BuildASoil: HOW DO YOU RECYCLE SOIL? (Season 4, FAQ 9)

FAQ 9, Season 4:
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[@isaacyoung5752]

Timestamps: 0:00 Hello and Welcome! 1:19 I'm upgrading my bed to a larger size, are there any drawbacks to transferring soil from the old bed, or should I buy new soil? 3:27 It's expensive to get minerals shipped to me, can I use Granite from Home Depot? 6:13 Should I let the root zone dry out in time with harvesting? Is it advantageous to harvest with dry soil? 8:59 Should I add extra aeration material to the soil when using Auto-Pots? 10:24 Lights ON vs OFF before harvest? 11:07 Why did you not top-dress the Lychee tree? 12:07 Can you do a 45min 'Smoke Report' video? 12:46 How important is environment when the plants are "off"? 14:18 (Shout out to Jeremy) 15:46 Can you do an "All Clone SCROG" in a future grow series? Love your work Jeremy!

[@dertythegrower]

Tight work, timestamp lord 💯

[@deanthomas9979]

Nice work bro🎉

[@runnersluck4390]

Hey, BAS finally has a time stamp buddy! I love it, thanks dude!

[@runnersluck4390]

I've chased my tail over and over again using small containers. Definitely go bigger where you can. Even a 10 gallon is way better than 5. Just forget 3 gallons. I've never seen a better source for growing info in over 30 years of gardening!

[@brianwhitt2475]

Agree 100%

[@pangusss]

Tons and tons of respect to you, Jeremy. You could have easily told everyone to buy new soil. Hell, you even stand to gain if we did buy new soil. But you didn't. You have the integrity to say, "you should definitely reuse the soil you have." You're a pretty rad dude.

[@rustynails5462]

For consideration. Artizan take-n-bake about two years old. I run perpetual in 5g pots, only 4wk veg, and the soil gets reammended and rests between uses. Constant rotation. I lift pots, and noticed that even when dry the pots seemed heavy after about a year. Turns out a good perentage of my soil was castings. I don't need tons more volume so instead of adding a lot, I subtracted. I lightly sifted the soil to get castings and the added some pumice and rice hulls. The way I see it those castings are "spent" as far as cannabis goes, and I have fresh castings I add during the grow. I now use those "pot castings" for making seed-starter soil or to add some good micro-life to my outdoor garden as I plant starts and row-seeds.

[@ziphed4856]

Season 5 idea I know it’s pretty unlikely but I’d honestly like to see a SOG grow, even if only in one quadrant. I’ve heard of sea of green grows referenced hundreds of times, even heard you reference it, but I’ve never seen a video documented SOG run. It would be quite educational in my opinion to see a side by side comparison between a traditional scog net and a sea of green grow. Just for funzies!

[@BugTrampler]

I think SOG doesn't go well with the BuildASoil way, because the BuildASoil way it depends on big containers which implicitly also means that the plants should be growing into that space. With SOG you mosly only transplant, do 2 weeks of veg and then go into flower. Imho this does not give the plant enough time to really develop a big and healthy root-zone for accessing all the nutrients in the big container. Also the plant does not have time to develop feeder-roots at the top, so also the whole topdressing does not work as good i think.

[@hayro1088]

Hey Jeremy and BAS family! My wife and I are huge fans and follow the build a soil way everyday so thank you for all the help and knowledge. We are starting to dive into aquatic plants for mini aqua-scapes. How can we incorporate the Build a Soil way? Thanks again and can’t wait for the next episode.

[@greenrhinofarms2830]

7:48 the dry backs are not for it staying moist. It’s to control the regenerative cycle, and generative cycles. Meaning when used correctly even during vegetative light cycles, we can promote pre flowers and sex the plant before ever going to 12/12. This is done by creating a larger or smaller delta between dry and moist Say 40% to 65% compared to 30% back to 65%

[@7munkee]

I too have been getting the best results of my life using what I learned from you. I bought the mineral mix and some Kashi from you but locally sourced the rest. I am using 2 Earthboxes in a 3x3 under 300 watts and have been getting 18-20 ounces of the loudest and densest flower each cycle. THANK YOU so much for the knowledge.

