Having trouble understanding what soil to use and when to use it in my first grow. Do I need different soil for seedling, vegetative and flowering periods? My plan was to use a soil mix like below from seedling to flower: 30% perlite 40% peat soil 15% Bat Guano 15% cocoa shells, rock phosphate,seaweeds and worm humus. Is that one soil okay to use? Apparently this also contains enough food to feed the plant for 6 weeks, so does that mean that I should only use water for the first 6 weeks when watering yes? The composition is: 6% N, 15% P205, 3% K20 Is that good, bad? Thanks again, I'm getting a lot of great help on here
Too hot for a seedling you need something basic but that's a good transplant mix then just top dress as needed Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
And snoop is right that does seem like a lot of guano. Best thing to do Is make a nute less (except compost) base soil made of peat perlite coco ect ect then mix all your nutes (the guanos and shit) in one big in equal parts then add bout 2 cups of that nute mix to each cf of base soil Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I was thinking that alright, the that's how the soil comes though. What if I mixed that 50L of the soil with 30L of compost and 20L perlite so it would be halved? What kind of mix do I need for the seedling and early veg? Thanks
if you are using something like miracle grow with nutrients in it it is a BAD idea. I made that mistake my first grow and my plants showed continual signs of nute burn throughout their life span, that soil is too hot for cannabis. simple is best. IMO the less in your mix the easier it is for you to know EXACTLY what your babies are being fed and when....much easier to diagnose other issues and makes it easier to keep a feeding schedule, which you cant do with soil with nutes in it. is that what you have? if so i would try to find a soil with no nutes at all.