morugawelder
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I been using jiffy , till a few good sets of leaves then transplant to final pot using fox farm ocean mix .
whats your seed starting mix and media ?
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morugawelder
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how long do you leave yours in the jiffy ?Jiffy's then into hydro. I have my reasons
hotrodharley
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Cheap Black Gold Seedling Mix. Any grocery store usually has it. Nurseries too. A Dixie cup with drainage holes full of it. Seed directly into it to germinate.
Antitheist
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I use jiffy but not the pellets. 
Hempire828
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I’ve always dropped them in ffof or loco coco.. I leave them in a Dixie or small container... I try to let it use all the news Ted in it.. then I up pot.. I try to let it use it’s nute up in that pot.. 1 gal..
then move to my final 3 gallon with new soil... I try to use the nutes up in that pot.. before I add anything...sometimes I need extra nutes by the time flowering comes... during the stretch I was advised by a member to simply recharge my soil..
I’ve recently started a 1 gallon hempy.. I normally use jiffy pellets. I just water the center til the roots catch up
then move to my final 3 gallon with new soil... I try to use the nutes up in that pot.. before I add anything...sometimes I need extra nutes by the time flowering comes... during the stretch I was advised by a member to simply recharge my soil..
I’ve recently started a 1 gallon hempy.. I normally use jiffy pellets. I just water the center til the roots catch up
morugawelder
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the fox farm ocean Forres isn't to hot for the seedlings ? what do you usr to recharge soil the soil ?
chadfly111
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1/3 worm castings 1/3 perlite 1/3 promix
nothing beats it
nothing beats it
morugawelder
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unfortunately we don't get Promix in our area , menards has a cheap pro-mix but its junk
Hempire828
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Cheesecloth with FFOF ... aquarium pump and air stone ...
I do this on the cheap side mostly because I do not need to make a 5 gallon bucket worth.
I use a large open 1 gallon Tupperware container with tap water . I hang the cheesecloth bag into bubbling water overnight. You must aerate the water adequately to keep microbes happy. FFOF is pretty much buffered at 6.3 to 6.8 and will be fine in solution. After a few hours bubbling , I gently squeeze bag and let it continue to “ steep “.
Sometimes I add a tsp of kelp .... some growers add simple sugars. ( optional ) .
Solution will last half a day without bubbling , so use as needed. And can be a good Foliar spray during veg stage. Drench into medium, plants will smile.
But .... you may need to factor the ph that you use since coco like one way and FFOF uses another. I’m not a big fan of mixed medium type growing. Sometimes harder to find good range between both.
For soil .... I just TOP DRESS it and water in ..... simple.
This was given to me by a great member by the name of Budzbuddah...check out some of his grow journals...
Hempire828
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But I’m thinking there’s no need to recharge the soil if your up potting..that’s the whole purpose the soil should last unless you come across super hungry plants... by the time you move to flowering...hopefully the flowering soil has been amended correctly and can possibly hold you out.. maybe 1 or 2 nute feeding.. all other feeding will be water...I think in this case it’s better not to water til runoff depriving your of the readily available nutes present in the soil...
Take this with a grain of salt.. I’m still learning man
Take this with a grain of salt.. I’m still learning man
pthobson
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Sometimes fox farms ocean forest can be a little too hot, some plants don’t mind though.