Ecothrive Soil Food Bloom is an organic powdered top-dress amendment designed to replenish living soil as plants move into the flowering and fruiting stage.
Rather than being mixed into a nutrient tank like a conventional liquid bloom feed, Soil Food Bloom is applied directly to the surface of the growing medium. It provides additional phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and supporting nutrients while maintaining the living-soil approach.
Key features
- Designed for flowering and fruiting: formulated with lower nitrogen and increased phosphorus and potassium compared with Soil Food Grow.
- Organic powdered top dress: applied directly to the soil rather than mixed into an irrigation reservoir.
- Supports living soil biology: organic inputs provide nutrition while supporting biological nutrient cycling.
- Contains potassium lignosulphonate: a source of potassium and fulvic compounds.
- Contains Ecothrive Charge: mealworm frass forms part of the blend.
- Suitable for pots and soil beds: designed for established plants in organic living-soil systems.
Typical nutrient analysis
- Nitrogen (N): 2%
- Phosphorus (P2O5): 8%
- Potassium (K2O): 6%
- Calcium: 10%
- Magnesium: 1%
- Sulphur: 2.5%
- Fulvic acids: 2.5%
What's in Ecothrive Soil Food Bloom?
- Potassium lignosulphonate: supplies potassium together with fulvic compounds.
- Mealworm frass: the Ecothrive Charge component of the formula.
- Gypsum: provides calcium and sulphur.
- Magnesium sulphate: provides magnesium and sulphur.
- Micronised rock phosphate: provides a source of phosphorus for flowering and fruiting plants.
How to use Ecothrive Soil Food Bloom
For established indoor plants, Ecothrive recommends using 1 to 2g per litre of soil, calculated using the volume of soil in approximately the top 15cm of the pot or bed.
- Measure the required amount of Soil Food Bloom.
- Spread it evenly across the soil surface.
- Lightly scratch the powder into the top 2 to 4cm of growing medium.
- Water after application.
For plants in approximately 40 to 60 litre containers, apply during the early flowering or fruiting stage once flowers have started to form. Some longer-running plants may benefit from another application 2 to 3 weeks later. Avoid further top dressings during the final 4 to 5 weeks before harvest.
Outdoor application
For established plants in garden soil, apply approximately 100 to 200g per square metre. Lightly work it into the top 2 to 4cm and water after application. Repeat approximately every 4 to 6 weeks when required.
Soil Food Grow, Bloom and Re-Gen explained
- Soil Food Grow: replenishes nutrition during vegetative growth.
- Soil Food Bloom: used as plants transition into flowering and fruiting.
- Soil Food Re-Gen: used between growing cycles to replenish depleted soil.
The NPK Gardening Solutions take
Ecothrive Soil Food Bloom makes most sense for growers who want to maintain a living-soil system rather than move onto bottled mineral nutrients when flowering starts. Treat it as a measured soil amendment, not a conventional PK booster.
Choose Ecothrive Soil Food Bloom if you are growing in living soil and need a straightforward organic top dress for the flowering and fruiting stage.