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I've just gone through all the amendments in my mind and i think i've come up with a more or less correct breakdown of my soil percentages. 10-12gal or 43-45% "High quality all purpose fibrous potting soil" containing vermiculite (indicates feedings are needed after 2 weeks and its already been...

Do you mean take about 1/4 of that mix and dilute it with equal parts peat and topsoil, or would one or the other be a better option? I was under the impression castings were fairly gentle, could they be transplanted to the regular mix once they have their first full set of leaves, or is a...

What your saying goes for both slightly acidic as well as slightly alkaline? I dont have a ppm meter at the moment but my tap water is almost exactly 7, but i've heard it can go up to nearly 8 at different times. Lime neutralizes acids but to my knowledge not bases, so i would think it would be...

Thanks to some suggestions from SpicySativa and May11th on my first thread i've made some additional purchases to improve my soils quality. Thankfully what i used originally wasn't the heavy top soil i mistakenly asked for, what was loaded into my trunk was an "All purpose potting soil". It...

Shit really? I guess i am pretty green....damn I cant resist the bad puns, i have a sickness.... You answered just in time because im making a trip to buy some amendments and some peat based potting soil in the morning, and i was just going to grab some castings if available, with the lime i...

A little pricey on amazon.ca, but if i can't find anything larger locally these should work right? http://www.smartpots.com/Websites/smartpots/PhotoGallery/1971864/%235%20-%20%2310%20Black%20Smart%20Pot.jpg?54074

The closest I have is a co-op garden center, and while i saw bone meal, they didnt seem to have guano, castings or any of the other ingredients i had seen mentioned for soil mixes, and the only brand name soil i could find was miracle grow and others mentioning "Slow release fertilzers" that...

While this is a new experience, the amount of reading done and money spent made me think this may be a better place to post the question than newbie central, that could easily be arrogance so if you folks think i'd be better of there i'll re-post the thread.

A foaf of mine is beginning his first serious attempt at growing and is hoping that if there are any glaring holes in his plan you folks can help nip them in the bud(teehee) before planting. The setup is as follows 600w mh conversion for veg, 600w hps for flower The grow space is an entire...