The quality, taste, and even potency of your home-grown cannabis can be greatly affected by the condition of the soil or potting medium that you grow it in. This is why it is imperative to ensure that you grow your plants in a soil that is rich in the major nutrients that cannabis needs i.e. nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous. Fortunately, there are many super soils on the market today that are formulated to ensure your success in growing the healthiest cannabis plants regardless of whether you are a beginner or veteran grower.
What is super soil?
Super soil is simply regular soil that has been enriched with minerals and organic matter in order to make it ideal for growing cannabis. Most super soils will contain several major ingredients such as worm castings and bat guano for nitrogen, bone meal and chicken manure for potassium and wood ash or compost for phosphorous. Nitrogen helps your cannabis plants to develop strong and healthy leaves. Phosphorous makes your plant develop more flowers while potassium will increase the size or weight of the flowers. You can make your own super soil or purchase readymade ones at your local gardening store or online. Below are a few of the most popular super soils and the benefits that you can get from them once your cannabis seedlings are ready for transplant.
Fox Farm Ocean Forest
This super soil is chock full of ingredients that are rich in nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous. It has a pH of 6.3 to 6.5 and comes in a medium sandy loam soil — ideal for containers. It can be used straight out of the bag without needing to mix with anything else. Available for purchase within both the USA and Canada.
Sohum Living Soils
Sohum living soils are ideal for container growing or in medium gardens. They are made of six major components including organic matter, micro-organisms, beneficial bacteria, fungi for breaking down organic matter, minerals, and aerobic micro-organisms. It has several benefits including; moisture retaining properties, reusability, healthier plants and lower incidence of diseases. It provides all the nutrients a plant needs from the time of planting up to harvesting. It can be purchased online as well as in selected stores in the USA.
Aurora Innovations: Roots Organics Original
This company offers a number of soils and potting medium to make growing cannabis easy in order to ensure healthier plants. The major soil ingredients include coco fiber, peat moss, worm castings, fish bone meal, bat guano, kelp meal, and many others. It comes in soil bags that may act as containers. It has several advantages including the fact that it allows for quick drainage of water and can be used immediately. You may need to supplement with fertilizers from the company for perfect results. This product may be purchased in select stores/online across both the USA and Canada.
Big Rootz All Purpose Potting Soil
This company offers a number of soils and potting medium to make growing cannabis easy in order to ensure healthier plants. The major soil ingredients include coco fiber, peat moss, worm castings, fish bone meal, bat guano, kelp meal, and many others. It comes in soil bags that may act as containers. It has several advantages including the fact that it allows for quick drainage of water and can be used immediately. You may need to supplement with fertilizers from the company for perfect results. This product may be purchased in select stores/online across both the USA and Canada.
Sanctuary Soil Empire Builder
This soil stands out from the crowd due to the fact that it has the highest worm casing content and needs no additional fertilizers before use. Plants can be planted directly into this soil which comes with a wide variety of healthy ingredients including; coco coir, peat moss, lava rock, pumice, worm casings, alfalfa, kelp meal, seabird, bat guano, and many others. Plants absorb nutrients easily from this soil and it has a pH of 6.5. Growers may purchase this in the USA in select stores.
Sensi Soil
Sensi Soils are made with the greatest of care in sterilized laboratories in order to ensure high-quality soils for cleaner cannabis growing. Soils undergo thorough quality control to ensure that they are of the highest standards. Materials are composted for 30-45 days to ensure thorough decomposition and optimal levels of micro-organisms. Major ingredients in this soil include coco fiber, worm casings, pumice, and micro-organisms. They are available online and in physical stores across the US.
Kind Soil
This soil is completely organic without any chemical additions. It is made in fresh batches every month to ensure optimal micro-organisms, beneficial sugars, and other necessary ingredients for growth. The result is longer lasting plants with larger leaves and more potency. All you need is a container and potting medium to begin growing. This soil may be purchased on the store’s online site as well as on Amazon. Shipping is also available worldwide.
Bluesky Organics Super Soil
