Where I'm from, I am not able to get foxfarms , oceanforest soils. This is the best I could do. Any gurus out there can help me out to improve my soil? I've been using this on a few of my autos, and it's growth is really slow. They're in their 10 week from seed yet. I'm a total newbie so any help would be greatly appreciated.
My autos are super short, Need help with soil
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Billytheluther
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It looks pretty compacted, some perlite would definitely help it out some. Other than thati dont know what to tell you.. you’ll probably have to get you some nutrients aswell.
Hows your ph??
Hows your ph??
I didn't measure the pH levels of the drainage water. But intake water it's 5.5-6.5
Hollatchaboy
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Get some dry amendments like gaia green 4-4-4 and some earth worm castings. Get some perlite as well. Top dress, then continue top dressing every couple weeks.
It has hole underneath, drains well. Right after watering the water starts to drain. Yes, I took the picture after watering. Light source is the sun. Hahaha, nothing else. Gets direct sun from 11.30am - 4pm otherwise, indirect sun. I didn't feed too much. I read autos don't like nutes.
Weedvin
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Add 50% Sphagnum peat moss. Your roots aren't getting enough O2.
Akright, thanks for the tip!
Autodoctor
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Deff need to mix some vermiculite in their and looks like way to wet
Weedvin
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Also for now add hydrogen peroxide 1tsp/gallon of water. If you mix 1/3 soil? 1/3 sphagnum peat moss and 1/3 earthworm castings you'll do very well !!
Autodoctor
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My brother is unable to get vermiculite and he finely crumbles some styrofoam up and mix’s in and works pretty good also
Autodoctor
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If that’s an auto at 10 weeks I would rip up and start again. Auto should be close to done in 10 weeks
Autodoctor
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21 days auto
Damn that's a beautiful girl. Mine is grown outdoors though. Recently it's been raining consistently every afternoon, definitely not getting the proper sunlight it needs. But I'm sure it's a combination of problems I'm facing with. I'll fix the soil with my next grow and see what happens. Thanks for the tips!
I'll get them tomorrow morning. Thanks for all the tips!
lakesidegrower
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If you want to try to save those, I’d mix up a 1:1:1 peat
erlite:compost/ewc mix, add rock dusts if you can and very lightly amended with a good nitrogen source like kelp, and transplant into that, then feed by top dressing or something similar when needed. For your next runs, consider mixing up a larger batch of soil with a bit more amendments and then let it ‘cook’ at least a month before using. There’s lots of recipes around - go for something super basic to start.
Agree with that aeration looks like it’s is an issue - You can tell by looking at the surface that there isnt nearly enough aeration material like perlite. Don’t add vermiculite - this is to help retain water, not to add aeration
erlite:compost/ewc mix, add rock dusts if you can and very lightly amended with a good nitrogen source like kelp, and transplant into that, then feed by top dressing or something similar when needed. For your next runs, consider mixing up a larger batch of soil with a bit more amendments and then let it ‘cook’ at least a month before using. There’s lots of recipes around - go for something super basic to start. Agree with that aeration looks like it’s is an issue - You can tell by looking at the surface that there isnt nearly enough aeration material like perlite. Don’t add vermiculite - this is to help retain water, not to add aeration