Which is a better potting soil and why?
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VincenzioVonHook
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Home made or bust for me. I just enjoy building a good soil. No beef with pre mix.
twentyeight.threefive
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C) Coco
twentyeight.threefive
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The OF is a bit hotter mix than the HF. Usually not recommended for seedlings but some can handle it.
Paul Drake
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I’ve never found it to be too hot at all.
speedwell68
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None of the above.
hotrodharley
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Neither. Pro Mix HP or Sunshine 4.
DrOgkush
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Pre mix that stuff with seed starter 50/50. What I did before. I use mothers earth.
And re mix with ewc and seed starting mix for seedling only. Every time I start straight into any soil mix from the jump, it places my seedlings at a 2 week stunt from the nitrogen levels. Leads to all kinds of problems with the ph and roots feeding correctly.
And re mix with ewc and seed starting mix for seedling only. Every time I start straight into any soil mix from the jump, it places my seedlings at a 2 week stunt from the nitrogen levels. Leads to all kinds of problems with the ph and roots feeding correctly.
Coldnasty
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Meh I would never recommend coco to a new grower. It’s too labor intensive, as a matter of fact I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone unless they just want to do busy work.
xtsho
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Coco's easy if just stick some Blumats in the pots and walk away. Just check your nutrient reservoir once or twice a week and top off when needed. Coco can be as easy as water only soil. But if you're hand watering drain to waste it can be a chore. And some of the automated drain to waste watering systems just have too many parts for my liking. Blumats make growing in coco like a pilot flying a plane on autopilot. Just sit back and read a book if you want.
Alcoholock
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FFOF ( Fox Farms Ocean Forest ) made Simple - Autoflower
This thread was created to help those who seem to overthink the ease of use of this highly ammended bag soil. I see many growers both new and experienced seem to post “ issues “ when trying to run this medium. I am merely showing a simple no frills method of container / bag grows for autos...
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^ has netted me and a bunch of other people good quality yields with very little fuss..and the foundation to it all is ocean forest. I've planted many seeds directly into ffhf/ffof mix and into each directly....no transplants and had good results. Keep it simple! Then from there start tweaking to your liking
drsaltzman
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Nothing wrong with either though I prefer Roots 707 if you can find it.
The charge takes me completely through veg and I only buy/use bloom nutes.
The charge takes me completely through veg and I only buy/use bloom nutes.
drsaltzman
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I’ve thought about Blumats, but I enjoy hand watering every day.
It’s therapeutic, but also, keeps me connected with the plants.
Might be nice when going out of town but I can always find someone to tend them for me.
twentyeight.threefive
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To each their own I guess. If you want to be lazier and do more guessing, go soil. Just because someone is new doesn't mean they don't want to do work. Some people enjoy taking care of their plants. Not to mention you can pull better yields in coco if that interests you.
If you can follow simple steps it's pretty hard to mess up coco and if you do you can easily get back on track. I thought those points might be appealing to new growers.