Appreciate the kind words! I have no previous experiences with sohum. I had previously always used Fox farms ocean Forrest blend and had pretty decent results. My last grow I had a few issues, salt/ph related (acidic soil) and he local grow shop was out so I decided to "upgrade" to a living soil. The "just add water" part appealed to me as well as "feeding the soil instead of the plant".
So what I did was filled up my pots with sohum and had a spot in the middle the size of a solo cup in which I filled with happy frog. Even doing that the plants seem to be getting too much nitrogen. I've seen people mix sohum with coco so I may give that a shot next time not sure. I also suspect I may have been giving them too much water in the beginning causing them to uptake too much nitrogen. New soil requires new watering habits and I'm still adjusting. I've started doing a fully bottom water/feed and plan on doing that the rest of the way through to avoid washing out all of the nutrients in the soil.
The soil itself is super super airy. A bag is surprisingly light when compared to typical soil mixes. The only thing I've used to far is recharge(twice) and rain water. Today I gave them the very first regiment of "fish sh!t". Those two seem to be highly reccomended for living soil grows(to keep the soil alive) but aren't necessary from what I can gather.
