What is Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
Life-Cycle is a complete organic dry soil amendment designed to replenish nutrients and minerals in growing media. It can be used to make living soil, rejuvenate used soil or provide additional nutrition as a top-dress.
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Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg - Complete Organic Living Soil Amendment & Reconditioner
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Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg is a complete organic dry soil amendment designed to replenish depleted growing media, build nutrient-rich living soil and provide a versatile top-dress throughout vegetative growth and flowering. Its broad spectrum of organic nutrition, minerals and beneficial biology allows soil and coco-based potting mixes to be revitalised and reused crop after crop.
Life-Cycle is designed to restore the fertility removed from growing media during an intensive crop. Instead of disposing of used soil and starting again, growers can replenish its nutrient and mineral reserves and prepare the medium for another productive growing cycle.
The formulation combines Ecothrive Charge mealworm frass, insect meal, neem cake, micronised rock phosphate, premium seaweed meal, basalt rock dust, humic and fulvic acids and gypsum. These ingredients provide complementary nutrient release rates alongside minerals and biological inputs for a diverse living soil ecosystem.
Life-Cycle is equally useful when building a fresh living soil. It can be blended through soil or coco-based potting mixes at different rates depending on the required fertility, or applied as a surface top-dress to established plants.
The larger 5kg format is particularly useful for growers working with substantial soil volumes, multiple containers, large living soil beds or repeated crop cycles.
Why choose Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
- Rejuvenates used growing media - replenishes nutrients and minerals removed by previous crops.
- Supports repeated soil reuse - helps maintain productive living soil across multiple growing cycles.
- Complete organic amendment - combines a broad spectrum of premium organic and mineral ingredients.
- Build your own living soil - suitable for creating light, moderate or highly fertile organic potting mixes.
- Use throughout the crop - can also provide additional nutrition as an easy surface top-dress.
- Multiple nutrient release rates - different organic ingredients provide nutrition over different timescales.
- Contains Ecothrive Charge - mealworm frass supplies nutrition, beneficial microorganisms and naturally occurring chitin.
- Contains insect meal - provides a relatively fast-acting organic source of nutrients and amino acids.
- Contains neem cake - contributes longer-term organic nutrition including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium.
- Micronised rock phosphate - supplies slow-release phosphorus in a finely processed form for improved availability.
- Premium seaweed meal - derived from Ascophyllum nodosum and provides a wide spectrum of naturally occurring trace elements.
- Basalt rock dust - contributes trace minerals and silica to the growing medium.
- Humic & fulvic acids - support nutrient availability and the biologically active soil environment.
- Suitable for soil & coco-based mixes - versatile enough for Ecothrive Living Soil and other compatible growing media.
- Reduces growing-media waste - helps eliminate the need to discard suitable soil after every crop.
- 5kg bulk format - ideal for larger beds, multiple pots and growers regularly reconditioning soil.
What's in Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
Life-Cycle is built around a diverse combination of premium organic and mineral ingredients rather than relying on a single concentrated fertiliser source.
Ecothrive Charge mealworm frass
Ecothrive Charge contributes nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium alongside beneficial microorganisms. Mealworm frass also contains fragments of exoskeleton that provide a natural source of chitin.
Insect meal
Ecothrive uses insect meal produced from black soldier fly larvae. It provides amino acids, nitrogen and phosphorus while offering a relatively fast-acting source of organic nutrition within the blend.
Neem cake
Neem is a nutrient-rich organic amendment containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Its slower nutrient release complements the faster organic ingredients in Life-Cycle.
Micronised rock phosphate
Rock phosphate supplies slow-release phosphorus for root development, vegetative growth, flowering and fruit production. The current Life-Cycle formulation uses micronised rock phosphate to improve availability.
Premium seaweed meal
Ecothrive uses Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed meal, a naturally mineral-rich amendment containing a broad spectrum of trace elements.
Basalt rock dust
Basalt rock dust contributes a wide range of trace minerals together with silica, helping maintain the long-term mineral reserve of the growing medium.
Humic & fulvic acids
Humic and fulvic substances complement the organic nutrient sources and support the nutrient-rich, biologically active environment associated with living soil cultivation.
Gypsum
Gypsum supplies calcium and sulphur while also contributing to soil structure. Ecothrive's current formulation combines different forms of gypsum to improve its effectiveness when Life-Cycle is used as a top-dress.
