Mixing soil

Bmiranda

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So, i have been using fox farm ocean Forrest soil since the beginning and while i was reseacrching and for the money, i decided to go with sinshine # 4 soil right.. I find it cheaper at ace harware then in Amazon so i order it. It comes in. My husband picks it up and its the advanced formula, i tell him its the wrong one i ordered a different one but i guess i can just use that. It should be good just advanced right.. Ok.. So i wanna mix my soils together bc i have a full bag of fox farm still so as im mixing i notice on the package of sunshine #4 that is soiless and basically coco coir.. well damn.. Wtf do I do?! Ive already mixed it all in half and half.. So I just said fuck it.. I went ahead and used the mixed soil and transplanted the big girls to 5 gallon pots.. I hope they are gonna be ok. What do you think ? I have like 3 cu ft of the sunshine#4 advanced formula which is a lot bc my end pots are gonna be 15 gallon fabric pots. Should i continue to mix soils or just use the advanced for final repot?
First 2 pics are the same plant
Last 2 different but same plant. Different angles
 

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Qube

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Sunshine Mix 4 Advanced only has about 20% coco. The rest looks like 50% Peat and 30% perlite. The only difference between that and the regular Sunshine #4 is the coco is replaced with more peat.

It's called soilless because there are no nutrients in it, beyond a basic charge that is supposed to be good for the first watering. Very similar to promix i believe.

I don't see a problem going forward as long as you're aware that you'll need to feed more compared to straight FFOF.
 

Bmiranda

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Sunshine Mix 4 Advanced only has about 20% coco. The rest looks like 50% Peat and 30% perlite. The only difference between that and the regular Sunshine #4 is the coco is replaced with more peat.

It's called soilless because there are no nutrients in it, beyond a basic charge that is supposed to be good for the first watering. Very similar to promix i believe.

I don't see a problem going forward as long as you're aware that you'll need to feed more compared to straight FFOF.
Ok thats great news, thank you! Should i coninue to mix fox farm in it when i transplant to 15 gallon later on or should it be fine just with the sunshine #4 ?
 
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