[@nicka8512]

Hi Jeremy as always I love all your content I watch every episode and I refer back to them all the time when I have questions in my garden. So you have mentioned that you have a grow going on at your home, do you think it would be possible for you to show us your home grow? I would love to see how you handle things at your home and what your personal style is. Ever since you started KZbin you are pretty much my go to person for information and everything I own for growing has come from buildasoil. Keep up the great work and thank you. - Nick

[@haranalvarez3128]

I started watching you when you first started your channel. I was a teenager whom found seeds in his stress bag lol. They never opened up and got moldy. (Napkin) anyways I’ve come a long way. A decade later I decided to grow and became super good at it. I started my first living soil pot with recycled soil with my own knowledge I acquired over two years. Thank you for being part of my life. I hope you see this man. I’d love to visit ur facility !

[@charlihooka]

Your channel is awesome . I like to clean mine out with heavy water bake the soil slowly to kill any bugs and use microbes and fish emulsion and worm dung

[@cactsai]

Hi Jeremy and company! I have a non-cannabis related question, and it relates to some extent to your tropical tent setup (sort of). Have you considered stocking bonsai related soils, amendments, wire, and tools? There are hundreds of thousands of bonsai enthusiasts, practitioners, and professionals across this country that have poor access to supplies. The suppliers that do exist charge an extreme amount of money for these soil aggregates and wire, and the freight is another small fortune. The akadamma (which is the single most important ingredient) is made and sourced from Japan. Most people don't have bonsai supply shops to visit in their region, like myself, and sourcing akadamma, pumice, and lava rock at the correct aggregate sizes for our trees is damn near making us go broke, or we're having to resort to cheap baked clay and granite as substitutions which is not suitable for healthy bonsai trees. You could fill a desperate gap in the market if you started carrying these substrates. Build-A-Bonsai would be amazing. Your shipping volume deals could make this very beneficial to thousands of bonsai lovers around the USA. (And as a side note, they've found the same clay as akadamma soil around Mount Hood in WA and all an intrepid and adventurous entrepreneur would need to do is go mine it, and we'd have cheaper USA made akadamma right here in the states.) Anyway, just a thought. Love your videos and I've known you since Alan's FB page way back before you started Build-A-Soil. It's amazing what you've created over the years. I'm a customer for life. Much love! - Paul

[@timturk1899]

Thanks Jeremy! BAS has been an incredible influence with consistent content of great, useful information that only gets better with each episode.👍💯

[@FoulBundy]

one of the best channels on KZbin, much appreciated Jeremy, and everyone behind the scenes.

[@zenman2531]

Your learning well said the worm.

[@Lance7259]

Had an off weekend. And no joke, binge watched your entire KZbin channel 3 times lol love what you guys do! Thank you so much !

[@runescapeppl41]

Back in season 3 you had mentioned it is possible to have 3 plants going in an earthbox, for season 5 I would love to see you tackle this statement and show us what it would take to have 3 healthy plants growing in an earthbox!

[@The_errant_society]

Dude my experience is I don't know how it's possible to put more than 1 single plant they just go to crazy like eat every bit of soilsybe flower them earlier veg them less perhaps

[@cjfredi]

I'm not a living soil grower but I still love all of Jeremy's videos . TY

[@justinjude1999]

Totally kool I'm the guy on the guy on the phone that's disabled! Kool! Haha. Funny you should bring up cbd plant because I'm wanting to grow a plant with thc but also alot of cbd!!!

[@Thegrowerofthegreens]

Love the content Jeremy. Thank you so much for these videos. I'm just getting back into growing after about 12 years off. I really appreciate what you're doing for growers. Not having to search through forums like the old days makes it a million times easier to get back into this. I can't imagine how much better my old outdoor grows would have been if there were videos like these back then. I think I had a lot of beginners luck my first few years. I grew enough for myself for a year for three summers in a row and it was much better than most of what I could find here. I just bought a whole new indoor setup with all the build a soil products to go with it. I'm going through all the 10'x10' series for the second time now. I should have taken notes the first time. Sorry if I'm rambling. I just ate a 500mg edible and it's in full effect. Thanks again and Keep up the good work.

