Advice on first time Supersoil app.??

frizzelrip

Active Member
Hello fellow Cannibus Lovers, Ive decided to try out Subcools Soil recipe for this upcoming extravaganza!!. TGA gear,,Vortex and Querkle also some Fresh Super Lemon Haze beans from Green House. I kinda would like some first hand advice on Ideas of what would be the most efficient way to apply the supersoil in the grow..Now I dont have the space to finish plants off in 20 gallon containers, As i will be vegging in 2 gallon nursey containers and i will finish up in 7 gallon smart pots. I followed Subcools recipe to the T ,I know alot of others put there own twist or spin on the recipe spicing things up with different amendments all, but i would like to go off the original and then progress from that,if needed at all. I plan on ending up with 4-6 nice healthy Laidies

-FFOF/SUNSHINE MIX#4 50/50,epsom salts,dolomite lime,worm castings,humic acid,azomite,(VEG)
- CFL's for early on,T5 flouresents about 25000lumenns for 4-8 girls,,
-Then to 1000watt Metal halide/1000hps (all Hortilux bulbs) Finishing tent.
-Blue lab ph/ppm pen, Aquarium grade API PH up and down good for fish and plants alike, And a few other goodies i have that i dont know if i should put in the mix, Some i have had sucsess with and some not, A.N bud candy,Botanicare Cal mag plus,Dynagrow Pro tekt silica supplement,superthrive,Great White premium Mycorrhizae,Organic wholesome brand Mollasses,along with general organics entire organic line of nutes(prolly not needed)

_ Also just bought some Project Earth Compost tea, hearing good stuff bout this tea
_Brand new reverse osmosis water system that santa got me this past xmas.. 0ppm water!!awesome..

Hey peeps I know there are alot of different ways of doing this rite and wrong, im just lookin for some advice on some previous experiments, Keep in mind that im still popping my cherry when it comes to using RO water and what to do to obtain the rite PPM EC that is best for my plants.Please dont be scared to hold my hand and walk me through this step by step as if i was a total noob at this shit.....uhhhhh...wait oh yeah im still new as fuk
 

Grandmah

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It's to just keep it simple. My opinion is in organic gardening is pretty easy but some get thrown off by the simplicity. There's no real need for cal mag since you're putting lime in your soil. No need to ph since your lime and soil will regulate it. Keep some extra worm castings/ compost around to make teas if need be. The rest is just extra stuff you don't need and money you can save. Not everyone does it the same though.
 

Bugeye

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Just don't start your seeds in the super soil. Often too hot for young seedlings. I do about two weeks in starter soil, next two weeks in half starter mix, half super soil, then go to full supersoil on third transplant, trying to put a little 50/50 mix of SS and starter soil on the root ball so they don't hit 100% stuff until they grow into it.
 

frizzelrip

Active Member
That's what I keep telling myself grandma keep it simple stupid ha.

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frizzelrip

Active Member
Bugeye, Ive debated with a third transplant, though i mite do that with the supersoil ,,beings how hot it could be to a plant straight out of a semi-regular soil mix

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Grandmah

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There's no problem with a third transplant. I start out in square pots, transplant to two gallon pots, and then to sevens. Boom
 

thecannacove

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For what it's worth, I'll give you my limited experience with super soil. While I didn't mix my own, I'm growing in TGAs own bagged soil (both their cold and obviously their ss) so it should be nearly identical to the ss your plants will eventually enjoy.

Now... a couple of things I've learned.. I started my girls in solo cups with just tga organic soil (the non fert) and than went straight to 3 gallon pots with bottom 1/3 of pot ss, top 2/3 tga organic non-fert soil.

All was pretty good until the plants got pot bound from vegging a bit longer than expected. This resulted in me needing to transplant again to 5 gal pots. The lesson I learned here is not to put my SS into a pot unless it's the pot the plant will finish in. Otherwise, during transplant it seems it causes a bit of over excitement in the deeper roots that have been getting used to the SS in its less potent form (due to water runoff leeching some of the ferts over time).

The result is the roots going back into a hotter mix right away after transplant. I suppose one could put a thin layer or reg organic soil to form a bit of a buffer for a few days while the plant recovers from transplant shock before hitting the hot stuff.

Hope this makes a bit of sense.

Follow along with me on my first grow: https://www.rollitup.org/showthread.php?t=752460
 
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