Any one use this potting mix

DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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hotrodharley said:
It fluffs up. Extremely compressed. I like it. Beware mine requires soap at first as a surfactant. Calculate somewhere in between is my suggestion. But it’s my current medium of choice.

Yucca is suggested as a mix in for better early water absorption. .

edit add: I don’t add perlite to Sunshine 4 Advanced and don’t miss it. It dries fairly quickly and I like that.
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Thank you sir!... i do have some EarthJuice to help with hydrophobic mixes.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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thumper60 said:
Yup thats what comes out of a 3.8 compressed bale of promix, unless what your showing has been baled up like a rock should be pretty close.
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Im looking at filling 30, 7 gallon pots. so... if 7 gallons = ~1.2 cf per pot, looks like I'll need about 8, 3cf compressed bales.... if my math is correct.
 
thumper60

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Im looking at filling 30, 7 gallon pots. so... if 7 gallons = ~1.2 cf per pot, looks like I'll need about 8, 3cf compressed bales.... if my math is correct.
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At the most if its baled tight an expands well 6 might do it cutting it close, I used to buy the 5k bricks of coco shit would expand to 30 gals great for swamp growing just dump them an let Mother Nature do her thing.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Say what?... out of a 3 cf bale?
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I can't vouch for the exact numbers, but I bought two bales of ProMix HP+ thinking it would be good for something like 6 5g pots...and I can say that so far I'm about 2/3rds of the way through one bale and I've filled 6x 5g pots, 7x .75g pots, a bunch of seeding trays, etc. So yeah, it does expand beyond my expectations. I would guess I could get another few 5g's out of the same bale.
 
Kerowacked

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Kindbud421 said:
I don’t use the organic garden mix but I use same brand premium moisture. It’s not bad… not great either. Just what Wally World has
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I bought the premium moisture bales last year as a base, 90% peat. See whats in the bag of organic, then decide.
 
thumper60

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
I can't vouch for the exact numbers, but I bought two bales of ProMix HP+ thinking it would be good for something like 6 5g pots...and I can say that so far I'm about 2/3rds of the way through one bale and I've filled 6x 5g pots, 7x .75g pots, a bunch of seeding trays, etc. So yeah, it does expand beyond my expectations. I would guess I could get another few 5g's out of the same bale.
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Nice you got a good tight bale. I have seen them from 40-60 gals i used to buy by the pallet 16 bucks a pop not that long ago, Now i see it in the shops 40+.
 
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