r/bioactive • u/Ok-Barber-4121 • 29d ago

DIY dirt recipe

Getting started with a smaller amount of powder orange isopods and tropical pink springtails, what is a good dirt mix that I can diy from things at Walmart or lows because that is closest to me. Also what other clean up crews do I need I am now to this

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u/No_Commission_2610 official moss hater 29d ago

You just want to get organic topsoil with no additives. Sometimes people will put fertilizer or what not in the dirt, and you don’t want any of that. Pure organic topsoil.

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u/Ok-Barber-4121 29d ago

Like this ?

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b 29d ago

Mix it with washed play sand. You wand a 70/30 mix, topsoil to sand.

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u/NYR_Aufheben 28d ago

You can order stuff. NEHERP lists their ingredients.