The way I use to do soil is by adding no nutrients unless it actually needed it.
Being in soil he doesn't really need any meters, unless he knows his water is way out of range.
for a new grower and how cheap you can get a meter, i figured it wouldn't hurt.
Good practice I guess before you go hydro!!
I got mine for $30 and it made my life so much easier. The color charts get hard to read. The digital meter makes it more precise and easier to get the ph right. I got the Hanna Grpro 120. Great tool. My watwr comes out at 7.5. I use floraklee nova bloom as my base nute which usually lowers my ph but not enough so I always have to use ph down. I have no need for ph up unless I use distilled water. The nova bloom is a great product. I just potted up to 15 gallon smart pots. I'm about 3 weeks away from vegging still out here in northern California. I'm anot outdoor soil grower. Can't beat the California sun.
I agree. I mean of course I prefer buying local but when you can't find a good hydro store locally I don't know why more people just don't go to amazon. It's a little more expensive than the local stores on some items but at least you can get anything you want. Rather than relying on home depot to carry quality nutes. The ones out here actually have earth juice which I have heard good things about. However I will stick to my GH nutes and hydro stores. My girls love the floranova bloom.
And actually all the Orchard supply stores that carry EB Stone now carry their 420 blend. It's funny how they label these products. Anyways the EB Stone 420 blend looked like a decent soil. It seemed to have some mycorrhizae along with some guanos. If you can find the eb stone brand give their 420 recipe a shot. I will stick with fox farms for now. My girls seem to love the ocean forest mixed with happy frog.
Except mine grow awesome.
with MG soil and nutes?
I agree. Even their nature's care line looked like a turd wrapped in a shiny new package. I bought some of the nature's care compost and got it home and laughed. It was mainly wood chips. It was the worst looking compost I've ever seen. I gave it to my neighbors. I didn't even want to use it. I went and got Malibus compost the Bu's Blend. Opened it up and noticed the huge difference in quality. Compost shouldn't be 99 percent wood chips. Anyways I make my own compost teas now and stay away from anything with MG on it. I realize some people use it and get great results. However with all the hydro store options for me in California I refuse to shop at depot.
In MiracleGro's Nature's Care organic line, yes. Stay away from any other MG product when growing cannabis.
