Soil

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by denieddd, Sep 27, 2010.

  1. so im starting a micro grow. last thing i need is the soil. tomorrow i plan to go and buy some soil.

    im stuck at what to buy. i see alot of grows with fox farm ocean forest and im wondering if this is the best for a micro grow?

    im prob going to 12/12 from seed or give a week to veg
     

  2. If you use it you'll probably not have to use any ferts for awhile, if at all during your first grow.
     
  3. yeah i hear ffof is recycled tho and hot out the bag. is there any other good alternatives?
     
  4. ok heres what i do and i tell everyone about this. this is a great way to make your own soil.

    you dont want soil that has preadded nutes, cuz you dont know what the plant is getting. it might not be enough, it might be too much. it can burn your plants, and if its not canna-plant specific, it can cause issues.

    go to home depot and get scotts premium topsoil. dont worry about what people say about topsoil. its just a filler.

    also get several bags of perlite, and then some vermiculite, pavers sand, and peatmoss that has no nutes in it. heres the recipe. size of measuring cup isnt important. whats important is keeping the volume down to the specific ratios of % that i give you.

    40% topsoil
    30% perlite
    10% pavers sand
    10% vermiculite
    10% peatmoss

    this is a great way to start out. it wont burn your plants, and it makes for a great growing medium.

    here is a link to a post i did a while back. read through it. my post is #4. the recipe is different on there, but i have perfected it since. the details are the same though.
    http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute-beginners/641087-still-no-growth-female-ww-seeds.html
     

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