Walmart Soil
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I used to buy that miracle grow moisture control stuff... I forget the nute ratio but its something very very low good for young plants. Its got peat and perlite mixed in if I remember correctly.
I recently bought the cheapest stuff they had and a bag of perlite and am gonna try mixing my own.
I believe they have a few different kinds of schultz brand soils too.
From what I know your best bet is to get something with perlite in it for good drainage, and something that doesn't have fertilizer or slow release fertilizer in it so you can have more control over how much nutrients your plants are getting.
Then again Ive heard a few people have good results with soils that come with fertilizer.
Personally I like to play it safe :]
Hopefully someone else can give you a more definitive answer
I recently bought the cheapest stuff they had and a bag of perlite and am gonna try mixing my own.
I believe they have a few different kinds of schultz brand soils too.
From what I know your best bet is to get something with perlite in it for good drainage, and something that doesn't have fertilizer or slow release fertilizer in it so you can have more control over how much nutrients your plants are getting.
Then again Ive heard a few people have good results with soils that come with fertilizer.
Personally I like to play it safe :]
Hopefully someone else can give you a more definitive answer
SunnyD
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any of that soil is fine...i've used them all before and had same results... what i did was start off in the MG organic choice until time to transplant then i used some of that other stuff with that had nutes... no sign of burn... i started using Fox Farm soils and i love it...NO BUGS!!!!
Mr.Therapy Man
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Try to find plain potting soil with no nutes..peace
blower
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walmart i bought miracle grow peat moss i think
and black gold
so potting soil with no nutrients? exactly which? pics?
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smokermore
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smokermore
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ive heard on here that Black Gold is some of the best stuff u can buy, along with fox farm
tom__420
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It is like $15 for a big bag of ocean forest, that isn't that expensive especially considering how much better it is compared to other cheaper soils
Mr.GreenJeans
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I pay $22 for Ocean Forest or Happy Frog at my local Hydro store. WELL worth the extra $$$. BUT, despite what some will say here, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Miracle Gro time-release soil. You just have to be careful when adding nutes for the first 8 weeks.
Mataviejas
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Very nice, We have to pay 29$ here.