{"product_id":"ecothrive-life-cycle-soil-amendment","title":"Ecothrive Life-Cycle Soil Amendment","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnhance your gardening experience with Ecothrive Life-Cycle Soil Amendment, a versatile and easy-to-use solution that consistently delivers high yields and improved flavor profiles. Say goodbye to bags of spent growing media and save on costs by reusing your soil potting mixes. This premium organic product adds a broad spectrum of nutrients and beneficial microbiology to boost your plants at any stage of growth or bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--22495326667038__images_with_text_scrolling_WXa3EN\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 reveal-on-scroll=\"true\"\u003eRapid Soil Rejuvenation:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife-Cycle is designed to quickly restore depleted soils, making it ready for replanting faster than ever. This rapid rejuvenation process means your garden can continue to thrive without interruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 reveal-on-scroll=\"true\"\u003eOrganically Sourced Ingredients:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife-Cycle is formulated using only the finest organic inputs, ensuring that every application enriches your soil with natural, plant-friendly nutrients. Our commitment to premium quality organic ingredients is at the centre of everything we do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 reveal-on-scroll=\"true\"\u003eVersatile and Convenient:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're using our Eco-Life potting soil or any other soil and coco-based mix, Life-Cycle seamlessly blends in to deliver vital nutrients, revitalising your growing media with minimal effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 reveal-on-scroll=\"true\"\u003eEconomical and Efficient:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSay goodbye to the chore of disposing of spent growing media! By allowing for the reuse of the same soil across multiple growing cycles, you not only save on the time and cost of new soil and disposal but also help to reduce environmental waste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--22495326667038__rich_text_XmT6cD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Ecothrive Life-Cycle Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep on growing with Life-Cycle—our carefully formulated, balanced organic soil amendment designed to replenish tired and depleted soils at the end of each growing cycle. Life-Cycle replenishes your soil with a diverse blend of essential nutrients and minerals so that it is ready to use again and again! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife-Cycle essentially frees growers from the regular expense of buying new bags of growing media and the chore of disposal. Simply blend Life-Cycle with your existing living soil to reinvigorate it for another growing season! Life-Cycle has been created especially for organic growers using our Eco-Life potting soil—but it’s great for enhancing any soil or coco-based potting mix too. Made from only premium quality, raw, dry ingredients, Life-Cycle gives you a simple way to quickly remediate your old potting mix, enabling you to keep on growing and blooming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in Life-Cycle?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMealworm Frass (Ecothrive Charge):Our flagship product, Charge, is renowned for its ability to boost levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It serves as an excellent source of beneficial microbes. This natural and ecological product significantly enhances the primary nutrients in your soil mix. Additionally, mealworm frass contains fragments of mealworm skins and other body parts, providing a rich source of chitin. This helps stimulate the plant immune response and strengthen defences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeem: Neem acts as a powerful enhancer of soil fertility, thanks largely to its capacity as a nutrient accumulator. With roots that extend deep into the soil, neem accesses nutrients beyond the reach of other plants. It is abundant in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Another significant benefit of neem is its ability to protect against soil pests and pathogens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePremium Seaweed Meal: Often referred to as \"green gold,\" our seaweed meal comes exclusively from the highly-prized species, Ascophyllum nodosum. It boasts over 60 trace elements, making it a phenomenal natural soil amendment. This meal enriches your plants with a luxurious nutritional diet, enhanced by natural plant growth hormones such as cytokinins, auxins and gibberellins. These hormones aid in cell division, nutrient mobility and rapid root development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGypsum: Gypsum is essential for enhancing aroma, flavour development and overall health in fast-growing plants. It improves soil structure by enhancing water penetration and reducing water logging, thus conditioning your soil for better plant growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInsect Meal: Our ecologically-sourced alternative to crustacean meal, insect meal, has a very low sodium content, making it an ideal amendment for living soil. Rich in amino acids, nitrogen and phosphorus, it provides excellent nutrition for plants and enriches soil biology. Insect meal is a sustainable choice, sourced from black soldier fly larvae reared on controlled food waste streams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRock Phosphate: Rock phosphate provides a slow-release source of phosphorus, a critical nutrient incorporated into our Eco-Life mix to enhance soil biology and nutrient delivery to plants. Phosphorus is crucial for root development, vegetative growth and the production of fruits and flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasalt Rock Dust: Known as the \"magic ingredient,\" basalt rock dust supplies essential trace minerals and silica, vital for optimal plant health and vigour. These elements are the building blocks of enzymes, proteins and various metabolites, while silica promotes robust plant structure capable of supporting substantial yields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHumic and Fulvic Acids: Derived from the natural decomposition of ancient vegetation, humic and fulvic acids are abundant in humus. These compounds are highly effective in chelating nutrients, facilitating easier uptake by plants. They also play a pivotal role in stimulating microbial activity and enhancing both plant health and root growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow To use\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--22495326667038__images_with_text_scrolling_y7A69D\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMake Your Own Living Soil\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight fertility - 300-400g per 50L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModerate fertility - 500-600g per 50L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh fertility - 800-1000g per 50L\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMix Life-Cycle with your soil mix using the largest container available to promote a stable, homogenous mix. Adding additional nutrition to soils can sometimes cause an exothermic (heat-producing) reaction—this is all perfectly natural and normal! Allow some time for the soil mix to warm up and cool down before using. Larger volumes of soil (500+L) with a higher dose of amendment will warm up more and may need turning every two to three days for up to two weeks. When making a small batch (50L or so) with a light dose of amendment, this “cooking time” is not always necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen making your own soil mix with Life-Cycle, we recommend using 20-30% high-quality compost or worm castings\/vermicompost. This will increase biological diversity and speed up the conversion of organic ingredients into plant-available nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp reveal-on-scroll=\"true\"\u003eUsed Eco-Life Soil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the cycle, lightly dust 2-8 tablespoons (30-120g) onto 45-60L of used soil to rejuvenate it. Adding high-quality fresh compost or worm casting at 5% of the pot volume is also recommended. Over multiple cycles, application rates can be reduced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp reveal-on-scroll=\"true\"\u003eTop Dress\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLightly dust the surface of each 40-50L pot with 1-2 tablespoons (15-30ml). Water as usual after application. When using fresh Eco-Life soil, top-dress once in late veg-early flower and again 3-4 weeks later. Apply the last top dress 4-5 weeks before harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--22495326667038__rich_text_zFnJDw\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTips for making your own soil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen making your own soil mix with Life-Cycle, we recommend using 20-30% high-quality compost or worm castings\/vermicompost. 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