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BuildASoil Nutrient Kit - Official ClackamasCoots Style
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BuildASoil Nutrient Kit - Official ClackamasCoots Style is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Why two items and not a dollar amount?
Most stores set free shipping at a dollar threshold. That works when you sell light things like clothing. We don't. We ship soil, amendments, and heavy real goods that are expensive and awkward to move, so a dollar minimum doesn't reflect what shipping actually costs us.
We are a small business with no outside financial backing, and we are not Amazon. We manufacture, pack, and ship everything in house so we can control quality, which means real people picking, boxing, taping, and labeling every order, and that means real jobs. When we ship a single item for free, the only way to cover it is to raise prices across the board, and we would rather not do that. Asking for two or more items on free orders lets us keep prices lower for everyone and keep shipping sustainable. We hate high shipping costs as much as you do, and this is the fairest way we have found to keep them down.
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BuildASoil Nutrient Kit - Official ClackamasCoots Style is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Description
Description
Clackamas Coots style nutrient kit
One 8 lb bag makes one 9 cubic foot batch of living soil
The nutrient half of the Coot's classic recipe, premeasured for a third of a yard. You supply the peat, aeration, and compost. Pair it with the 27 lb Mineral Kit and the batch is complete. 10% of what you pay goes to the Coot himself. Read why.
8 lbof premixed nutrients
9 cu ftof finished soil per bag (about 67 gallons)
2 cupsper cubic foot, or about 4 tbsp per gallon
One batch
What one bag builds
Equal parts base mix, 3 cubic feet of each, plus one Nutrient Kit and one 27 lb Mineral Kit. Use the whole bag.
3 cu ftSphagnum peat moss
3 cu ftAeration: pumice, rice hulls, lava rock, or perlite
3 cu ftCompost, worm castings, or leaf mold
Base mix you supply
+ 8 lb Nutrient KitThis bag. Crustacean meal, kelp, neem cake, Gnarly Barley.
+ 27 lb Mineral KitBasalt, gypsum, oyster shell flour. Sold separately.
= 9 cu ft of living soilAbout 67 gallons. Fills a 3 ft by 3 ft bed one foot deep.
A 2 cubic foot compressed peat bale fluffs to about 3 cubic feet, which is exactly one batch worth of peat.
In the bag
Four ingredients, premixed
Nitrogen and calcium
Crustacean meal
Crab and shrimp shell. A slow, steady source of nitrogen and calcium, plus chitin for the soil food web to work through.
Potassium and trace elements
Kelp meal
Ascophyllum nodosum. Potassium plus the broad spread of trace elements that come with ocean-grown seaweed.
Slow-release nitrogen
Neem cake
The pressed seed meal left after oil extraction. Organic matter and nitrogen that breaks down over the life of the soil.
Enzymes and food for biology
Coots Gnarly Barley
Milled organic sprouted barley, lentil, and corn. The Coot developed this blend himself and it is the ingredient that makes this his recipe.
What is not in the bag. No soft rock phosphate, no fish bone meal, no heavy phosphorus inputs. That is on purpose. The phosphorus in this recipe comes from what is naturally in the ingredients, which is how the Coot builds soil.
Rates
Smaller and bigger batches
The rate is 2 cups per cubic foot of base mix. One cup weighs 6 to 8 ounces. Building less than 9 cubic feet? Measure what you need and keep the rest sealed and dry for the next batch.
| Batch size | Nutrient Kit | Mineral Kit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 gallon | About 4 tablespoons | About 1/2 cup |
| 1 cubic foot | 2 cups | 4 cups |
| 3 cubic feet | 6 cups | 12 cups |
| 9 cubic feet | 1 bag (8 lb) | 1 bag (27 lb) |
| 18 cubic feet | 2 bags | 2 bags (27 lb) |
| 27 cubic feet (1 yard) | 3 bags | 1 bag (80 lb) |
How to build it
Five steps
- Make the base. Combine equal parts peat, aeration, and compost or castings. For one bag, that is 3 cubic feet of each.
- Add both kits. Pour in the whole Nutrient Kit and the Mineral Kit and mix until the color is even all the way through.
- Moisten to field capacity. A squeezed handful should hold its shape without dripping.
- Let it rest 1 to 2 weeks. Keep it slightly moist and turn it once if you can.
- Plant. Top dress with about 2 inches of worm castings and water as usual. Aloe or botanical teas are optional.
Pairs with
The Mineral Kit
This bag is half of the recipe. The 27 lb Mineral Kit is the other half: basalt for trace minerals, plus gypsum and oyster shell flour for calcium and to balance the acidity of the peat. They ship as two bags so moisture in the rock dust stays away from the raw nutrients until you mix.
Want both in one order? The Coot Approved Complete Soil Building Kit includes the nutrients and minerals together, sized by peat bale.
See the Complete KitWhere your money goes
10% to the Coot
Every bag supports the man who wrote the recipe
Clackamas Coot spent decades teaching growers how to build soil that feeds itself, and he gave nearly all of it away for free on forums, in videos, and in conversations with anyone who asked. A lot of what this community knows about living soil traces back to him, including a lot of what we know at BuildASoil.
He is retired now. This kit is authorized by him and built to his recipe, including the Gnarly Barley he developed with us. 10% of the income from every Nutrient Kit goes directly to him. If his work helped your garden, this is a direct way to give some back.
Questions
Common questions
How much soil does one bag make?
9 cubic feet of finished soil, about 67 gallons, when you add it to 9 cubic feet of base mix along with one 27 lb Mineral Kit.
I only need a few cubic feet. Is this still the right bag?
Yes. Use 2 cups per cubic foot and store the rest sealed and dry. It keeps until your next batch or your next round of recycling old soil.
Do I need the Mineral Kit too?
Yes. This bag is the nutrient half of the recipe. The Mineral Kit supplies the rock dust and calcium, and it balances the acidity of the peat. Without it the recipe is incomplete.
Why are the nutrients and minerals in separate bags?
Rock dust holds moisture. Keeping it apart from the raw nutrients until mixing day keeps both in better shape on the shelf.
Do I have to wait 1 to 2 weeks before planting?
Yes. The rest gives the fresh amendments time to break down before roots move in. Keep the pile slightly moist and turn it once if you can.
Specifications
Specifications
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Questions?
We are here to help and our entire staff knows how to grow. Just reach out via chat, email or even phone. We are passionate about growing and want you to succeed.
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Reviewed by Katt T.
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Reviewed by Micheal M.
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I love this mix. Nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, minerals , sulfur and enzymes. All in one! This will get any “soil” ready to grow some nice plants.
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Reviewed by Daytona E.
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I recommend this product
Yum!
A cup here or 2 there, and the plants are thriving. Best base regime possible. And AND it smells amazing. Years ago the smell was 'tangyier' lol and much more unique and I miss that but its still such a good smelling amendment lol.
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Reviewed by Keith W.
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I recommend this product
Best of the best!
Best product I’ve used , plants are thriving .
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