suggestions for growing mediums

I was wonderinging if anyone had any suggestions on the type/brand of soil or soiless mixture that I should try. I have used canna, fox farm, and sunshine products in the past but would like to get the suggestions and preferences of some of the experienced growers out there. The more suggestions and information the better. Any input would be helpful, thanks fellow farmers and have a stony one.

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toronjadeoro

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I use Sunshine Mix #4 like so many others, but being on a budget, I amend it to closely replicate the Roots Organics recipe:

Lignite, coco fiber, perlite, pumice, compost, peat moss, bone meal, bat guano, kelp meal, greensand, soybean meal, leonardite, k-mag, glacial rock dust, alfalfa meal, oyster shell flour, earthworm castings and mycorrhizae.

Lignite is basically petrified peat, so I skip that ingredient. All the other ingredients are readily available, and you'll save a ton (if that's important) mixing it yourself. Plus it's really fulfilling. Also do a search in the forum for "LC's Mix." It will give you some good guidance on quantities to add of specific ingredients. Also on packaging, it's mandated that ingredients be listed in descending order of quantity which is a very rough guide, but at least logical. Harvest Moon is another respected soil mix you could alternatively attempt to replicate:

Washed coco fibers, Alaskan peat moss, perlite, yucca, pumice, diatoms, worm castings, feather meal, fishmeal, kelp meal, limestone, gypsum, soybean meal, alfalfa meal, rock dust, yucca meal and mycorrhizae fungi.

Good luck!
 

ASMALLVOICE

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I use a soiless mix of peat moss, vermiculite ( fine) and Perlite ( coarse ) with a 1 to 1 ratio on the mix.

I am definently not a veteran grower, but with this mix and AN Micro, Grow, Bloom (ph perfect) nutes used with distilled water, I feel like I am having great success. I have had no plant issues other than I think my buddy accidently gave me an autoflower, which is a little over a month old and going nuts..lol

Will go hydro soon as that is what I really want to do, but I am happy as a pig in slop with this so far.

Peace and Great Grows

Asmallvoice
 

jondamon

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I use ATAMI B'CUZZ coco with around 20% perlite and 2tbls of DIATOMACIOUS EARTH per 3gallon pot.

For nutes I use CANNA AQUA VEGA, CANNA RHIZOTONIC, CANNA PK1314, CANNA MONO Ca, CANNA MONO Mg.

I also use Trichoderma and Mycorhizae fungi.


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