Balanced organic nutrition & mineral content
Ecothrive gives Life-Cycle a typical analysis of N 2%, P₂O₅ 4.5%, K₂O 2.4%, magnesium 1% and calcium 6%.
Life-Cycle is made from natural organic ingredients, so its exact nutrient analysis and physical appearance can vary slightly between batches.
The formulation is designed around more than headline NPK values. Its combination of organic nutrient sources, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, trace minerals, silica, humic substances and beneficial biology provides a broad nutritional foundation for living soil.
Rejuvenating used living soil
One of Life-Cycle's key applications is restoring growing media after harvest so it can be planted again rather than discarded.
Ecothrive's current guidance is to lightly apply approximately 30-120g of Life-Cycle per 45-60L of used soil. The appropriate amount depends on the length and intensity of the previous crop and how heavily the soil has been depleted.
Ecothrive also recommends adding high-quality fresh compost or worm castings at approximately 5% of the pot volume when rejuvenating used living soil.
After particularly long growing cycles or large harvests, additional Ecothrive Charge can be incorporated where a greater fertility boost is required.
Life-Cycle was developed with a no-till approach in mind, making it particularly useful for established living soil systems where growers want to retain the soil ecosystem and continue using the same medium.
Make your own living soil with Life-Cycle
Life-Cycle can be blended into soil or coco-based potting mixes to create a complete organic growing medium.
Ecothrive currently recommends three amendment levels:
- Light fertility: 300-400g per 50L of growing medium
- Moderate fertility: 500-600g per 50L of growing medium
- High fertility: 800-1,000g per 50L of growing medium
Mix Life-Cycle as evenly as possible throughout the growing medium to create a homogeneous blend.
When making living soil, Ecothrive also recommends including approximately 20-30% high-quality compost or worm castings/vermicompost. This increases biological diversity and helps convert the organic ingredients into plant-available nutrition.
Allow freshly amended soil to stabilise
Adding concentrated organic nutrition to growing media can stimulate biological activity and create a natural heat-producing reaction.
After blending Life-Cycle through a fresh soil mix, allow the medium to warm and then cool before planting where necessary.
Larger volumes above approximately 500L, particularly when prepared at higher amendment rates, can generate more heat. Ecothrive advises that these larger batches may need turning every two to three days for up to two weeks while they stabilise.
Smaller batches of around 50L prepared with a light amendment rate may require little or no extended conditioning period. The temperature and condition of the mix should determine when it is ready for planting.
Using Life-Cycle as a top-dress
Life-Cycle can also provide additional organic nutrition to established plants without disturbing or remixing the entire growing medium.
Ecothrive recommends lightly dusting approximately 1-2 tablespoons (15-30ml) over the surface of each 40-50L pot, followed by normal watering.
When using a fresh living soil blend, Ecothrive recommends top-dressing once around late vegetative growth to early flowering and then again approximately three to four weeks later where required.
Apply the final top-dress sufficiently ahead of harvest to allow the slow-release organic nutrition time to be utilised.
How far does a 5kg bag of Life-Cycle go?
The coverage of a 5kg bag depends on the fertility level being created.
When building fresh growing media, 5kg provides approximately:
- 625-833L of lightly amended media at 300-400g per 50L
- 417-500L of moderately amended media at 500-600g per 50L
- 250-313L of highly amended media at 800-1,000g per 50L
When rejuvenating existing living soil, substantially less Life-Cycle may be required because the objective is to replace fertility removed by the previous crop rather than build the entire nutrient reserve from scratch.
This makes the 5kg format particularly economical for commercial growers, large living soil beds, multi-pot installations and growers committed to long-term soil reuse.
Designed for long-term soil reuse
Living soil is not intended to be treated as a disposable growing medium. With appropriate management, its structure, biology and nutrient reserves can be maintained and refined over successive crops.
Life-Cycle replaces a broad spectrum of the nutrition removed during cropping, helping growers continue using suitable growing media instead of repeatedly buying and disposing of new substrate.
For growers running soil over many cycles, periodic soil testing can be used to understand how nutrient levels are changing and fine-tune amendment inputs over time.
Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg product details
| Brand | Ecothrive |
|---|---|
| Product | Life-Cycle |
| Product type | Complete organic soil amendment & reconditioner |
| Pack size | 5kg |
| Primary uses | Living soil building, soil reuse, depleted-media rejuvenation & top-dressing |
| Typical nitrogen (N) | 2% |
| Typical phosphorus (P₂O₅) | 4.5% |
| Typical potassium (K₂O) | 2.4% |
| Typical magnesium | 1% |
| Typical calcium | 6% |
| Key ingredients | Mealworm frass, insect meal, neem cake, micronised rock phosphate, seaweed meal, basalt rock dust, humic & fulvic acids and gypsum |
| Fresh mix rate | 300-400g per 50L light fertility; 500-600g per 50L moderate fertility; 800-1,000g per 50L high fertility |
| Used living soil rate | Approximately 30-120g per 45-60L of used soil, adjusted to previous crop depletion |
| Top-dress rate | Approximately 1-2 tablespoons (15-30ml) per 40-50L pot |
| Approximate fresh mix coverage | 250-833L depending on required fertility |
| Suitable media | Living soil, organic soil & compatible coco-based potting mixes |
| Application methods | Mix through growing media, use to rejuvenate depleted soil or apply as a surface top-dress |
Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg FAQs
Can I reuse soil with Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
Yes. Soil reuse is one of Life-Cycle's main applications. It replenishes fertility removed during the previous crop so suitable biologically active growing media can be maintained across successive cycles.
Is Ecothrive Life-Cycle organic?
Yes. Ecothrive describes Life-Cycle as a natural and organic amendment formulated from premium raw, dry organic ingredients.
What is the NPK of Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
The current typical analysis is 2% nitrogen, 4.5% P₂O₅ and 2.4% K₂O, together with approximately 1% magnesium and 6% calcium. Natural ingredients mean slight variation between batches is normal.
What ingredients are in Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
The current formulation includes Ecothrive Charge mealworm frass, insect meal, neem cake, micronised rock phosphate, premium seaweed meal, basalt rock dust, humic and fulvic acids and gypsum.
Can Life-Cycle be used to make living soil?
Yes. Life-Cycle provides the amendment component of a living soil mix. Ecothrive also recommends incorporating approximately 20-30% quality compost or worm castings to increase biological diversity and assist nutrient cycling.
Can Ecothrive Life-Cycle be used as a top-dress?
Yes. Life-Cycle can be lightly dusted over the soil surface and watered in, making it useful for providing additional organic nutrition without disturbing an established root zone.
Can Life-Cycle be used during vegetative growth and flowering?
Yes. Life-Cycle can provide a tactical nutritional boost during both growth and bloom, as well as being used between crops to rejuvenate the growing medium.
Can Life-Cycle be used with coco?
Yes. Ecothrive states that Life-Cycle can be used with soil and coco-based potting mixes. When building an organic coco-based mix, adequate compost, biology and physical structure remain important.
Why does freshly amended soil sometimes get warm?
Adding concentrated organic ingredients can stimulate microbial activity as the materials begin to break down. This can temporarily generate heat, particularly in large or heavily amended batches.
Do I need to let soil sit after mixing in Life-Cycle?
If the amended mix warms up, allow it to cool and stabilise before planting. Large, heavily amended batches may require more conditioning time than small, lightly amended mixes.
What is the difference between Life-Cycle and Ecothrive Soil Food?
Life-Cycle is Ecothrive's broad-spectrum amendment for building, maintaining and rejuvenating living soil. Soil Food Grow, Bloom and Re-Gen provide more targeted formulations for specific crop stages and soil-reuse applications.
Can Life-Cycle reduce growing-media costs?
Yes. Replenishing and reusing suitable growing media can substantially reduce the amount of fresh substrate that needs to be purchased and the volume of spent growing medium requiring disposal.
How much growing medium will a 5kg bag amend?
Depending on the required fertility, a 5kg bag can amend approximately 625-833L at the light rate, 417-500L at the moderate rate or 250-313L at the high-fertility rate.
Who is the 5kg Life-Cycle size best suited to?
The 5kg format is particularly useful for larger living soil beds, multiple containers, professional growing facilities and growers who regularly rejuvenate and reuse substantial volumes of growing media.
Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg - Complete Organic Living Soil Amendment & Reconditioner
Please sign in to see pricing
1500
£15.00
Unit price perEcothrive Life-Cycle 5kg is a complete organic dry soil amendment designed to replenish depleted growing media, build nutrient-rich living soil and provide a versatile top-dress throughout vegetative growth and flowering. Its broad spectrum of organic nutrition, minerals and beneficial biology allows soil and coco-based potting mixes to be revitalised and reused crop after crop.
Life-Cycle is designed to restore the fertility removed from growing media during an intensive crop. Instead of disposing of used soil and starting again, growers can replenish its nutrient and mineral reserves and prepare the medium for another productive growing cycle.
The formulation combines Ecothrive Charge mealworm frass, insect meal, neem cake, micronised rock phosphate, premium seaweed meal, basalt rock dust, humic and fulvic acids and gypsum. These ingredients provide complementary nutrient release rates alongside minerals and biological inputs for a diverse living soil ecosystem.
Life-Cycle is equally useful when building a fresh living soil. It can be blended through soil or coco-based potting mixes at different rates depending on the required fertility, or applied as a surface top-dress to established plants.
The larger 5kg format is particularly useful for growers working with substantial soil volumes, multiple containers, large living soil beds or repeated crop cycles.
Why choose Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
- Rejuvenates used growing media - replenishes nutrients and minerals removed by previous crops.
- Supports repeated soil reuse - helps maintain productive living soil across multiple growing cycles.
- Complete organic amendment - combines a broad spectrum of premium organic and mineral ingredients.
- Build your own living soil - suitable for creating light, moderate or highly fertile organic potting mixes.
- Use throughout the crop - can also provide additional nutrition as an easy surface top-dress.
- Multiple nutrient release rates - different organic ingredients provide nutrition over different timescales.
- Contains Ecothrive Charge - mealworm frass supplies nutrition, beneficial microorganisms and naturally occurring chitin.
- Contains insect meal - provides a relatively fast-acting organic source of nutrients and amino acids.
- Contains neem cake - contributes longer-term organic nutrition including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium.
- Micronised rock phosphate - supplies slow-release phosphorus in a finely processed form for improved availability.
- Premium seaweed meal - derived from Ascophyllum nodosum and provides a wide spectrum of naturally occurring trace elements.
- Basalt rock dust - contributes trace minerals and silica to the growing medium.
- Humic & fulvic acids - support nutrient availability and the biologically active soil environment.
- Suitable for soil & coco-based mixes - versatile enough for Ecothrive Living Soil and other compatible growing media.
- Reduces growing-media waste - helps eliminate the need to discard suitable soil after every crop.
- 5kg bulk format - ideal for larger beds, multiple pots and growers regularly reconditioning soil.
What's in Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
Life-Cycle is built around a diverse combination of premium organic and mineral ingredients rather than relying on a single concentrated fertiliser source.
Ecothrive Charge mealworm frass
Ecothrive Charge contributes nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium alongside beneficial microorganisms. Mealworm frass also contains fragments of exoskeleton that provide a natural source of chitin.
Insect meal
Ecothrive uses insect meal produced from black soldier fly larvae. It provides amino acids, nitrogen and phosphorus while offering a relatively fast-acting source of organic nutrition within the blend.
Neem cake
Neem is a nutrient-rich organic amendment containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Its slower nutrient release complements the faster organic ingredients in Life-Cycle.
Micronised rock phosphate
Rock phosphate supplies slow-release phosphorus for root development, vegetative growth, flowering and fruit production. The current Life-Cycle formulation uses micronised rock phosphate to improve availability.
Premium seaweed meal
Ecothrive uses Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed meal, a naturally mineral-rich amendment containing a broad spectrum of trace elements.
Basalt rock dust
Basalt rock dust contributes a wide range of trace minerals together with silica, helping maintain the long-term mineral reserve of the growing medium.
Humic & fulvic acids
Humic and fulvic substances complement the organic nutrient sources and support the nutrient-rich, biologically active environment associated with living soil cultivation.
Gypsum
Gypsum supplies calcium and sulphur while also contributing to soil structure. Ecothrive's current formulation combines different forms of gypsum to improve its effectiveness when Life-Cycle is used as a top-dress.
Balanced organic nutrition & mineral content
Ecothrive gives Life-Cycle a typical analysis of N 2%, P₂O₅ 4.5%, K₂O 2.4%, magnesium 1% and calcium 6%.
