what is the best brand of soil

papabear420

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #1

I was wondering if someone could tell me what soil works the best and also what nutrients to use with that soil.

 

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shnazul23

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #2

U HAve to go to the hydro shop and ask for the growers professional mix it should cost around $8 a bag/2 cubic feet. or Foxfarm light warrior.$18/2 cub ft or Sunshine mix 1 $40 a bail.

 

papabear420

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #3

i do have some earl may potting mix but its -- 0.05 - 0.01 - 0.05, which im guessing isn't going to work

 

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shnazul23

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #4

yeah if u have they money to buy some soil go do it...do it right the first time and u wont learn the hard way. find the closest hydro store and go there

 

GrnMan

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #5

I like Fox Farms Ocean Forrest.

 

Twistyman

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #6

Just stay away from bargin price soil's. Get a good sterile, low ph soil. I bought cheapass
shit that had more wildlife in it than most ZOO'S.......Up to my armpit's in spidermites...
The foxfarm ocean seen's to be real popular here....Scott's is good too.
Good luck, may all your twistys burn true

 

xtremeink

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #7

i am using sunshine # 1 its work great for me

 

papabear420

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #8

do i need to mix it with perlite or sand

 

BadBeach420

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #9

Never underestimate Miracle Gro soil. Relatively cheap, good quality, and easy to find. Whether you mix with sand or perlite is a personal choice, I like perlite.

 

jimmyspaz

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #10

I use a standard garden center pro-mix,sterile, 80% spagmum, 20% perlite. DNF organic nutes. Works for me.

 

t dub c

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #11

Promix hp, with 1/4 perlite.

 

papabear420

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #12

jimmyspaz said:

I use a standard garden center pro-mix,sterile, 80% spagmum, 20% perlite. DNF organic nutes. Works for me.

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Does home depot carry all this

 

jimmyspaz

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #13

No,they might have the pro-mix, the DNF is a hydro store thing. It's a specialist nute for indoor growing. DNF= Dutch Natural Formula, they have a 2 part (A+B) and an organic formula in both "grow" and "bloom". I use their organics.

 

say no 2 soap

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #14

I used miracle grow with perlite & it works fine for me. I think alotta people overwater n den blame the soil they used.

 

GrnMan

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• Apr 23, 2008

• #15

papabear420 said:

Does home depot carry all this

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You can get some Scott's potting soil and mix that with some MG Sphagnum peat moss and some MG perlite. I used this when starting off and I was fine. You can get by with this, but trust me, there are much better soils out there.

Something like 60 percent Scott's, 30 percent MG sphagnum peat moss, and 10 percent MG perlite.