Grasscity.com - world's best online headshop


Go Back   Grasscity.com Forums > MARIJUANA GROWING > Absolute Beginners
Message Boards and Forums Directory

Absolute Beginners Your first time here? Talk to other newbie growers or share FAQ's and how-to tips! Afraid you don't have green fingers....? Here are the answers.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 10-05-2006, 12:47 AM
MrKlauz is offline  
MrKlauz is on a distinguished road
MrKlauz
Ho Ho Ho
MrKlauz's Avatar
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 106
soil ratio

I have top soil, peat moss, and vermiculite/perlite. What should the mix ratio be?

Earthgro top soil.



Canadian Gold peat moss.



Therm-O-Rock Vermiculite & Perlite



thanks!
__________________
They call me Mr. Klauz from the hood.
Treat me as the boss like they should.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 10-05-2006, 02:15 AM
Looking to learn
youngandstupid's Avatar
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Your monitor
Posts: 741
I dunno about the peat soil but I believe the ratio between soil and perlite is around 3:1 and 4:1. Sorry I couldn't have been of more assistance.
__________________
My mottos (as stolen from a farker or two):

Whatever floats your boat and doesn't sink mine.
The early worm gets eaten.

My CFL journal.
http://forum.grasscity.com/grow-journals/148577-first-pp-harvest-2nd-pp-grow.html
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 10-05-2006, 04:21 PM
MrKlauz is offline  
MrKlauz is on a distinguished road
MrKlauz
Ho Ho Ho
MrKlauz's Avatar
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 106
i really want to transplant asap, so if some more people could chime in on this, much thanks.
__________________
They call me Mr. Klauz from the hood.
Treat me as the boss like they should.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 10-05-2006, 07:30 PM
keep it green
toastybiz's Avatar
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,888
I usually mix:
40% potting soil
30% sphagnum moss
20% worm castings
10% perlite
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 10-07-2006, 06:59 AM
MrKlauz is offline  
MrKlauz is on a distinguished road
MrKlauz
Ho Ho Ho
MrKlauz's Avatar
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 106
Well I decided that I'll experiment.

I did 60% top soil, 20% peat moss, 20% perlite/vermiculite.

This is what it looks like:

__________________
They call me Mr. Klauz from the hood.
Treat me as the boss like they should.
 
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
growing in doors dslsuba Absolute Beginners 8 09-23-2007 03:25 AM
For all newbies sidious General Indoor Growing 18 07-01-2007 07:21 PM
Strain Forgiveness SourDiesel Absolute Beginners 9 09-26-2006 12:44 AM
The Official Organic Debate Thread chronictoker Advanced Growing Techniques 3 06-19-2006 07:36 PM
beginers guide to growing weed (long post) trippin over it Absolute Beginners 20 02-25-2006 04:36 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:50 PM.

© Copyright 1999-2008
Grasscity.Com
All rights reserved.


SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.