{"id":614,"date":"2026-10-06T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supreme-products.com\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:54:46","slug":"what-is-living-soil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supreme-products.com\/cs\/what-is-living-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Living Soil? A Simple Guide to the Soil Food Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1308892488\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supreme-products.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/living-organisms-soil-scaled-copy.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Hands holding a handful of soil\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-181056977\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x5 md-x5 lg-x5 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-left\">\n                  \n\n<h1 class=\"uppercase\"><strong>Co je \u017eivn\u00e1 p\u016fda?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>A plain-language guide to living soil: what it is, how the soil food web feeds your plants, and how it differs from feeding with bottled nutrients.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/cs\/monster-living-soil\/\" class=\"button white is-outline\"  >\n\t\t<span>Discover Monster Soil<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-181056977 {\n  width: 90%;\n}\n#text-box-181056977 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-181056977 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1308892488 {\n  padding-top: 420px;\n}\n#banner-1308892488 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1308892488 {\n    padding-top: 380px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_145149347\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-502518178\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1704704132\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2054843454\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>What is living soil? The short answer<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supreme-products.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-13-at-10.03.47.png\" alt=\"What is living soil: plant roots growing through soil full of life\" width=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Living soil is a growing medium that contains active soil life \u2013 bacteria, fungi and other organisms \u2013 which break down organic matter and make nutrients available to the plant over time.<\/p>\n<p>In a classic mineral setup, you dissolve nutrients in water and feed the plant directly. In living soil, much of that work is done by the biology in the soil. You mainly water, and the soil life does the rest.<\/p>\n<h2>How the soil food web works<\/h2>\n<p>Na str\u00e1nk\u00e1ch <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soil_food_web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soil food web<\/a><\/strong> is the network of organisms that live in soil and feed on each other and on organic material. In simple terms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Organick\u00e1 hmota<\/strong> (such as worm castings and plant material) is the food source.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bacteria and fungi<\/strong> break this material down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Larger soil organisms<\/strong> feed on bacteria and fungi and release nutrients in forms that roots can take up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roots<\/strong> release sugars and other compounds that feed microbes around the root zone, which keeps the cycle going.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, what is living soil in practice? A soil where biology does the feeding. This is why living soil growers talk about &#8220;feeding the soil, not the plant&#8221;.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_145149347 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n  padding-bottom: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1663660878\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-131247602\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1454464574\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2083516653\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>The role of beneficial fungi<\/h2>\n<h3>Mycorrhiza<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mycorrhiza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mycorrhizal fungi<\/a> form a partnership with plant roots. The fungal network extends into the soil beyond the roots and helps the plant reach water and nutrients, while the plant supplies the fungi with sugars.<\/p>\n<h3>Trichoderma<\/h3>\n<p>Trichoderma is a group of fungi that commonly live in the root zone. They are widely used in horticulture as beneficial microorganisms in growing media.<\/p>\n<p>Both are added to <a href=\"\/cs\/monster-living-soil\/\">Monster Soil<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1663660878 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n  padding-bottom: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1481087002\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1430240866\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-628768736\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3788009483\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Living soil vs. bottled nutrients<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th><\/th><th>Living soil<\/th><th>Mineral feeding (bottled nutrients)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td><strong>How nutrients reach the plant<\/strong><\/td><td>Released gradually by organic matter and soil life<\/td><td>Dissolved in water and supplied directly<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>What you do<\/strong><\/td><td>Mainly water, keep the soil evenly moist<\/td><td>Mix and dose nutrients per growth stage<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>pH management<\/strong><\/td><td>Buffered by the soil<\/td><td>Usually measured and adjusted<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td><strong>After the harvest<\/strong><\/td><td>Soil can be refreshed and reused<\/td><td>Medium is usually replaced<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n<p>Both approaches can grow healthy plants. Living soil suits growers who want a simpler routine and a more natural, biology-driven system.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1481087002 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n  padding-bottom: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_23627597\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1099699217\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-482884483\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-126658606\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>How to start with living soil<\/h2>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to mix your own soil from scratch. Supreme offers two ways to start:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cs\/produkt\/monster-living-soil-homegrow-pot\/\">Monster Soil Pot<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 10.8 L of ready-to-use living soil in its own pot. Plant, water, grow.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cs\/produkt\/monster-living-soil-concentrate\/\">Monster Soil Concentrate<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 50 L of concentrated living soil that you mix 1:1 with organic soil, for growers who fill their own pots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read next: <a href=\"\/cs\/monster-soil-concentrate-guide\/\">Jak pou\u017e\u00edvat Monster Soil Concentrate<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/cs\/monster-soil-pot-guide\/\">How to grow in the Monster Soil Pot<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"\/cs\/monster-soil-faq\/\">\u010casto kladen\u00e9 ot\u00e1zky o Monster Soil<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_23627597 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n  padding-bottom: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1270057285\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2268\" height=\"1299\" 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