[@josebarron970]

The professor of the game. I watch , listen to a lot of podcast and KZbin videos on growing. By far Jermey knowledge has taught me so much. B.A.S products have been the best thing for me as a new grower. I am fairly new to growing and am on my 3rd grow. The first grow was a lot of learning and I won’t call it a failure because I was introduced to the products and KZbin videos. The second grow was very exciting due to actually making it to flower and able to enjoy the whole process. I just went into flower a week ago on my third run and I am so surprised o how much knowledge and experience I have obtained in this last year. Thank you Jermey for the time and education I look forward in continuing my schooling and growth in the Build A Soil way. Loyal to the Soil

[@sneakybee03]

So your saying you need to hire me to work with y’all 😜 love the amount of effort and energy that gets put into every video..thank you growmies and the entire staff ✊✌️

[@JoeyProffitt1978]

So glad I found this channel

[@MK-zi7ym]

You laid this out perfectly, thank you!

[@380webdesigns8]

Jeremy, thanks for all you do. I look for the next episodes. In my second year of BuildASoil way and harvests are getting better and better. Thanks for all your generous information. I'm a loyal BuildASoil follower. Keep it up!

[@380webdesigns8]

PS: Running Earthboxes and 15 Gallon containers. The Earthboxes are fool proof. Used your BuildASoil Lite originally and top dressed with BuildAFlower and BuildABloom, rework with Craft Blend, have our own home grown Worm Castings, Compost and Teas. Doing IMO additives and LAB, EM1, BoKashi, Yucca, Alovera and more. Results are awesome. Thanks for your generous information.

[@blueken]

Great advice. As always, your thoughtful responses help us make informed decisions. Thank you.

[@acoustikwow]

Agree another scrog would be cool if you went into detail on training, could just section a 2x4 or 4x4 space with 2 or 4 plants (respectively) since those are common tent and scrog sizes. U probably know this but clones grow a bit differently, I would recommend doing a scrog from seed only, with either 4 main branches (3rd and 4th nodes) or 6 branches (3rd+4th+5th nodes), and possibly additional further topping of some of those branches to fit the space nicely. There are a surprisingly low amount of these vids out there that are well-made, majority are fake scrogs that still grow mostly vertical rather than horizontal under the canopy. I know the focus is soil but would be cool to see some more training-related vids also!

[@YoungJrkks]

I appreciate you answering my question on this episode! Thanks for all the amazing content. Can’t wait for s4 smoke report and to find out what you have in store for season 5!

[@blazeking5652]

Thanks for your work Jeremy, much appreciated.

[@rollpros7766]

Love the content. Thank you so much for these videos.

[@v32finish]

Always so happy when I see the Sunday vid 🔥

[@georgem.6136]

Always love the FAQ videos, well I love all the videos!

[@leftyz707]

Great one ,thanks again Jeremy appreciate yall

[@marcvachovetz5133]

Build-a-Soil, you guys are the best….!!!!! So much info to share..!!!

[@stephendrave1876]

Great information as always, thanks so much for sharing this information with everyone

[@Juice_Stain_Carlson]

This is just really exciting stuff! Jeremy, you rock man! I just picked up an earth box and I'm super pumped to see the results of using your recipes. I'll be ordering soon!

[@stevemuller82muller65]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the world bro 😎🤙

[@Crazypug-eh7xi]

Outstanding!!!!!!!!

[@torrencekrepps757]

Definitely enjoy watching your videos bro I've been watching u as long as I started growing and hate trying to get all your videos caught up

[@tory464]

💚👍 Great stuff Jeremy, Thanks!✌

[@LazloWoodbine]

Nice one J ! .... Great content and knowledge ....as always ... Greetings from the UK.

[@joeborovina4769]

real nice for a Sunday! ty

[@smokeymttop9069]

Love your content brother

[@TheHotshot2369]

Thanks bas team!!!

