go down
the route of a home composting unit, like one of those barrels you can spin. It's all about getting a bunch
of healthy broken-down organic matter back into your soil mix, so whichever way suits you is the one you
should choose.
Raw Organic Matter Considerations
When composting, it's very important to understand that raw organic matter tends to burn “hot” and is not
totally root friendly during the process. In nature, organic matter decays mostly up top, slowly working its
way down towards the roots as it is broken further and further down. However, in a well-aerated soil mix
likeaTLOmix,ifyouhavesomethinglikealfalfaorkelpmealmixedinthesoil,andyouputyourplantin
theretooatthesametime,thingsmaynotgosowell.Evendolomitelime,especiallythepowderedvariety,
needs to be cooked into the soil mix like organic matter, otherwise lime in a raw reactive state does not get
alongwellwithroots.Anymeals,blood,cotton,etc,thatareorganicwillfallintothiscategory,andneedto
becookedfirst.Allguanosandfarmyard-typemanuresneedtocookorbecompostedbeforeuse—always.
Thisisallimportantstuff,somakesureyou“get”this,orelseyouwillendupkillinginnocentplants—and
when you kill them this way, they die ugly!
Raw organic matter ready to cook for 30 days
