Anybody else put items inside their weed soil 5 gal bucket

Start using Sunshine 4 or Sunshine 4 Professional instead of expensive Fox Farms products and forget the space making.

hotrodharley said:

Start using Sunshine 4 or Sunshine 4 Professional instead of expensive Fox Farms products and forget the space making.

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Ok ty I’ll check it out.
Appreciate it

I’m with you my man. I have been thinking about doing this. I have 7gal fabric pots, I might put a cone in the middle at the bottom, that has lots of holes in it. This will allow an air space to go upwards to let some air for the roots.

SnidleyBluntash said:

I’m with you my man. I have been thinking about doing this. I have 7gal fabric pots, I might put a cone in the middle at the bottom, that has lots of holes in it. This will allow an air space to go upwards to let some air for the roots.

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I think since it’s a 7 gallon and just a cone, u prob got plenty of soil still for one seed to have a nice yield. I originally did it to save money using less soil but won’t again.
I added too many water bottles in my two 5 gallon buckets so my plants won’t have as much soil to get huge as if I didn’t. But they look decent now.
my other 5 gallon bucket is just full soil so that’s gonna be better.

Cut the top off the bucket and make it a 3 gal if money is an issue.

My buddy was down and out and used beer 12 pack boxes with garbage bag liners lol. I have to give him credit that herb was killer.

More than one grower has planted directly into the Fox Farm bags or bales of Promix.

calvin.m16 said:

I use 15 gal GroPro Injection Molded pots for 70/30 Coco/Perlite. You're going to have problems growing in a 5 gal with Dirt. I used to use 25 gallon pots for soil and being a basement grower, fuck that.

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I grow indoor in dirt (FFOF) in 5 or 7 gal bags, no problems, get about 6 oz bud, dried and trimmed, per plant.

I think it should be said that it's good that OP is trying different experiments. This one didn't return rewards, but others might! Keep up the creativity

Phytoplankton said:

Soil outlet in off Todd Road in Santa Rosa Ca. They’ve got 50 different types of bag soil, and a grow shop too. I’ve never seen a 2 cu ft bag of FFOF.

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Try your local nursery

I also live in cali - i can source FFOF locally for about $18 a bag ( 1.5 cu ).

Your pricing may vary to your area.

So i did you a solid - look up Deep Roots Hydroponics in sonoma county - they list ocean forest but you gotta call them for pricing. Also they have Happy frog potting soil for $13 a bag ( another alternative. )

Other good alternatives-

Sunshine #4
Roots Organic
Dr. Earth
Recipe 420
Mother Earth Groundswell

I run 7gal pots.
I start 1 plant per month
Recycle my soil 1 time
1³ ft is about 7 gallons
2³ft bag happy frog $29×2 $58
4³ft bag perlite $28
8³ft fills 8 pots 2 runs each
My soil cost $86 per 16 months for my indoor grow.
My spent pots get flushed out an dump in my compost to cut acidity/compaction/concentration this is what will feed my outdoor grow next spring, I plan on pulling 8 plants next year. All said and done soil cost comes to about $3.50/plant I would love to spend less but that is nothing to bitch about

https://hydro-lite.com/products/air-dome

it’s already been invented. Put an air pump line under your pots for more air.