First time post and have read and learned many things from this forum. Was wondering if any one has had any experiences with this soil mix? I'm interested in any good or bad reviews regarding this soil mix. Starting a legal grow thinking of using this as my medium. Got this little kush bag seed going in OD SoCal North SD county. Thanks for any input guys. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
C'mon bro'... If you've actually read OR learned anything from this forum, you'd know that we mix our own soils. I doubt that you'll find anyone here that has used the bagged soil of which you speak. Build your own soil. It'll be cheaper. Especially for a "legal grow"...
That's the reason why I've decided on going with a premade soil mix. After much perusal, only filling at max, 4 or 5, 5 gallon buckets it's much more economical to buy rather than mix my own. If I can get all the soil I need for 30 bucks with about 10 bucks invested in extra vermiculite. That coupled with organic fish ferts and bat guano I believe would suffice for my first grow out here. With buying soil amendments to re amend the soil later on in the future. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
"extra vermiculite." I'm not a fan myself. I actually used to use a 50/50 mix of perlite and vermiculite back in my hydro days, but haven't used it in many years now. Is there a specific reason you're adding it to your soil mix? J
The quality of the soil you can buy compared to the soil you can build is vastly different, in terms of both staying power and viability. I watched a buddy run some Empire soil mix (actually decently made bagged soil; EWC, kelp, rock dust, etc.) and it doesn't compare to the kind of living soil we encourage around here. That's using the best example of healthy soil I've ever seen from a commercial bagged mix, and I still found it lacking in comparison. IOW it's very much worthwhile to build your own. I'd personally run just kelp, neem seed meal and crab shell, if you have it on hand or can source it locally within your budget.
Only adding the extra vermiculite to help aerate the mix. I completely agree with everyone's opinion in the benefits building your own living soil. I will be going that route when I move into a bigger place and running more plants outdoors on a raised bed type of setup. I can only fit about 3-4 decent sized plants in my balcony. That's the reason for going the bagged commercial mix. •773• SparkN1Productions •FEC• •• Chicago Original ••