[@zacharyyoungpine1269]

Decisions decisions! Can’t wait for season 5 I’m sure the patreons will have some nice ideas!

[@Noname-kw5wj]

Do you guys use BTI, bacteria helps to recycle and rid soil of potential larvae - do you know of any drawbacks to using it? (Bacillus Thuringienesis Israelensis) great series looking fwd to S5 ✌️

[@your5name5here6]

Thank you

[@jonkellynoh]

I’ve been growing the build a soil way for the two grows now and am really seeing progress on this second attempt. My problem is I’m just following your instructions, but I don’t feel like I know what I’m doing. What the best literature or informative vid on what is fully happening in the soil. I want to treat these plants According to their genetics, but don’t understand enough to adjust anything from the BAS schedule.

[@GordGonzola]

Thanks So much.

[@Dexterslab_3]

💯keep up the good work

[@DanielTovell]

This is the one I've been trying to find. I'm switching to 7 gallon cloth bags and have two garbage cans full of used 🎿!

[@leafylotus]

Thanks Jeremy

[@DavidGarcia-yi7wo]

Thanks for info

[@askumdogdog5283]

Thanks for the vid

[@wakeUPdummies]

For my rock amendments, I use sandy, silty, creek bottom from the Neosho River. Night and day difference. Experiment with what is available. But, the closer you can get to Jeremy's recipes, the better.

[@mobeakacaptainred_beard3882]

Hey bas! Can you discuss how to steer our worm bins for making cana specific castings. Maybe what’s better to add vs what’s not, supplements (craft blend? Etc)

[@jsavage2811]

I definitely think that we need a well dialed in blumat run. They can be tricky to get right which is why I state dialed in, no point replicating the autopot issues due to inexperience and then write off a product (not that you did that, just more benefit if its properly understood). Maybe get in an advocate (Sustainable village, Tad Hussey?)to help set up and dial in on camera. Beneficial for them, for you and for the viewer! personally use them in my tomato planters outside as I am crap at watering and they are outstanding.

[@jordanbaker3832]

Late on this one but another solid round always learn a few new things each season!💪

[@The_errant_society]

I truly truly believe making sure the pot/bed is not dry at all a good watering before har vest that's my opinion and a personal rule I find rhey y slower full of water creating. Better dry and cure if it's dry as I find it's easier to over dry just saying that's one of my observations

[@SetTheCurve]

My question regarding reusing soil is avoiding buildup. I know that in recirculating hydro systems that top up with tap water, the plants eventually get sick if you don’t drain and refill the reservoir. I believe this is due to a buildup of calcium, magnesium, and chloride which eventually creates a very high ppm/salty environment. I assume we have the same issue with soil, where salts from our water accumulate and the alkalinity of hard tap water continually beats up the soil until the ph is around 8. The only reason my outdoor garden survives in Los Angeles is because the yearly rain flushes the soil bringing the salt content down along with the ph, like a reset. I haven’t heard you mention flushing soil to reset it, and I wonder if that’s because you don’t have that issue in a low ppm water environment like Colorado.

[@tomhack6920]

Good growing

[@MR-puffnstuff]

The thing I like about this channel is you grow more then just pot be cool if you did reptiles to maybe breeding them.

[@Rudeboui1620]

Outdoor i feed at least a foot from stalk and force root base to spread slightly less at stalk

[@kennyfish852]

Top dressing is where and when I introduced gnats to the grow room. Two part question; If I were to sterilize EWC for top dressing I would kill any biology in the castings. Do we need worry about adding microbes back in, or just leave it alone? Are there other things that are used for top dressing such as compost or dark reed sedge peat? p.s. My mini washer is arriving today. I'm trying Pedro's hash method with some fluffy buded plants that didn't turn out they way I like em. Cant wait.

[@gordoroast7254]

good day jeremy, love the show, will you be doing a out door grow this year? please do

[@Harry-gf6dx]

Jeremy's spoken 👏 🙌 👌

[@Rudeboui1620]

Outdoor roots don't like a lot of 02,use copper pipe,Drilled and bottom capped to root load some nuits and seltzer water

[@shadyog4495]

Love the content! Do you think a 3x3 grow bed would fit in a 3x3 tent?