Life-Cycle is made from natural organic ingredients, so its exact nutrient analysis and physical appearance can vary slightly between batches.
The formulation is designed around more than headline NPK values. Its combination of organic nutrient sources, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, trace minerals, silica, humic substances and beneficial biology provides a broad nutritional foundation for living soil.
Rejuvenating used living soil
One of Life-Cycle's key applications is restoring growing media after harvest so it can be planted again rather than discarded.
Ecothrive's current guidance is to lightly apply approximately 30-120g of Life-Cycle per 45-60L of used soil. The appropriate amount depends on the length and intensity of the previous crop and how heavily the soil has been depleted.
Ecothrive also recommends adding high-quality fresh compost or worm castings at approximately 5% of the pot volume when rejuvenating used living soil.
After particularly long growing cycles or large harvests, additional Ecothrive Charge can be incorporated where a greater fertility boost is required.
Life-Cycle was developed with a no-till approach in mind, making it particularly useful for established living soil systems where growers want to retain the soil ecosystem and continue using the same medium.
Make your own living soil with Life-Cycle
Life-Cycle can be blended into soil or coco-based potting mixes to create a complete organic growing medium.
Ecothrive currently recommends three amendment levels:
- Light fertility: 300-400g per 50L of growing medium
- Moderate fertility: 500-600g per 50L of growing medium
- High fertility: 800-1,000g per 50L of growing medium
Mix Life-Cycle as evenly as possible throughout the growing medium to create a homogeneous blend.
When making living soil, Ecothrive also recommends including approximately 20-30% high-quality compost or worm castings/vermicompost. This increases biological diversity and helps convert the organic ingredients into plant-available nutrition.
Allow freshly amended soil to stabilise
Adding concentrated organic nutrition to growing media can stimulate biological activity and create a natural heat-producing reaction.
After blending Life-Cycle through a fresh soil mix, allow the medium to warm and then cool before planting where necessary.
Larger volumes above approximately 500L, particularly when prepared at higher amendment rates, can generate more heat. Ecothrive advises that these larger batches may need turning every two to three days for up to two weeks while they stabilise.
Smaller batches of around 50L prepared with a light amendment rate may require little or no extended conditioning period. The temperature and condition of the mix should determine when it is ready for planting.
Using Life-Cycle as a top-dress
Life-Cycle can also provide additional organic nutrition to established plants without disturbing or remixing the entire growing medium.
Ecothrive recommends lightly dusting approximately 1-2 tablespoons (15-30ml) over the surface of each 40-50L pot, followed by normal watering.
When using a fresh living soil blend, Ecothrive recommends top-dressing once around late vegetative growth to early flowering and then again approximately three to four weeks later where required.
Apply the final top-dress sufficiently ahead of harvest to allow the slow-release organic nutrition time to be utilised.
How far does a 5kg bag of Life-Cycle go?
The coverage of a 5kg bag depends on the fertility level being created.
When building fresh growing media, 5kg provides approximately:
- 625-833L of lightly amended media at 300-400g per 50L
- 417-500L of moderately amended media at 500-600g per 50L
- 250-313L of highly amended media at 800-1,000g per 50L
When rejuvenating existing living soil, substantially less Life-Cycle may be required because the objective is to replace fertility removed by the previous crop rather than build the entire nutrient reserve from scratch.
This makes the 5kg format particularly economical for commercial growers, large living soil beds, multi-pot installations and growers committed to long-term soil reuse.
Designed for long-term soil reuse
Living soil is not intended to be treated as a disposable growing medium. With appropriate management, its structure, biology and nutrient reserves can be maintained and refined over successive crops.
Life-Cycle replaces a broad spectrum of the nutrition removed during cropping, helping growers continue using suitable growing media instead of repeatedly buying and disposing of new substrate.
For growers running soil over many cycles, periodic soil testing can be used to understand how nutrient levels are changing and fine-tune amendment inputs over time.
Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg product details
| Brand | Ecothrive |
|---|---|
| Product | Life-Cycle |
| Product type | Complete organic soil amendment & reconditioner |
| Pack size | 5kg |
| Primary uses | Living soil building, soil reuse, depleted-media rejuvenation & top-dressing |
| Typical nitrogen (N) | 2% |
| Typical phosphorus (P₂O₅) | 4.5% |
| Typical potassium (K₂O) | 2.4% |
| Typical magnesium | 1% |
| Typical calcium | 6% |
| Key ingredients | Mealworm frass, insect meal, neem cake, micronised rock phosphate, seaweed meal, basalt rock dust, humic & fulvic acids and gypsum |
| Fresh mix rate | 300-400g per 50L light fertility; 500-600g per 50L moderate fertility; 800-1,000g per 50L high fertility |
| Used living soil rate | Approximately 30-120g per 45-60L of used soil, adjusted to previous crop depletion |
| Top-dress rate | Approximately 1-2 tablespoons (15-30ml) per 40-50L pot |
| Approximate fresh mix coverage | 250-833L depending on required fertility |
| Suitable media | Living soil, organic soil & compatible coco-based potting mixes |
| Application methods | Mix through growing media, use to rejuvenate depleted soil or apply as a surface top-dress |
Ecothrive Life-Cycle 5kg FAQs
What is Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
Life-Cycle is a complete organic dry soil amendment designed to replenish nutrients and minerals in growing media. It can be used to make living soil, rejuvenate used soil or provide additional nutrition as a top-dress.
Can I reuse soil with Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
Yes. Soil reuse is one of Life-Cycle's main applications. It replenishes fertility removed during the previous crop so suitable biologically active growing media can be maintained across successive cycles.
Is Ecothrive Life-Cycle organic?
Yes. Ecothrive describes Life-Cycle as a natural and organic amendment formulated from premium raw, dry organic ingredients.
What is the NPK of Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
The current typical analysis is 2% nitrogen, 4.5% P₂O₅ and 2.4% K₂O, together with approximately 1% magnesium and 6% calcium. Natural ingredients mean slight variation between batches is normal.
What ingredients are in Ecothrive Life-Cycle?
The current formulation includes Ecothrive Charge mealworm frass, insect meal, neem cake, micronised rock phosphate, premium seaweed meal, basalt rock dust, humic and fulvic acids and gypsum.
Can Life-Cycle be used to make living soil?
Yes. Life-Cycle provides the amendment component of a living soil mix. Ecothrive also recommends incorporating approximately 20-30% quality compost or worm castings to increase biological diversity and assist nutrient cycling.
Can Ecothrive Life-Cycle be used as a top-dress?
Yes. Life-Cycle can be lightly dusted over the soil surface and watered in, making it useful for providing additional organic nutrition without disturbing an established root zone.
Can Life-Cycle be used during vegetative growth and flowering?
Yes. Life-Cycle can provide a tactical nutritional boost during both growth and bloom, as well as being used between crops to rejuvenate the growing medium.
Can Life-Cycle be used with coco?
Yes. Ecothrive states that Life-Cycle can be used with soil and coco-based potting mixes. When building an organic coco-based mix, adequate compost, biology and physical structure remain important.
Why does freshly amended soil sometimes get warm?
Adding concentrated organic ingredients can stimulate microbial activity as the materials begin to break down. This can temporarily generate heat, particularly in large or heavily amended batches.
Do I need to let soil sit after mixing in Life-Cycle?
If the amended mix warms up, allow it to cool and stabilise before planting. Large, heavily amended batches may require more conditioning time than small, lightly amended mixes.
What is the difference between Life-Cycle and Ecothrive Soil Food?
Life-Cycle is Ecothrive's broad-spectrum amendment for building, maintaining and rejuvenating living soil. Soil Food Grow, Bloom and Re-Gen provide more targeted formulations for specific crop stages and soil-reuse applications.
Can Life-Cycle reduce growing-media costs?
Yes. Replenishing and reusing suitable growing media can substantially reduce the amount of fresh substrate that needs to be purchased and the volume of spent growing medium requiring disposal.
How much growing medium will a 5kg bag amend?
Depending on the required fertility, a 5kg bag can amend approximately 625-833L at the light rate, 417-500L at the moderate rate or 250-313L at the high-fertility rate.
Who is the 5kg Life-Cycle size best suited to?
The 5kg format is particularly useful for larger living soil beds, multiple containers, professional growing facilities and growers who regularly rejuvenate and reuse substantial volumes of growing media.
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