Fox Farms Strawberry Fields...

I got some and it seems to be going good so far

twistedvinesofbud said:

No nutes in the seedling for these girls. My last grow that was stolen was. These plants were amazing, I was looking at a 1/2 or more from 2 plants.

In my grows I use clonex or rapid start and a touch of grow from GH on 1/4 strength when growing in hydro, half strength in dirt.

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Hi I work at a local grow shop and know some stuff about the soils...the reason the SF is burning your seedlings/clones/babies is because this is a soil designed for the FLOWER/BLOOM stage. The SF soil contains not only the beneficial bacteria and microbes, but ALSO a fair amount of NPK.
Total Nitrogen (N)...................0.50%
0.10% water soluble Nitrogen
0.40% water insoluble Nitrogen
Available Phosphate (P2O5)..0.30%
Soluble Potash (K2O).............0.30%
Calcium (Ca)...........................1.00%

***This product also contains 35-45% coco fibre, sphagnum peat moss, aged forest products, perlite, and fertilizer.***

So even tho you arent using any Nutes for your baby plants, the SF soil already contains TOO MUCH for baby plants to handle!

So I would recommend using another soil such as fox farm Ocean Forest or Happy Frog soil, or a soilless medium such as straight coco fibre or PRO-Mix HP or Pro-Mix BX etc... for the seedling/clone/baby plant stage, and WAIT until closer to the BLOOM/TRANSITION phase before switching to the fox garm Strawberry Feilds soil.

SF IS AN AMAZING SOIL FOR BLOOM, AND will make your plants very very happy, increasing bud production & flowering, if used at the correct time (bloom phase), which increases yeilds! However, you still have to keep in mind that the SF soil DOES CONTAIN NPK FERTILIZERS so even though you are transplanting ADULT plants into this soil, you DONT need to use any nutrient solutions at first, since they are in the soil, so start with PLAIN pH corrected water for the first few waterings, and then add SMALL AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENTS SLOWLY AS NEEDED, or if you see deficiencies. But usually by week 2-3 you can begin adding the nutrients, especially higher levels of P & K. Hope this helps.

Jessikerz84 said:

Hi I work at a local grow shop and know some stuff about the soils...the reason the SF is burning your seedlings/clones/babies is because this is a soil designed for the FLOWER/BLOOM stage. The SF soil contains not only the beneficial bacteria and microbes, but ALSO a fair amount of NPK.
Total Nitrogen (N)...................0.50%
0.10% water soluble Nitrogen
0.40% water insoluble Nitrogen
Available Phosphate (P2O5)..0.30%
Soluble Potash (K2O).............0.30%
Calcium (Ca)...........................1.00%

***This product also contains 35-45% coco fibre, sphagnum peat moss, aged forest products, perlite, and fertilizer.***

So even tho you arent using any Nutes for your baby plants, the SF soil already contains TOO MUCH for baby plants to handle!

So I would recommend using another soil such as fox farm Ocean Forest or Happy Frog soil, or a soilless medium such as straight coco fibre or PRO-Mix HP or Pro-Mix BX etc... for the seedling/clone/baby plant stage, and WAIT until closer to the BLOOM/TRANSITION phase before switching to the fox garm Strawberry Feilds soil.

SF IS AN AMAZING SOIL FOR BLOOM, AND will make your plants very very happy, increasing bud production & flowering, if used at the correct time (bloom phase), which increases yeilds! However, you still have to keep in mind that the SF soil DOES CONTAIN NPK FERTILIZERS so even though you are transplanting ADULT plants into this soil, you DONT need to use any nutrient solutions at first, since they are in the soil, so start with PLAIN pH corrected water for the first few waterings, and then add SMALL AMOUNTS OF NUTRIENTS SLOWLY AS NEEDED, or if you see deficiencies. But usually by week 2-3 you can begin adding the nutrients, especially higher levels of P & K. Hope this helps.

