Critical BuildASoil reviews

Not as much of the inoculated mushrooms as previously

I love having an amendment that fills the gap that BAS’s soil recipes are oddly lacking on. I don’t know exactly why BAS’s soils are missing key micronutrients, but regardless, this is good to have. However, it’s a nightmare for me to use it every single time. It constantly clogs my sprayer. I have to unclog the tip every 30 seconds or so when applying this stuff. It’s not quite micronized enough for sprayers. When I need to use it which is every 1 to 2 weeks I’m going to start using it in a rain style watering can. That sucks because I can’t control the soil coverage as well as I can with a sprayer, but I have to figure something out to fill those nutrient gaps in the soil. Good stuff, just a pain to use.

Does not measure 20 in at the bottom it only measures 16 and 3/4 in so it's not a 20 inch pot

Got it to prevent pm then noticed I had thrips after first spray. So sprayed twice after that but not back to back and waited and still see thrips. It's hard to get every leave so I can't say that it's not working and I haven't done a lot of research on how to use this either besides mixing 3oz to a gallon in my pump sprayer and trying to shoot every leaf from the top and underneath, while in the dark.... While the plants are trellised . Wish there was like a smoke bomb that could kill pests and be ok for early flowering plants.

I ended up thinking 'more is better' and added about 3 inches to the top of my pot, this was added In the first week of flower too. The problem with that was when I watered only the top half of the pot was now getting wet and after 1 week of this (especially during the fast growth during stretch), all my plants began having issues with the lower half of the pot not getting water down there. So just be sure the day you first water in this product that you water heavy, to be sure the whole pot is saturated and avoid deficiencies like I had. For an organic soil smaller pot situation like mine, this isn't really an ideal product. I feel if your indoors in pots of soil, you should be using 7 gallon pots, or if your using 5s you should flip right after final transplant.

Beautiful hat. Wish I looked at the sizing before I ordered. Great for women , children or the guy from Beetlejuice with the little head.

Good but had several large clumps of a mud-like substance mixed in.

Seems to be A Lot less liquid soluble than previous orders. Used it a lot a really liked it but this seems unusual.

I guess I'm one of the unlucky few who got a bag of wet straw. The amount of material was fine, and if it had fruited it would have been excellent. However, even after several weeks in an environmentally controlled room there was only the faintest hint of white, and eventually slimy green. Whatever, life goes on, just w/o any mushrooms ;-P

The worm castings was pretty much all dried out but it does the job

I don't know the product well cuz I don't know what to look for in the plant as far as Horticultural aloe does for it I know it's healthy for the plant. But overall the product I rated it a three because I don't have experience with it is enough to rate it any higher

The Clover Cover Crop does prevent weeds from growing. It is a very nice, healthy, clover field : 100 feet by 50 feet. There are NO weeds! However, I had called and asked, what now? Previously, I was told to till my garden one last time really good. Plant the Clover. Now I have a wonderful “NO TILL” garden. Now what? If I want to plant my garden with something, how do I precede? I am not tilling any longer because it is a NO TILL garden. So do I mow down the clover with my lawn mower, then plant my garden? But the clover will take over my garden seeds. So do I keep pulling out the clover so my garden can grow? When I called you to ask, I told be you sell several books. That I need to purchase the books, read them, then figure it out on my own. Really?

Plants experiencing calcium and K deficiency!

The original ones before BAS started making it themselves were double the size and packed right. Was plenty to cover 6, 45 gallon pots. Now I just put down a new one and it covered 4, but not how I would like them to be covered. I could understand if maybe the mentioned it was less and it was priced accordingly but they are priced more and don’t mention it’s way less. I let the bag sit for 2 weeks and it was barely inoculated, just big balls of saw dust that were inoculated with some straw. Now I gave it 3 stars because it’s still decent mulch, and I need to buy another one in order to complete the job. They should either add way more straw, or make it cheaper though.

If you want to spread some in your soil as pest management it works but dont let the mustard seed meal touch the stalk of your vegetables it will kill them. The mycelium that eat the mustard will also start eating any plant material that is touching the seed meal.

I liked the older version of this better when the logs were used and had a ton of mycelium. Now these arrive as wet straw with little to no visible microbial life, which is disappointing. It’s nice to use these right away when you get it rather than having to wait a week or two for colonization, but whatever. It works.

Description says "looks like small/medium perlite" but there are some pieces as big as 3/4 " Other than that its a pretty good deal.

Still a great product ! I think I'm spoiled since I purchased the original Q , before there was 60 and 20 . The only reason for the 4 stars is because it's not as good as the 60 ! I use alot more Q to get the foam to really get goin , as apposed to just a sprinkle of the original. Haven't decided wht I will do when I need more sappanin .

Some of the large pieces I don't care for but everything else is fine.

Not really sure I really need this, but the pop up recommendation sure made me feel like i did. I mostly have no idea whats happening in my soil, but BAS inputs have always been worth the cost for the harvest i get

I just put down on my beds a couple of days ago! It was totally different from the first two purchases over the last couple years! No white stuff! Seemed like less as well! Maybe you could let us know when you change it ! At least I wouldn't have been thrown off by the difference! Other than that I have no collected data for you! At this time I'm going to plant my next round in a few days!

I found the barley straw mulch to be messy and difficult to work with. I hadn't seen the video where Jeremy says wetting it helps to cut down on dust and likely helps it be a little more flexible. Once I had it on my 15 gallon fabric pots it was okay. It did improve the soils ability to retain water some. I didn't end up using it for long. It was just a hassle for me. Also made assessing the soils moisture level more difficult. You need to move the straw out of the way to get your finger down in the soil an inch or so and then cover it back up which usually led to more and more straw getting on the floor of the tent. I'm currently trying some red cedar wood shavings as mulch instead. The straw may work out better in a bed of soil. But for the pots I'll take a pass. G.

The sprayer drips a lead at the hose where it connects to the handle of the wand and there is chipped paint. No matter how tight I get it I cant stop it so I'm going to try thread tape. Obviously this is a manufacture problem. Makes me wonder whether these are 2nd quality

Good product overall but I found a few plastic pieces in my 2 pound bag. Few plastic bits are to be expected as it has some waste products in it. But I was shocked when I pulled a bolt out of my soil as I was mixing it. That is unacceptable.

I don’t think buildasoil should offer services to areas of the shipping is more than the actual soil. Maybe invest in other distributors… preferably in Texas