How bad is this store bought soil?

Prince Vegeta

Prince Vegeta

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I am on a super tight budget now
I bought a few bags of this sort
I'm looking for some cheap perlite

How bad will this be for seedlings and
Say adding a littlesoil to the topic myalreadypotted plants?

Am using fox farms basic trio nutes
Won't let me post pic of the npk
Will additwhen i get home
 

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Indacouch

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Prince Vegeta said:
I am on a super tight budget now
I bought a few bags of this sort
I'm looking for some cheap perlite

How bad will this be for seedlings and
Say adding a littlesoil to the topic myalreadypotted plants?

Am using fox farms basic trio nutes
Won't let me post pic of the npk
Will additwhen i get home
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I've used cheap potting mixes from Home Depot before. As long as you get soil with no food in it already you can do just fine. Especially since you're using the Fox Farm trio. Start the Grow Big at 1/4 strength along with the Big Bloom.....The Big Bloom is the only organic of the trio, so you can use it at general feeding dosage from the go. I wouldn't go above 3/4 strength with the Grow Big though. Start with quarter strength and see how they react and slowly work your way up to half strength. The Tiger Bloom is obviously for flower....but treat it the same way as the Grow Big ...start slow and don't go over 3/4 strength. My plants use to do fine at half strength on both those. I grew lots of nice plants with cheap Home Depot potting mix and the trio.....brings back memories lol....perlite is actually pretty damn cheap online and even at the Grow shops.

I love Big Bloom...it's actually the only one I use to this day on my girls. The trio isn't cost effective for my green houses anymore for many years now.....GL
 
Indacouch

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Prince Vegeta said:
I'm using fabric pots
I like em but I keep under watering of all things
But those plants are in ffhf
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Fabric pots are awesome. Watering can be tricky because they do dry out thoroughly when your watering habits are good. I like to give the plants an intial water and wait about 15 to 20 minutes then finish watering. This gives the soil a chance to get the sponge effect going. Otherwise your literally pouring water straight through the medium.
 
Ringsixty

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Indacouch said:
Fabric pots are awesome. Watering can be tricky because they do dry out thoroughly when your watering habits are good. I like to give the plants an intial water and wait about 15 to 20 minutes then finish watering. This gives the soil a chance to get the sponge effect going. Otherwise your literally pouring water straight through the medium.
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You are right about getting the plant well watered. When using fabric pots.
 
Indacouch

Indacouch

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Ringsixty said:
You are right about getting the plant well watered. When using fabric pots.
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Blessing and a curse for new growers imo .....The blessing is the fact that fabric pots are very hard to overwater. One would literally have to put an effort into overwatering a plant in the correct size smart pot. The curse is the fact that they dry out so well, if you try to hurry through watering it's almost pointless. Literally pouring water straight onto the ground.
 
Tacoavenger17

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Indacouch said:
Blessing and a curse for new growers imo .....The blessing is the fact that fabric pots are very hard to overwater. One would literally have to put an effort into overwatering a plant in the correct size smart pot. The curse is the fact that they dry out so well, if you try to hurry through watering it's almost pointless. Literally pouring water straight onto the ground.
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I saw a friend of mine destroy wooden floor after wooden floor doing that, dude wouldn't learn.

I gotta show dude this, so he doesn't just think I'm bonkers for saying what you said to him. (I've tried to tell him this for years)
 
Prince Vegeta

Prince Vegeta

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I water pretty slowly
It freaked me out the first time I got runoff from the side
I use a 16 oz polar pop cup to fill a bottle attached to a hose that I can put anywhere in my pot so I water half a gallon go play some Xbox water test of that gal have recently had to start using another gallon
 
Indacouch

Indacouch

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Tacoavenger17 said:
I saw a friend of mine destroy wooden floor after wooden floor doing that, dude wouldn't learn.

I gotta show dude this, so he doesn't just think I'm bonkers for saying what you said to him. (I've tried to tell him this for years)
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Yes that would destroy a wood floor or at least warp it. I have paved floors in my green houses. The fabric pots hold a layer of moisture between the pot and the concrete for a few days. I'd imagine the wood would hold that dampness even longer. He's lucky he hasn't caused any mold issues. He should look into watering trays to collect runoff. Then he'd see what's actually being soaked up by the floor.
 
Tacoavenger17

Tacoavenger17

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Indacouch said:
Yes that would destroy a wood floor or at least warp it. I have paved floors in my green houses. The fabric pots hold a layer of moisture between the pot and the concrete for a few days. I'd imagine the wood would hold that dampness even longer. He's lucky he hasn't caused any mold issues. He should look into watering trays to collect runoff. Then he'd see what's actually being soaked up by the floor.
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I've tried getting dude to do that, and he won't even look for mold (I'm pretty certain it's there, I don't get to see his spots much anymore because I'm "too critical" lol)

This dude took years to believe me that mylar and tinfoil weren't the same thought, so that kinda shows the sort of dude he is.
 
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