harris hawk
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Heard that the soil is some what "hot" and should do a 50/50 mix if use . also heard that one does not have to use nutrients thru out the grow. Confussed?
Has any one use Fox Farms Ocean potting soil?
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Diabolical666
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It can be too hot for seedlings. I been using it for 2 yrs no problems . But IM promix, HF and OF mix. Ppl just whine about the FF products bc they dont know how to use them....its not rocket science tbh
pghdave420
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Thats all ive used both grows.my 2nd grow I just used old ffof soil for new seedlings
ProHuman
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I use FFOF all the time, but I like to mix it with a peat based soil less mix. (like B'Cuzz)
mix 1:1 for clones and young plants
when I up-can, I go more FFOF
like 1:2 for veg, and 1:3 for flower.
view results in my blog here: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/prohuman-led-closet-grow.28301/#comment-36200
As for Fox Farm running out of nutes....
When you up-can, you add more. so if you use a solo cup to root, then a 2g pot to veg, and a 5g pot to flower, your plants will never need any additional nutrients added to them.
Good Luck!
mix 1:1 for clones and young plants
when I up-can, I go more FFOF
like 1:2 for veg, and 1:3 for flower.
view results in my blog here: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/prohuman-led-closet-grow.28301/#comment-36200
As for Fox Farm running out of nutes....
When you up-can, you add more. so if you use a solo cup to root, then a 2g pot to veg, and a 5g pot to flower, your plants will never need any additional nutrients added to them.
Good Luck!
GemuGrows
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It was a little bit hot for my seedlings (but only a LITTLE bit, a few nute burn spots here and there), once they took hold they seemed to love it. I'm just wrapping up my first real grow and I had some plants in roots organic and some plants in FFOF, but they were all started in party cups with FFOF. Could not tell a big difference between the two, but a more experienced grower might have been able to.
My plants seemed to like both soils very much. FFOF is a pretty good bet, maybe start the seedlings in something a little bit lighter on the nutes though
My plants seemed to like both soils very much. FFOF is a pretty good bet, maybe start the seedlings in something a little bit lighter on the nutes though
purplehays1
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ive put rooted seeds or clones into 100% ffof hundreds of times with no problem.
amfmclockradio
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Same here. Been using it for a long time, no problems. I've heard people claim this forever now.
dak1b
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I'm on my first grow with Fox Farm's Ocean Forest. I used a 50/50 on half my plants with organic soil. The rest full ocean forest. I started with clones...worked beautifully. The soil provides 2 weeks of feeding. All my plants are thriving on week #3 flower. I also use tiger bloom for flower..at half dosage.
I use FFOF for my mothers, and once the soil is 2 months old I start feeding them FF Grow Big every other feeding, full dosage. Mothers under T5's 5gal smart pots and loving life.. only thing is I had to use Azamax, which worked almost instantly, once because the FFOF has some bugs in it that turn into flies.. weird. They never came back though after a full Azamax dosage.
DemonTrich
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FFOF user here. I used light warrior for my seeds, the up pot to ffof after that. every clone goes into FFOF w/o any issues. ive never had any major burn, only the very tip of the tips. but ALL my plants show that type of burn, all thru flower as well.
I add nutes after 6 weeks in veg. I grow in 5gal pots, and a couple 3gals.
1 bag FFOF
30% large perlite
2 cups powdered dolomite lime
mix and enjoy
I add nutes after 6 weeks in veg. I grow in 5gal pots, and a couple 3gals.
1 bag FFOF
30% large perlite
2 cups powdered dolomite lime
mix and enjoy
