so far the mixes or brands I've tried were GH cocotek,hydro farm ? And botanicare cocogro all 5kg bales and the best is botanicare. GH and hf both even with a good rinse I've been losing a lot o plants don't know why. The botanicare seems to be the easiest for me
Dont use air pots, but use Smart pots for there ability to set in trays or soil, and I did notice a difference on the plus side in yield.
. With bagged stuff worrying about quality is always an issue hopefully my homemade recipe works well though. Also using air pots. Peace
If you are going to go that route, you need to please remember to buffer your soil and cook it for at least 4 weeks, preferably 8. Without the lime you will have pH issues out the nose and it will kill all your bennies etc. As somebody that wants to try orgfanic growing, I can recommend this as a go-to thread, and GandalfdaGreen is one excellent fella, his results speak for themselves and if ever you are in a pinch or have any questions he will help you out FAST. He's run into every challenge organic can throw at you and dealt with them in spectacular fashion. No elitism on his thread either. Very cool:Thanks for the info Mad Hamish. Ive heard a lot about coco definitely considering it for future grows. Going to start off with good ole' soil though. Going to make my own, its going to be pretty basic, just some 100% organic compost like 4 bucks a huge bag some perlite 5 bucks a bag, going to amend with blood meal, worm castings, and maybe some humus and some other benecifical bacteria and rooting hormones. All of it should cost 20 bucks but im going to have enough for a few grows. A big bag of ocean forest at my closest hydro was close to 30 bucks for a single bag
it's worth the 26$ for FF ocean forest and saves time..one downside i did see some white winged baby fly type insects (just a few, last bag) i was able to control however, didn't come from this grower had to be the FF and the bog that was in it..imo
10/10 split and shot tails planted all last night.
Wow congrats man, a 100% germination rate, nice .
Keep us updated.
i would feel jinxed counting before they broke..
Not many germed and the ones that did stalled and died
. Maybe 1 of these days ill buy some from a new drop or ill just try something else.
Yeah summer is always trouble time for me but this one wasnt that bad. Soon i will be hanging a 400 hps in my small tent to flower 2 tents and make use of my double decker veg closet. Things should be looking up from here on ouit hopefully.