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Good post and good information. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Ocean Forest® is a powerhouse blend of premium earthworm castings, bat guano, and sea-going fish and crab meal. Aged forest products, sandy loam, and sphagnum peat moss give Ocean Forest® its light, aerated texture... FF Strawberry Fields 35-45% coco fibre, sphagnum peat moss, aged forest products, perlite, fertilizer (0.5-0.3-0.3, from earthworm castings, bat guano, oyster shell and dolomite lime) and mycorrhizae....... I have been using Fox Farm Ocean Forest for the past 15 years this is my very first round where I am experimenting using the new Strawberry Fields Soil the main difference I noticed as soon as I opened the bag is that the majority of Strawberry Fields is Coco Coir which is totally different than Ocean Forest's thick chunky somewhat hydrophobic Peatmoss mix. week 3 note. I am noticing that plants in ocean forest have more purple in stems where plants in strawberry fields are more reddish. It does worry me that the strawberry fields soil has so much coco I really hope they took their time washing because I have bought other coco brands before and they were clearly not rinsed 3 times and had a starting ppm or ec that was unacceptable but was just fine after rinsing a few times but this is something that is not going to be possible with strawberry fields .... Doing a Slurry Test Later Today FoxFarm Ocean Forest, Strawberry Fields and Some Canna Coco Ill post my results then

JediKnights said:

I am not using any Nutes with these seedling figured i wouldnt with fresh soil until atleast 2 weeks in but they are not making 2 weeks before they fry. Im growing in a 3x4x6 closet i have 4" intake at bottom 4" exhaust up top and a 5000 BTU A/C with 1 oscilating fan there is plenty of circulation i assume my room stays anywhere from 75/79F' i can control the temp pretty easily with a Temp control system. Question: You think me throwing them under 300w LED off pop is frying them too much infared maybe ? Will be using the Go Box this grow.

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I'd get a in out thermometer and know that box tem first. No guessing. I got that air conditioning thing but temps move about seasonally. Two week plants sprouted outside or under a thousand watts as are mine can handle the infra red ultra violet stressors make sure they aren't drowning and don't give love to continuing performance deficits with a certain batch of seeds.

NOT SURE HOW WE ENDED UP SO FAR OFF-TOPIC WHICH WAS FOX FARM STRAWBERRY FIELDS HYBRID SOIL BUT.................

ANY LIGHT IS TO MUCH LIGHT WHEN ITS MOUNTED TO CLOSE TO YOUR CANOPY... WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO BE RUNNING AN A/C UNIT WHEN YOU ARE STILL IN FIRST GEAR?? 2 T5 4FT BULBS CAN VEG 12 PLANTS IN A 4X3 PERFECTLY UNTIL FLOWER IF YOUR EQUATION IS NOT CLOSE TO THIS YOUR DEF USING WAY TO MUCH LIGHT IT TRULY IS SURPRISING HOW WELL PLANTS WILL DO UNDER VERY LITTLE LIGHT AND EVEN MORE SURPRISING TO ME HOW LONG IT TAKES SOME GROWERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT LIGHT IS THE BIGGEST FACTOR REGARDING PLANT HEALTH .. hOPEFULLY, THINGS HAVE TURNED ROUND FOR YOU IF NOT POST US SOME PICTURES OF YOUR SETUP AND IM SURE ILL BE ABLE TO GET YOU POINTED IN THE PROPER DIRECTION THANKS FOR READING HOPE THIS HELPS KEEP THOSE GREEN THUMBS STRONG[/QUOTE]

FPKTX said:

We have been running it for a few weeks in the grow I work at and at first it was going really well but now our plants are burning to shit. Currently have plants in happy frog and some in s.f. and the s.f. plants are quite sickly, where as the happy frog plants are not. Its not entirely conclusive as we are dialing back other nutrients and seeing if that stops the problem, but overall switching back to happy frog.

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Dont add nutrients to this stuff for the first month and half or 2 months even. It too loaded with everything out of bag

Grew 3 of these last year moving them into greenhouse before fall rains. Used homemade compost with no additions and the plants were flawless. The buds are so strawberry sweet even with small leaves left on the buds. They were about 6' tall and 5' wide. Smelled like strawberry incense.

briteleaf said:

Grew 3 of these last year moving them into greenhouse before fall rains. Used homemade compost with no additions and the plants were flawless. The buds are so strawberry sweet even with small leaves left on the buds. They were about 6' tall and 5' wide. Smelled like strawberry incense.

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This is a thread about the soil, you necrogoof.