Question regarding subcools super soil, PLEASE help!

foreverflyhi

Well-Known Member
Ok so I'm getting ready for my next grow. I'm planning on growing in a 8x8 area using subcools super soil. Since I've been on a vital earth trip lately, I'm going to use all their ingredients to make subcools super soil. Here's my questions and concerns.


1) Does it take a month to "activate" the super soil? Is this too short of a time?

My original plan was to veg during that one month period and when or if the soil is ready I would jump into flowering right away.

2) is subcools super soil a flower ready mix? Or a all around mix?

I did notice that most ingredients focus on flowering.

3) is subcools super soil meant to be a outdoor soil or can it be used for indoor?

4)I read from diffrent people that it's more of a outdoor mix. True or false?

5) can I use RO water instead of tap water? Should I add more cal mag to the soil or water? Or can I brew light teas to feed with the super soil? Or is this too strong?

My real concerns is the time it takes to activate because I'm worried it will cause hot spots or not correctly function and cause lock outs of defs. I know organics is a long process so a month seems a little early. (will our hot sun speed up the process?)

And my other main concern is my RO water, I dnt want to run into cal mag problems or over do it for that matter.

Thanks for your time RIU growers!!!
 

Siddhartha2

Active Member
1, yes and no. give it at least 2 weeks, then you can veg. That is how i used to do it and never had lockout.
2, all around. when you veg in it you eat up the nitrogen, gets ready for flower.
3, I used it indoors with good results
4, false
5, you can use RO if you want, you will need to add more cal and mg if you do. I used a bit of General Organics when I ran it, so tea should be fine
6, If you stir well and veg in it for a few weeks should be fine. I always liked to add Azomite and Jersey Green Sand to the mix.

Have fun mixing. Also when you are stiring up the guanos you might want to wear a dust mask if you are mixing indoors.
Sidd
 

psillysimon

Well-Known Member
I use R/O water for my SS haven't had any calmag issues. if you're worried about cal/mag y ou can add more dolomite. Subcool recomends adding a little more if running R/O. you could probably speed up the "activation" time as well by adding in store bought beni's along the lines of Great White or anything else like that. I use my SS for both vegging and flowering. and haven't had any issues with it. Also I grow indoor, and let it activate indoors as well. the first day can be just a tad smelly like fish food while the fish bone meal is breaking down, but after that it just smells like earth.
 

illtoxic

Well-Known Member
Now when you say you use super soil for veg do u do only the 1/3 or 1/2 full under base soil. Or do you go full super soil without base soil....
 
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