Soil queston, help please guys.

Iam planning a grow soon and wanted to gow in soil.
ive gone with miracle-gro moisture control compost,

what u guys think?

here is the soil iam planning to use?
ne1 else tryrd it? its the only good soil i could get.




Miracle-Gro All Purpose Growing Compost with exclusive Aquacoir formula that stores and releases water when plants need it! Enriched with Miracle-Gro Plant Food - feeds for up to 6 months. Absorbs twice as much water as ordinary multi purpose compost.


Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Compost: Absorbs twice as much water as ordinary multi purpose compost



all input will be great!!!!!!!

it will work but there's alot of better stuff go in organic section. Check out subcool super soil

thats the only stuff i could get, the lady said it was organic.
all the other soil in garden center was just in black bags like they dug it up them selfs?
out of ten what would u give this soil?

At least use soiless MG or standard MG potting soil. Your stuff holds too much water, and the nutes in it will play hell with your plants! MG also has bugs in the dirt! I know, I am also growing in MG potting soil and while it works, it's a constant struggle with the gnats. (seems when MG bags their soil they're in egg form, during truck shipment to stores they hatch. by the time you buy it, it's infested with bugs! normally you'd water every 3-4 days, I am not sure with that stuff. and what kind of ferts or nutes are in it, too? you want to be able to adjust that yourself instead of relying on (unpredictible) stuff in the dirt supposedly on time-release.

I stone phone all the time

C'mon guys an gals (all sxy gals pm me) does my soil just mean i have to water less,
this is a first time grow for me over here,
any more input?
shall i just go for it?
i wana hear those words in my head ''HARVEST TIME''
and not ''why they die''
less head scrachin and more tokin
peace out

faralos said:

At least use soiless MG or standard MG potting soil. Your stuff holds too much water, and the nutes in it will play hell with your plants! MG also has bugs in the dirt! I know, I am also growing in MG potting soil and while it works, it's a constant struggle with the gnats. (seems when MG bags their soil they're in egg form, during truck shipment to stores they hatch. by the time you buy it, it's infested with bugs! normally you'd water every 3-4 days, I am not sure with that stuff. and what kind of ferts or nutes are in it, too? you want to be able to adjust that yourself instead of relying on (unpredictible) stuff in the dirt supposedly on time-release.

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your in usa am in uk maybe my mg has less bugs??????

Go for it. It's not soil, it's compost (edit, I thought it was Miracle Grow Moisture Control soil at first). Only prob with that is it probably has too many nutes. Compost is basically broken down horse and chicken manure (among other things) and is rich in nutrients. It's excellent stuff for plants actually, but it might be too strong for seedlings/young plants.

But it'll most likely work. Supplement it with perlite or pebbles (if you get them from outside, make sure you wash them good), or anything else you have, if you're afraid of overwatering. Many people add 'soil moist' to their plain soil to make it hold more water, so don't worry about it.

Water the plant, and don't water again until it starts drooping. When it does, water again and after an hour the plant will spring back to life. If you go look at time lapse videos of plants growing on YouTube, you'll see that the plant grows and then wilts, before suddenly growing again. It almost looks like it's taking a breath.

Anyway, just saying.. that over watering isn't much of a problem if you pay attention to the plant.

The nutrients *might* be a problem because you'll have less control over them, but since it's your first grow, I doubt you're going to be adjusting nutes to the T anyway. If you can, then I recommend returning it and getting something else - they *must* have soil.. potting soil. Even Walgreens carries potting soil for $2. If you can't or don't feel like changing it, then use it.

Now go grow!

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thanks trukin great advice, thanks for your time to read and post, ive found a hydro shop not to far away,
thay have some soil, here
50L Canna Professional Soil Mix This Canna Soil mixes is one of the best in terms of quality and consistency. The mix contains a range of peats as well as perlite and is nutrient enriched.

linky.. Grotec Hydroponics. coco, fibre, soil, terra, professional, plus, auto pot, autopot pots, 10 litre, 7.5 litre, 15 litre, square, bat shit, bat guano, vermiculte, perlite, profit disc, saucer, tray, smart valve

ill go return the mg and go buy bag of that, what u think?

go to a local plant nursery. i started with MG. but keeping the ph stabil was a problem. i use pro mix bx now and no problems. get some good soil and your plants will love you for it.

i went with canna terra Professional Soil Mix,

all i need now is seeds and a few fans,
toke toke bang bang