[@GreatAbyssAquatics]

We need a IPM episode tailored to specific issues

[@austinreese420]

Federally recognized cannabis as medicinal herb

[@blurredvisionproductions]

Season 5 idea It would be really cool to see the autos go into the 4 x 4 bed. How would they turn out if you got your soil ready just like you’ve done in the past and run some autos in that. Whatcha all think? Will the 4 x 4 bed be too rich and strong for them or will they grow like crazy?

[@torrencekrepps757]

Waz up Jermyn the best results on my XL pot auto it's a lot better using the #5 perlite for the bottom 3 inches maybe 2 1/2 of this size works better than the small size perlite the plants get the right amount of air

[@Noraf83]

Hi Jeremy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with everyone. My question is this: what are techniques that we specialists use in our gardens, that aren't being used in our family gardens, but could be? Many of us found our gateway to gardening through this one plant, but have family members who garden and it would be cool to contribute some of our skills.

[@Noraf83]

I stroll through my mother's backyard garden topping all the basil, running LST on the rosemary, and supercropping anything with an uneven canopy, and she thinks I'm nuts!

[@kiefmaker]

it would be nice if the patreon could cover some part time or something help to take some pressure off your back and make even better content. Maybe one day, i know ill keep supporting! Cheers

[@firstclassfunkfarm9321]

Blumat claims to have tests showing that yields can increase by as much as 20% with constant moisture levels compared to the traditional ebb and flow of hand watering.

[@summermorgan4669]

I let my autoflowers set in darkness for 2-5 days I swear it makes it smoother just my experience

[@HashPhantom]

Let’s get itttt

[@captainpeckerhead4551]

Loving all the products have a 2x4 bed in a 2x4 tent 60 gallon.. How much craft blend an build a flower do I use to reamed an narley barley.. Thanks Jeremy.. Have your pumice too.

[@bcbcgrown5625]

Why do you prefer Basalt over Glacial Rock Dust? I've used both and been using GRD more lately because I thought there would be more wider range of minerals in. TIA

[@Thegrowerofthegreens]

Paramagnetic energy. He has a video about it with that as the title.

[@jasonsmith6497]

Id💚to have a breed/seed run done by poll that could be available to us the regular supporters(not patreon)and have us run them and then we all submit our results but apart from that I'm just as excited to follow along with the regular content

[@YoUrAtrip]

To the guy from south Texas. Check out Llano or Mason tx rock crushing plants even San Saba I bet they sell it for flowerbeds. Ive seen it in flowerbeds around houses on lake Buchanan so I know it's close

[@ShakeManGenetics]

Hey Jeremy You should run some ShakeManGrows genetics for the next run maybe some carols coffee or some it’s Nick OG🤘🏻

[@galvinvolker6187]

Amazing Video bru This cover a lot of my recent concern as it’s my first all organic and live soil🤙🏽🌱 Only one I’m still very confused on is making the tea? I have everything I need to make the tea but if I top dress 4-4-4 in veg and 2-8-4 in bloom is there a need to make tea I don’t want nutrients burn 🫣🤔 as was my issue before with synthetic even though I was dialled in also what would the best ingredients be for a good tea? Thanks for all advice 👌👌👌

[@gettingblazed710]

Amazing like always thanks. I have a question so I grow medicinal mushrooms in cvg and use milo as a spawn. When done with block is it ok to put in soil and mix up or should I run through the worm bin maybe first? Second is looking to make my own exhale bags and was wondering if you new the strain they use for them? I know u have an amazing staff that might be able to answer those. Thanks for everything your team does and inspiring so many!!!

[@eede9946]

Great video as always. I have a question. So other than the tent with mushrooms being growed and vented to your grow tent ,what about adding mushrooms to the soil ,say in a grounded up version also is there any mushrooms you wouldn't add ty in advance

[@joedbreeze17]

I always laugh when you say/grab/look for your cup of coffee 😂 🤙🏽🤙🏽☕️ Do you put mushrooms in your cup of coffee? Lions Mane Cordyceps etc

[@helderfernandes5219]

Dean: question ... Buildasoil intends to expand its business to southern america or even europe ? 🤔 Excellent content and thank you for the courage of your delivery to the public I love you Buildasoil 💖💖

[@ColemanCanna]

How would you add your nutrients for a hemp plant to a grobucket? Would you add it as a top dressing or to the tank in the bottom of the grobucket?

