How many gallons does a bag have??

I am buying soil for my next grow here within the next 2 days. Was looking into FF happy frog. I want to grow 12-16 plants in 5 gallon buckets. Running 1000 w hps with 40 cfls. Back to the question. I was wondering how much a 2.0 cubic ft bag off FF will fill. I was going to mix in 2 of the 8 qt. bags of perlite into each bag of FF soil. I was hoping that each 2.0 c. ft. bag with 2 bags of perlite will fill 2 of the 5 gallon buckets. Is this possible. Or am i way off. Been a while since i grew in soil, and it was a small scale grow, so im not to sure on this one. Let me no wht yall think....Thank you.

2 cubic feet = 14.91 gallons acording to google conversions

Adjorr said:

2 cubic feet = 14.91 gallons acording to google conversions

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I used that. But i wasnt sure if that was actually correct. If that is the case then 2.0 cf bag with 2 bags of perlite will fill 3 of the 5 gallon buckets.....

It should yes google's never let me down before

Adjorr said:

It should yes google's never let me down before

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Thanks adjor

I don't mix anything with my Happy Frog yet and 3, 5 Gallons is about what I've been getting.

NavyFighter04 What is the advantage of adding Perlite to the mix?

if you have time this is the way to go.... just add water https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/338384-2010-revised-super-soil-recipe.html

AZPsyclops said:

I don't mix anything with my Happy Frog yet and 3, 5 Gallons is about what I've been getting.

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Ive always seen people add it to their soil to loosen it up a bit. Maybe im wrong....

tusseltussel said:

if you have time this is the way to go.... just add water https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/338384-2010-revised-super-soil-recipe.html

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I don't know if Navy has thirty days to wait for cook time? From the link... "Now, we add water and let it cook in the sunshine. Thirty days of cooking is best for this concentrate."

SS are great, but they require a lot of planning, space, research, and time. I plan on adopting SS in my future grows and for outdoor landscaping and my organic vegtables.

gotta plan for the future now...

prosperian said:

I don't know if Navy has thirty days to wait for cook time? From the link... "Now, we add water and let it cook in the sunshine. Thirty days of cooking is best for this concentrate."

SS are great, but they require a lot of planning, space, research, and time. I plan on adopting SS in my future grows and for outdoor landscaping and my organic vegtables.

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I use half happy frog and half ocean forest. Is a great mix and drains well. No problems with it yet.

it comes down to personal prefrence what to mix with your soil. fox farm brand soils have really good drainage from what i hear so its debatable how much better adding perlite to the mix will be. adding perlite will let you fill more pots with less soil though.

I don't know I think it might be beneficial. I have noticed that the Happy Frog does get hard when it's really dry and takes awhile to dry after flushing. I've had no problems with drainage or anything yet, but I think it's worth a try.