autoflower growing medium

I've done alot of research to simply be told its all up to the grower to use what hey choose for a medium. I jus simply would like to know what has worked for other people, as a starting point for me. This is my very first grow, and i started with autos as I was told they are very easy and resilient to operator error and what not. I'm looking for something I wont have to put a lot of nutrients in, as I want a more natural grow, without all the chemicals and having to flush. Is there any soil based mediums out there that kffer my type of request or am i screwed? If I could get a flat answer as to a soil, and any other info that could benefit me, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and happy growing!

Amazon Bloom I use for my house plants. It's a very good soil but, I use ferts. I do hempy bucket using perlite only and the Lucas formula. It's a cheap and easy way to grow.

I recently started a compost bucket to try what you want do. I'm hoping it's a water only solution but, I haven't done it before so. I'm a noob. Lots of great dudes and info in the organics section. I've never really tried an organic bag soil but, they sell them. G'luck.

Fox farms ocean forrest is nice stuff

Fox farm ocean forest soil is the way to go in my opinion

thanks for the input, bought a bag of ffof today. Will update once the seeds arrive. Also, I bought the trio pack of nutrients that FF offers. The salesman told me that the soil was good for 3 weeks without nutrients, is that a safe bet? And what sort of natural remedies is there for mites? I read inline a habenero pepper stay mix diluted with water knocks em dead, is that true? Worst case, I have some mighty wash, but as I stated before, I do not want to use chemicals n what not. Trying to be all natural.

berten-ernie420 said:

thanks for the input, bought a bag of ffof today. Will update once the seeds arrive. Also, I bought the trio pack of nutrients that FF offers. The salesman told me that the soil was good for 3 weeks without nutrients, is that a safe bet? And what sort of natural remedies is there for mites? I read inline a habenero pepper stay mix diluted with water knocks em dead, is that true? Worst case, I have some mighty wash, but as I stated before, I do not want to use chemicals n what not. Trying to be all natural.

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Wait 4 to 5 weeks to feed in my opinion but I'm only on my second grow so I'm still dialing things in

even with autos? I read they take up alot more nutrients due to the short and vigorous growth cycle.

I've read they are sensitive to nutes.

Check out my grow thread. I have fed nothing yet. Tomorrow will be week 5

can u post a link? I'm new to the forum and haven't quite figured everything out. Hahaha, and does anyone have any input as to cfl's and autos? I want to make the switch to something more, like a hps, or mh, but I have a very small grow area, 3X3x5. Its a closet grow. So I'm afraid if I get a higher output light, it'll essentially cook my babies.