What Is The Best Soil For Seedlings???

thats the only soil i use... i use rapid rooters on babies...

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One that says *Seedling Mix* on it?

Actually, even the MG seedling mix is pretty decent.

Wet

 

Fox Farms Light Warrior is what I got. Haven't used it yet, but I hear good things about it. Same with Happy Frog soil.

 

The only MG soil I would suggest is Organic Choice. But as a rule I stay away from all MG soils.

If you're really worried about burning your plants, just get a bag of some cheap peat moss based soil, and amend it with some perlite/vermaculite for aeration. Once you have 3 true leaf sets, then transplant into your FFOF.

 

No. The first set are called cotyledons and aren't considered true leaves. They are just the initial solar panels to get the plant started on making it's own food. They will die off about a week into the grow.

So the fourth set I guess



The smooth leaves are the cotyledons, the serrated ones are the first set of true leaves.

 

^^^^^ Which is exactly what MG seed starting mix is, just about all of then actually. I agree totally that this is what he needs for the seeds.

@OP Don't worry about them not being 'organic'. They don't have that label because of either the vermiculite or the perlite. There is lots of stuff that is 100% natural that is not technically 'organic'

Don't get hung up on that term till you know what's what.

Wet

 

Well, read the label, the one on the back that lists just what's in there. They should have more than one brand, so read them all and then decide.

Just make sure there are no added nutes. Seedlings don't need it.

Wet

 

Can a person use the Seedling Mix all the way to the end or not?

 

You could pootanging, but it would need supplements to get the plant to harvest.

Honestly, for a seedling soil, you just want something with low nutrient value that won't burn your plants. Basically any soil that isn't "organic" will have added nutrients, which is what you don't want. Be aware many that say they are organic do though. Always look at the NPK ratio on the bag.

Any soil, especially Miracle Grow, that says time release fertilizers or feeds plants for more than a month is not what you want for a seedling soil.

 

Dr Earth Organic Potting soil! its great i love it!

 

dont listen to MG haters all the time becuase they are wrong. i would not recommend any product without first testing it with several strains and i can tell you that their seedling mix works well. it would help to add a little dolomite lime, but i have found 100% germ rates and no burns. and if you don't own a ph meter use distilled water only..you can't screw up.

 

Pro-mix is a pretty good soil. I've tried the Promix BX and it works great. Kellogs is another good soil that's easy to find in home depot/menards.

 

Good stuff, but still could be a bit hot for seedlings.

For transplanting later, yes.

Wet