The right soil

They told me at nursery to use foxfarm ocean forest and bushdoctor coco Loco mix 5050 just asking for more input and if I do use this how long before nutrients

Need more information. Do you plan on transplanting? Do you plan to use synthetics?

I'm currently using a ROLS, started off seeds with happy frog, next I'm going to transplant into 1gal 75% happy frog 25% Fox farm ocean forest with a tbsp of fox farm all purpose dry amendment, and for flower it's going to be transplanted into a 5 gallon with only FFOF, perlite, and FF flower dry amendment.

I don't know much about synthetics but this thread is good if you want to layer your mixes.

Make sure to build roots in the first week
Found this info : https://www.rollitup.org/t/megacrop-for-autos.1091432/post-17362528

Dirt is dandy but peat is perfect..lol. Good luck with your journey. We all get it done our own way but we get it done.

greenmobster440 said:

Dirt is dandy but peat is perfect..lol. Good luck with your journey. We all get it done our own way but we get it done.

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Agreed there trying to ban peat here or cut it heavily its retarded done right peats sustainable and my country has lots of it hell they burn it for fuel on some of the islands up north personally ive never grew in any reduced peat formula compost thats seems as good as peat based stuff imo

conor c said:

Agreed there trying to ban peat here or cut it heavily its retarded done right peats sustainable and my country has lots of it hell they burn it for fuel on some of the islands up north personally ive never grew in any reduced peat formula compost thats seems as good as peat based stuff imo

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Are they trying to ban sphagnum, too? Or just the deeper part of the plant?

GenericEnigma said:

Are they trying to ban sphagnum, too? Or just the deeper part of the plant?

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Think just England for now but theres been talk of it in Scotland too i hope they dont think just deeper cos it holds carbon back think sphagnum moss is ok

With just ocean forest the rule of thumb is about 30 days, but ive gone longer.

Amending your soil with things like worm castings, alfalfa meal, kelp meal, guano, etc will let you go much longer, unless you plan on doing salts then disregard

I grew up in northern tier US and peat bogs were everywhere and the amount harvested really tiny, I use it with clarity on conscience. Really enjoy working with it inside and out. My mixes are remended and reused indefinitely.

Only thing I keep hearing and seeing is fox farms ocean forest soil it a tad hot for seedlings but otherwise I’ve not heard bad things about it.

Radmax said:

Only thing I keep hearing and seeing is fox farms ocean forest soil it a tad hot for seedlings but otherwise I’ve not heard bad things about it.

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I have used fox farm and IMO it still needs to “cook “ for month or more if possible. I accidentally figured this out when using it straight from the shelf compared to the stuff I stored and let cook.

The more information the better.
Always better to hear what someone who uses says .