Help! Used miracle grow moister control potting mix!!
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JAMO_Grow
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Okay so if you are concerned about the quality of the soil and there being possibly future problems occurring as result of the bad soil,I would rather not stress the plant by rinsing the soil of the roots.This can cause really unwanted stress and shock, since the plant presented in the image looks to be in good health.I would rather just transplant normally in to a higher gallon pot with a different soil and let the root system develop naturally into a more preferred or better quality soil.
Hope this helps and Happy growing.
Hope this helps and Happy growing.
Gilligans Island
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What is your issuer with the miracle grow that makes you think you need to switch mid-stream?
I don't want troubles when my plants enters the flowering stage and dont want to have stuck nutes when i harvest.
hotrodharley
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The additives don't last that long. Listen to Gilligan.
xtsho
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Just don't dump a bunch of additional nutrients on them. I definitely wouldn't take the plant out and wash off the roots. That would probably do more harm than any good. Nutes don't get "stuck"
whitebb2727
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Dude it's fine. The moisture control is actually one of the better soils they make. There is very little nutrients added compared to the other types like the six month feeding soil.
I've used the moisture control before and it's fine. It's actually hard to over or under water. That's why it's called moisture control.
If you have a plant problem post a pic and we can help diagnose it. I can almost guarantee it's not the soil.
I've used the moisture control before and it's fine. It's actually hard to over or under water. That's why it's called moisture control.
If you have a plant problem post a pic and we can help diagnose it. I can almost guarantee it's not the soil.
I used this soil, it says feeds up to 6 months nutes
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Kushash
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xtsho
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Like I said. Just don't dump a bunch of nutes and additives on the plant. Ride it out and do it different next time. Sometimes the best solution is to do nothing.
whitebb2727
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Yea but look at the ratios on the bag. The nutes are not very strong.
It's fine compared to the green bag.
That's what I used. It doesn't burn. The npk is like .1-.1-.1 or something like that. Unless they changed the formula since I used it.
Are the plants showing any problems?
No. It's what I used and it worked fine. It's not strong at all. The npk is weak.
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whitebb2727
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My question is why change it? Is there a problem?
Back in the day I used nothing but miracle grow. There is a reason they sell it by the palat. It works.
The only reason I don't like it is they don't remove heavy metals from the salts they use.
There have also been a number of people that grown plants with miracle grow just fine on here.
The key to using mg soils is to keep them on the dry side. The more water the more nutes are released.
The blue bag is the least hot out of all of them.
Back in the day I used nothing but miracle grow. There is a reason they sell it by the palat. It works.
The only reason I don't like it is they don't remove heavy metals from the salts they use.
There have also been a number of people that grown plants with miracle grow just fine on here.
The key to using mg soils is to keep them on the dry side. The more water the more nutes are released.
The blue bag is the least hot out of all of them.
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xtsho
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Even though I wouldn't use it for cannabis I do know that many people do. It will work. I think the reason so many people have problems with it is because they add too many additional nutes and additives. Keep it too wet, etc... I think like other soils it could use an amending of additional perlite.
whitebb2727
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I moved away from it and went organic. I liked using back when I did a lot of guerilla growing. The six month feed was handy. I would add Coco and other stuff for water retention for in the summer months.
Now that I'm back to my roots and running a small farm I have a lot of byproducts to compost and plenty of manure.
I started buying a generic promix type stuff that comes in large dry compact bales. By the time you break it up and water it expands. $20 a bale from a local nursery. It has no nutrients in it. I use it along with compost and worm castings about equal parts.
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