what is the best brand of soil

[papabear420]

I was wondering if someone could tell me what soil works the best and also what nutrients to use with that soil.

 

[shnazul23]

U HAve to go to the hydro shop and ask for the growers professional mix it should cost around $8 a bag/2 cubic feet. or Foxfarm light warrior.$18/2 cub ft or Sunshine mix 1 $40 a bail.

 

[papabear420]

i do have some earl may potting mix but its -- 0.05 - 0.01 - 0.05, which im guessing isn't going to work

 

[shnazul23]

yeah if u have they money to buy some soil go do it...do it right the first time and u wont learn the hard way. find the closest hydro store and go there

 

[GrnMan]

I like Fox Farms Ocean Forrest.

 

[Twistyman]

Just stay away from bargin price soil's. Get a good sterile, low ph soil. I bought cheapass
shit that had more wildlife in it than most ZOO'S.......Up to my armpit's in spidermites...
The foxfarm ocean seen's to be real popular here....Scott's is good too.
Good luck, may all your twistys burn true

 

[xtremeink]

i am using sunshine # 1 its work great for me

 

[papabear420]

do i need to mix it with perlite or sand

 

[BadBeach420]

Never underestimate Miracle Gro soil. Relatively cheap, good quality, and easy to find. Whether you mix with sand or perlite is a personal choice, I like perlite.

 

[jimmyspaz]

I use a standard garden center pro-mix,sterile, 80% spagmum, 20% perlite. DNF organic nutes. Works for me.

 

[t dub c]

Promix hp, with 1/4 perlite.

 

[papabear420]

I use a standard garden center pro-mix,sterile, 80% spagmum, 20% perlite. DNF organic nutes. Works for me.

Does home depot carry all this

 

[jimmyspaz]

No,they might have the pro-mix, the DNF is a hydro store thing. It's a specialist nute for indoor growing. DNF= Dutch Natural Formula, they have a 2 part (A+B) and an organic formula in both "grow" and "bloom". I use their organics.

 

[say no 2 soap]

I used miracle grow with perlite & it works fine for me. I think alotta people overwater n den blame the soil they used.

 

[GrnMan]

Does home depot carry all this

You can get some Scott's potting soil and mix that with some MG Sphagnum peat moss and some MG perlite. I used this when starting off and I was fine. You can get by with this, but trust me, there are much better soils out there.

Something like 60 percent Scott's, 30 percent MG sphagnum peat moss, and 10 percent MG perlite.