[@5thAve_Ricky]

love that the soil can be recycled. I will be making the change from the bags to a raised bed in the near future, If i'm using a 4x4 tent what size raised bed should i order for that size tent? Aslo who is the author of the book you mentioned in this video? Much love from NYC - Ricky

[@RookieCWB3]

When I mix my quillaja wetting agent and the aloe into my water and put in my sprayer, how long is that mix good for? Can I water with it for a couple days in a row or should I mix new batch each watering? Thanks in advance love your products and wealth of knowledge!

[@Coryw27]

I’d really like to see the clones ran in the xxls with one w/out air dome and one with.

[@chrislynch1554]

Bless mi g I need to know also witch gel is the best results

[@frankrice3859]

🔥

[@mikeeades5569]

For season 5 I think it will be great to grow some cbd plants and get them tested and see wht kind of ratios of cannabinoids as well as terp profile !!! Most new growers are aware tht there are plants tht have different ratios , like 2to1 or 1to2 3to1 !!!! Seeing them grown the build a soil way can really shine some light on the diff type of medicine !!!!!

[@kathrineybarra7840]

Awesome

[@LRoutdoorsmen]

Would love to see them test mephisto genetics cannacheese 1:1 strain in the earth box auto series

[@connorh4645]

@@LRoutdoorsmen it’s been tested multiple times, it seems like there’s a 20% chance you get a pheno with a notable amount of CBD

[@marijuonko7092]

I grew a strain called medical mass cbd. The plant was beautiful. Caked in frost. Red buds. Tasted like rotten fruit. But man there was zero buzz. Lol. I kinda expected like something. Anyway. I gave all the flower to a couple with a autistic child and he smoked it all. They said he reacted to the cbd better then any meds he ever had. I gave then the clone but they just couldn't get a harvest.

[@chronie21]

Nope not interested in this👎🏻

[@jobbless]

A question about autoflowers being started in for example the ac Infinity 1/4 gallon nusury bags then transplanting into their forever home. The line im thinking on is if you were to use the root riot plugs plant the plug into a 1/4 gallon nurse bag then plant the nursery bag into a fabric pot. Will it trigger flowering when the roots hit the nusery bag? Or will it just grow through until it reaches the fabric pot without problems? Or should i just go from the plug to the fabric pot and turn up the humidity?

[@Mrjboomseedco]

Hess pumice has great bulk prices if anyone is looking for any they got all different sizes too only place I go for pumice

[@scottboler570]

I have noticed some products I use causes the bubbles to go away from my wetting agent. For example the fpf (fermented grain extract) fulvic acid from organic alive and also the liquid fish and kelp I use. When I mix in my wetting agent I get lots of bubbles and the water looks soapy but when ever I add either of those 2 the bubbles go away. My question is why and does this have any positive or negative effects. My thought process is maybe I don't need a wetting agent when using these products but I'd like your opinion maybe I need to use more wetting agent? So basically what causes this and what are the effects it has?

[@justinmillward9486]

I live by the ocean and have endless supply of seaweed, would you use it as a top dressing/mulch, would you add fresh water ferment like KNF, or possibly sundry and grind up. You are the messiah oh soil. Loyal to the Soil or as we say on Vancouver Island Canada, ocean grown is our home

[@ACAquatics]

Can I use rice hulls as a mulch layer and if so how deep? Because the hulls are so small I would worry that the hulls would smother the soil. Thanks for all your help. The BAS way has greatly improved the quality and yield of the medicine I am able to produce for my wife who is fighting stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Her quality of life has been greatly improved since I started the BAS way almost 2 years ago now...🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@slimcole3517]

What up?! Big fan and customer. How much gypsum should I use when growing in 3gals in peat?