Walmart Soil

Which one of the soils at Wal Mart is the best for growing?

have any examples?

I used to buy that miracle grow moisture control stuff... I forget the nute ratio but its something very very low good for young plants. Its got peat and perlite mixed in if I remember correctly.

I recently bought the cheapest stuff they had and a bag of perlite and am gonna try mixing my own.
I believe they have a few different kinds of schultz brand soils too.

From what I know your best bet is to get something with perlite in it for good drainage, and something that doesn't have fertilizer or slow release fertilizer in it so you can have more control over how much nutrients your plants are getting.
Then again Ive heard a few people have good results with soils that come with fertilizer.

Personally I like to play it safe :]
Hopefully someone else can give you a more definitive answer

any of that soil is fine...i've used them all before and had same results... what i did was start off in the MG organic choice until time to transplant then i used some of that other stuff with that had nutes... no sign of burn... i started using Fox Farm soils and i love it...NO BUGS!!!!

Try to find plain potting soil with no nutes..peace

Mr.Therapy Man said:

Try to find plain potting soil with no nutes..peace

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walmart i bought miracle grow peat moss i think
and black gold
so potting soil with no nutrients? exactly which? pics?

WalMart has Fox Farm shit?!

breakneck said:

WalMart has Fox Farm shit?!

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lol....


i wish

yeah didn't think so...

foxfarm? or miracle grow potting soil??

i have the peat moss and the black gold> buy more black gold and peat moss?
or return black gold and get miraclegrow pottingmix?
thanks

miracle grow moisture control is good.. all the haters check out my threads and harvests b4 u chime in please.. mg has nutes so u gottta b careful not to overnute them but it will work just fine

ive heard on here that Black Gold is some of the best stuff u can buy, along with fox farm

what soil includes perlite,sand,wormcasting,and bat guano?
or have to buy all seperate?

all foxfarms products have those... Ocean Forest may burn young plants, Happy Frog is good for all plants..its like a 50/50 mix between FFOF and Light Warrior. and light warrior is for seedlings.

okay thanks guys...
well i have been to walmart and i havent seen moisturecontrol MG there???
but happy frog it is then
that contains perlite??

My 2 cents I've always heard when buying soil if you must go to somewere like walmart.Always get the most expensive you get what you pay for!

You can pick up perilite and vermiculite in 2-3 cu foot bags cheap at lowes or OSH. I buy whatever base soil is on sale then add my own mix. Fox farms is good if you want to take no chances and got $$$.

passerbye said:

You can pick up perilite and vermiculite in 2-3 cu foot bags cheap at lowes or OSH. I buy whatever base soil is on sale then add my own mix. Fox farms is good if you want to take no chances and got $$$.

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It is like $15 for a big bag of ocean forest, that isn't that expensive especially considering how much better it is compared to other cheaper soils

tom__420 said:

It is like $15 for a big bag of ocean forest, that isn't that expensive especially considering how much better it is compared to other cheaper soils

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I pay $22 for Ocean Forest or Happy Frog at my local Hydro store. WELL worth the extra $$$. BUT, despite what some will say here, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Miracle Gro time-release soil. You just have to be careful when adding nutes for the first 8 weeks.

Mr.GreenJeans said:

I pay $22 for Ocean Forest or Happy Frog at my local Hydro store. WELL worth the extra $$$. BUT, despite what some will say here, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Miracle Gro time-release soil. You just have to be careful when adding nutes for the first 8 weeks.

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Very nice, We have to pay 29$ here.