Right now man im using the regular nutes from the aerogarden, But i will b going with foxfarm nutes in the future. Soil is miracle gro potting mix just the regular stuff from k mart. Nutes i use for the soil are blood mean and bone meal. The aerogarden is simply one of the best ways to learn to grow weed cause you can see whates going on upstairs and downstairs. I learned alot from the aerogarden. Im prob going with stealthy bubbleponics next time around and grow strawberries out of the aerogarden. or a pumpkin lol. They are looking verry good im interested to find out what these next 9 weeks in the ag is gunna b like. Oh yea if you do grow out of the aerogarden all you have to do is buy a airstone. I noticed a huge difference in days with it. There worth the 8$