Water only soil. What do you use?

firsttimeARE

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Im a hydro grower but someone is letting me grow outdoors and DWC wont work well outside with the heat and heard coco is a pain outdoors.

Someone told me about buildasoil but they have a ton of options and its expensive.

What do you use?
 

dbz

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Im a hydro grower but someone is letting me grow outdoors and DWC wont work well outside with the heat and heard coco is a pain outdoors.

Someone told me about buildasoil but they have a ton of options and its expensive.

What do you use?
Coots Mix is a good one to start with.
Good compost/ewc
Spaghnum Peat
Aeration

Thats a good base. Just need amendments after that. You may can source all three bases locally cheaper than build a soil.
I have made a run with kindsoil and sohum which work great but are extremely expensive.
 

firsttimeARE

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Coots Mix is a good one to start with.
Good compost/ewc
Spaghnum Peat
Aeration

Thats a good base. Just need amendments after that. You may can source all three bases locally cheaper than build a soil.
I have made a run with kindsoil and sohum which work great but are extremely expensive.
What pH water do you feed with this? Same 6.5?
 

firsttimeARE

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A well buffered soil shouldn't need ph'ing unless the source is quite hard or soft. I use tap water run through a 3 stage filter with catalytic carbon to remove chlorine and chloramine.
The tap is 80ppm and 6.7pH


Came across this...sounds anything but simple lol

Is all of that necessary?
 

firsttimeARE

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A well buffered soil shouldn't need ph'ing unless the source is quite hard or soft. I use tap water run through a 3 stage filter with catalytic carbon to remove chlorine and chloramine.
Does GAC work? Have some of those for my RO filter
 

dbz

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The tap is 80ppm and 6.7pH


Came across this...sounds anything but simple lol

Is all of that necessary?
Your tap water is fine without phing for organics. Check out the ROLS thread in the organics section. Much more knowledgeable people than me there.
 

Tht_Blk_Guy27

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Im a hydro grower but someone is letting me grow outdoors and DWC wont work well outside with the heat and heard coco is a pain outdoors.

Someone told me about buildasoil but they have a ton of options and its expensive.

What do you use?
if their shipping didn't literally cost exactly if not more than the goods id be purchasing id buy but I cant justify that shipping
 
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