Critical BuildASoil reviews

It's an amazing product but I literally just watch it go up like everything else it was $48.00 for a 12lb bag now it's $52.00

Great fungal boost. Seemed to do nothing in gnat dept.

The stuff they have at Camelot is a completely different animal. It is a lot better grade it’s more money but it’s worth it I’m still having a hard time with the stuff that I got from you guys my plants want to die. I’ve got one right now turning yellow. I think yours needs washed more and we did wash it again but I don’t wash the stuff from Camelot at all it’s already clean clean clean

The Beauvaria Bassiana has worked to knock back the root aphids but not eliminate. I’ve applied drench in coco every three days for about ten days and there are still flyers in the garden.

Hey, I's reading the reviews, and did my learnin' abouts making a gooder soil fo's my veggie garden. So I's bought this. It do be comin' here fast, and not all's broken bad like somes packages. So, cool. But whens I goes to use it, it be all funky massive chunks. I figgur 2# for my 6 yds of garden dirts I's needin'. But I hads to spend a hours breakin' its down using rocks. Had no other ways - it not be breaking up in my hands. So's I got in touch with the dudes here. Theys tried to help, but when I shows them a piccure of the chunks and how I's be disappointed, they's wanted me to buys more stuff from them, at a measly discount. Ands they's be tellin' me, "We actually have to break it down more when it comes from our supplier." Well, they's be doin' a piss poor job at it. I doubts theys even posts this review after seein' it. Thoughs I nots be swearin' or anythin' else bads. I asked thems nicely for, what I's think is fairs compensation. But they's ignored me. Here be a photo of the chunks, bain't. You gonna put this inna you's container plants? Goods luck. Never buyin' from these dudes again. Can't be trustin' them. P.S. - Why's there be no other bad reviews on their's entire site?

Maybe I got a bad batch or old, but this stuff is very hard to sprout. I’ve never had issues germinating anything, let alone corn. I’ll keep trying but I think it was a bad batch.

Arrived dried out, no live worms, and light brown in color.

I haven’t seen any benefits or turnaround in deficiencies with this product, foliar and soil drench. Mixed with the coconut powder and now my plants are stunted with a calcium deficiency and some other mobile nutrient.

This is the least effective product I have used on powdery mildew. It does not stop or defeat it at all. Even at the maximum recommended dosage and following aggressive ipm protocol this product is simply ineffective.

Can someone tell me why this is better than yucca extract powder at over 3x the price? Please keep waisting your money thinking this is a magical ingredient that makes you a better grower. Cult level vibes for newb custies.

I like the extract but I used it in my dryed out farm farm ocean forest and it was hydrophobic as fuck and it has had to even light sprinkled soil drenches and it is still turning hydrophobic and I even have state mulch on top of my soil as well as a white dutch clover cover crop

Believe i may have over purchased on this. ordered a 6 inch to increase air flow circulation within a 4x8 tent indoor. temp going up to over 95 w humidity about 50. need to better manage situation on my end

They sprayer works great but the red paint will chip around the top and prevent the gasket from sealing. It’s too expensive for it to not be usable because of a paint chip.

Definitely didn't look like the picture think I got an old bag

In my experience soap nuts worked a lot better and a fraction of the price.

Not sure if it’s my ducting system or the fact that I live in Arizona but my humidifier is struggling to get my tent to 40%RH while it’s supposedly set to 60%RH and the poor humidifier is running on max . Which is quite sad considering the price of this smart humidifier. I expected much more.

was very expensive for such a small bag i rather make my own next time

I prefer the living mulch kind of straw but this kind works just fine.

I much prefer the living mulch straw log. The straw is a smaller more usable size and also better texture.

I worked in the Cannabis industry as an IPM technician. My supervisor ordered two of these to keep Foliar sprays and oil sprays separate from our DRAMM hydra. A month in of careful use about 5 times a week and these are already breaking down. It’s very clear from the beginning that these were never tested in the field. The suction hose inside the tank is too long and halfway through a tank, will float on top of the liquid and pull air through. I had to tie the hose like a pretzel to get the end to stay on the bottom and it still leaves about a gallon of fluid in the tank at the end that can’t be sucked through. The drain is leaking on one of the tanks even with Teflon tape applied. If you tighten the plastic cap too far, it will pop off the threads and you have to retighten and have to try and find the sweet spot, which it will still leak. Whoever designed the handle to the cart, is not bright. It’s an open triangle shape and when you are wrapping up why hose, it can get wrapped up in the handle which adds to the frustration if you work in tight spaces indoors like I do. The spray gun is junk. One of the guns doesn’t automatically shutoff when you release the handle and you have the push it forward every time yourself to shut off the spray. The other gun will actually stay spraying even when fully pushed forward in the off position and just randomly shuts off when it feels. For what we paid for these sprayers you would expect a much better performance and not have to make modifications straight out of the box to get these to work as they should. We also have a 50 gal DRAMM hydra which after using these is an absolute dream to use. The gro-kings have been an absolute nightmare and I complain to my supervisor every day that I have to use them. They regret the purchases and are basically using them because the money was already spent and we’ll use them until they break completely, which they are well on their way already. I wouldn’t pay any amount of money on these for my personal gardening and especially not for a greenhouse operation. Heed the warning and use your well earned money to purchase a higher quality product that is actually going to last.

I worked in the Cannabis industry as an IPM technician. My supervisor ordered two of these to keep Foliar sprays and oil sprays separate from our DRAMM hydra. A month in of careful use about 5 times a week and these are already breaking down. It’s very clear from the beginning that these were never tested in the field. The suction hose inside the tank is too long and halfway through a tank, will float on top of the liquid and pull air through. I had to tie the hose like a pretzel to get the end to stay on the bottom and it still leaves about a gallon of fluid in the tank at the end that can’t be sucked through. The drain is leaking on one of the tanks even with Teflon tape applied. If you tighten the plastic cap too far, it will pop off the threads and you have to retighten and have to try and find the sweet spot, which it will still leak. Whoever designed the handle to the cart, is not bright. It’s an open triangle shape and when you are wrapping up why hose, it can get wrapped up in the handle which adds to the frustration if you work in tight spaces indoors like I do. The spray gun is junk. One of the guns doesn’t automatically shutoff when you release the handle and you have the push it forward every time yourself to shut off the spray. The other gun will actually stay spraying even when fully pushed forward in the off position and just randomly shuts off when it feels. For what we paid for these sprayers you would expect a much better performance and not have to make modifications straight out of the box to get these to work as they should. We also have a 50 gal DRAMM hydra which after using these is an absolute dream to use. The gro-kings have been an absolute nightmare and I complain to my supervisor every day that I have to use them. They regret the purchases and are basically using them because the money was already spent and we’ll use them until they break completely, which they are well on their way already. I wouldn’t pay any amount of money on these for my personal gardening and especially not for a greenhouse operation. Heed the warning and use your well earned money to purchase a higher quality product that is actually going to last.

Disappointed with order because picture shows a more coarse product but received what is basically almost a powder or very fine .

After watching Jeremy’s video about the mustard seed I am not sure if I want to use it do to it’s tendency to burn the plants. I’m not to well versed in gardening but have be following the “Build a Soil way” and it’s been working for me. However, I believe I will air in the side of caution and not use it until I’m able to better understand what effects it could have on my plants.

Should definitely come with a warning not to use for medicinal herbs, unless you like combusting stray jute fibers with your medicine.

No probe to go inside tent. Not sure if that was mentioned in the description or not. If it was then that’s my fault for not checking. To use have to open tent to check readings.