Here is a collection of some of the worlds most famous Super Soil & Living Soil nutrient recipes for you to make at home yourself! I have tried to scale them down for home gardeners, and have converted the information to the easiest measurements for us Aussies!
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Super Soil Recipe
This soil recipe is typically used in the bottom 1/3 of the pot, with a base potting soil placed above it in the same growing container. As the plant grow’s, its roots will grow into this nutrient dense layer, getting nutrition as its required.
Per 30L of soil
- 300g Blood & Bone
- 300g Bat Guano
- ¼ cup Oyster Shell
- ¼ cup Kelp Meal
- ¼ cup Alfalfa meal
- 2 tablespoon Epsom Salts
- 50g Ag Lime
- ¼ cup Azomite
Coots Mix Recipe
This recipe can be planted into the same day that you mix your soil. To create a base soil for this recipe, simply use our Living Soil recipe guide.
Per 30L of soil
- ½ cup Neem Meal
- ½ cup Crustacean Meal
- 1 cup Palagonite Rock Dust
- 1 cup Glacial Rock Dust
- 1 cup Gypsum
- 1 cup Oyster Shell Powder
Steve Solomon’s Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF)
This recipe is designed by Steve Solomon & is perfect for re mineralizing new potting soils, and existing garden beds.
To make 1kg
- 125g Neem Meal
- 125g Soy Meal
- 125g Kelp Meal
- 125g Alfalfa Meal
- 65g Ag Lime
- 65g Gypsum
- 120g Dolomite Lime
- 125g Soft Rock Phosphate or Bat Guano
- 125g Basalt Rock Dust / Volcanic Rock Dust
About the Author
Scott Cheney is the Director and Founder of Dr Greenthumbs, with over a decade of hands-on experience in organic gardening. Growing up in rural NSW, Scott’s passion for unusual plants – from cacti to entheogens – evolved into a full-blown commitment to chemical-free gardening when he bought his first property in Wollongong. For the past 8 years running Dr Greenthumbs, Scott has developed unique, first-to-market products like TurboDirt Water Only soil and 100% dry amendment fertiliser blends. When he’s not testing new mixes, you’ll find him swapping gardening tips like your local mate, not giving the hard sell.
