Foxfarm doesn't feed nutrients for six months. I use it, You can start nutrients after roughly 4 weeks safely. You will need to use CalMag beginning 3-4 weeks to the end of your grow as well. I mix my Fox Farm Ocean Forest with 1/3 Lite Warrior, extra perlite and vermiculite. It works just fine. Be careful adding additional nutrients though.
Organic soil isn't perfect and it's normal to make adjustments on-the-fly using nutrient teas or top dressings. But if the soil is too hot, you're in for a world of hurt.
Only problem is you are smoking biowaste products
FFOF has sewer sludge in it , that's why they lost their organic cert and are now calling it " Smart Natural " soil instead of organic like it used to be called.
Oh Lucky meOnly problem is you are smoking biowaste products
Sorry to rain on your parade, now you know and knowing is half the battle - GI JOE
Source?Only problem is you are smoking biowaste products
Call them and ask where the urea comes from in their FFOF. Theres also numerous threads on it on these forums just look up fox farm under the organic section, they lost their omri listing years ago.
true but why buy subpar soil when quality soil is easy to aquire, you said you buy products from build a soil why not just buy their mix that doesnt have gross stuff in it? I recommend this guy make his own mix, that's why i do, cheapest and most effective way to get exactly what you want. Bales of compressed peat are very inexpensive.
$12 is cheap, $22 where i live for the 1.5 cu ft bag
Build your own, build a soil got a recipe, bales of compressed peat are about 13$ for ~5.7 cubic feet. I live in colorado and make my own mix, it's the cheapest way. You can source most of the items you need from home depot for a fraction of the cost of a premade mix and much higher quality when all is said and done.
I do build my own. I was simply offering the op my opinion. Do you think someone complaining about ff for $12-$14 a bag is going to spend more on a different soil? Or go through the hassle of piecing his own together like we do? That's why I offered the info I did easiest and cheapest way to go water only with minimal top dress. Wasn't saying it's the cheapest way or best way or organic etc. Not everything is a fight bro.
True, roots 707 is a cheap alternative, got fungus gnats though. When you go cheap you don't always get quality.
I didn't like the roots any of it. I got gnats with it too and I prefer the way the FF does with water vs the roots. I found the roots brand to dry out faster and need amending way sooner than just the straight FFOF. My last grow in soil before this one and in a SIP I only topped dressed the FFOF one time at the beginning of flower that was it. Water only the whole time as easy as it gets and especially as a new guy. I am back in soil now and this is the healthiest my plants have ever been. Loving the no till and learning about all the amendments etc. Got my own worm farm fresh worms and ewc right from home it's rolling now and I am.loving it. And using dechlorinated tap right now has kept my cal mag in check even under the COBs
