I'm going to start getting supplies for my first grow. Id like to buy FF Ocean Forest. But I don't have a hydro store around here. I found a 1.5 cu ft bag of it on Amazon for 40 bucks. I'm going to be growing 3 plants and my final pot is probably going to be 3 gallons. Will 1.5 cu ft of soil be enough for all 3 pots?
I'm not really familiar with gallons and such but the Google calculator says: 9 US gallons = 1.203125 cubic feet
Yeah that should be enough. I filled about 6 (maybe 8) pots that size with a 2 cubit ft bag. So 1.5 should easily fill 3.
Yo!! FF Ocean Forest is the BOMB!!!!! great soil have used it successfully for a number of years. Between the seedling and vegative stages and winding up with 3 gallon pots you mi.......ght need a bit more soil. Use their nutes and you will be successful in your grow. Herb
get a bunch of perlite for cheap and use like 40% pelite to 60% ffof. great soil structure and takes up more space for more root growth.
what are you using for a light? go with 1 gal per foot of growth you want to achieve. a 400w light wont be efficient if the plants are tall, but a 600w light would be good for 3-3.5 gal pots. put 3 pots in a triangle shape and use a 400-600w hps and you should do well. you would be better doing a scrog. use 3 plants and put a screen down low and force the plants to spread out thus creating a better canopy. 3.5 gal pots and a good scrog with a 400w light would get about 2 oz per plant. id say 2.5-3 with a 600w
well if you use cfls get as much wattage as you can because actual wattage is way less than comparable wattage. 3 pots, try to have 100 watts per plant with cfls.
Alright. Also I won't be able to put my plants in a triangle pattern. Just in aline cause my soon to be grow space is only 20 in deep. Maybe I should just grow a mother plant and get clones and do a sea of green grow??