ya i know what you mean uncle ben. but im not talking about the quality organic soils such as fox farm and roots organic and such. im talking about the industrial produced potting soils that are way more readily available i.e. miracle gro and products along there lines. i can only get fox farm in one place where i live so it limits its availability. and its way overpriced. $ 23 for a 1.5 cu. ft bag of FFOF. when they produce miracle grow, its way faster to sterilize the soil then add what they want to it. all chemical ferts. now there is no of this good fungi and bacteria in the soil. im not disagreeing with you UB nor am i trying to disprove you in anyway. you no WAAAAAY more than me in everything to do about growing. i am just sharing my experience because im a botany major and had to do a study on manufactured potting soils. we didnt use fox farms but a local organic mix. it was an ok mix but wont drain for shit. too much clay. anyways, we took the soil and grew bacteria cultures from it. nothing grew from miracle grow, but tons came from the organic. as a control we used a regular untreated potting soil. hasnt been sterilized nor treated with anything. was not composted either. run of the mill soil. we got cultures from the regular potting soil, but not with the diversity and amount as the organic mix.
Pine
