Critique my Soil Idea

Alright guys, so I am wanting to go organic. Simple, clean buds and no more meters. I already have a big bag of Earth Juice Rainbow Grow and I like what I have been reading about EJ so far. So this is what I have been thinking, try to follow along, it may get confusing.

I have already started some cuttings in 16oz Solo cups filled with FFOF. What I was thinking is letting them grow out for about a week or two, then transplant them into a 1 gallon Smart Pot filled with either FFOF or Roots Organic that has been fortified with 4 tbsp of the EJ Rainbow Grow. They recommend 2-4 tbsp per gallon of soil. After they reach the height I am looking for or around 4 weeks, I'll flip the lights and transplant them into 3 gallon Smart Pots, but the soil would be layered. The bottom 1/3 would be again one of either 2 soils and 4 tbsp of Rainbow Bloom while the top 2/3 would be a half and half, 2 tbsp of Rainbow Grow and 2 tbsp of Rainbow Bloom. If needed I would supplement with a EJ line of nutes, Seamax or General Organics, still trying to decide. I would definitely be adding some Budswel during flower though. Probably also gonna have to add some lime and some epsom salts. The strain is going to be the same Sour OG that I am currently growing in my sig. They are very hungry!! Let me know what you guys think.

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Skip the epsom salts. if you are using foxfarm or any other amended soil you shouldnt have to amend. Unless of course you re-use your soil like i do.

If you mix some dolomite into your soil you probably won't need epsom salts. You can always give them a shot later if necessary. Sounds like a good plan.Good luck

sounds like a lot of adding this and that after your plant is already in the pot. The fertilizers you are adding are liquid? Why don't you just get dry amendments for the soil, mix them all in, and let her rip?!

why do you layer the soil? also, why do you transplant them AFTER you get them to the height you want them? I would put them from the cup into the final pot, with all the soil you are going to use being thoroughly mixed, then flower them when they reach the desired "VEG" height...as you know they will stretch after you flip them to 12/12.

If you think doing all that with the soil is gonna benefit the plants, go for it.... Theres only one way to figure shit like this out and thats to try it... However I would listen to some of the advice here first but the one piece of advice I can give you..... as sticky lungs said, you dont transplant after flipping to 12/12..... no point for one and you do all the transplanting and stressing and all that in veg while the plant isnt worrying about reproducing... its only worrying about getting bigger.... You want the pot to be filled out with roots so the plant can absorb the nutes, the more roots.... the more nutes the plant can take and so on.... And especially if you are growing organically which it sounds, you need the soil/food-web and all that to be in working order before going into bloom where the plant is going to require a whole lot of nutrients for the first half of the flowering period.... The second half doesnt require as much but still requires some food... Enough to not start fading before week 6 but not enough that they are dark green the last week before harvest...

But first if you are vegging for 4 weeks you need a 5 gallon pot minimum.... And you need to do your last transplant at least 2 weeks before you flip them.... 5 gallons is just about big enough for a 4 week veg period and a 8 week flowering strain.... If anymore time aside from a week or 2 max you should bump to a 7 gallon pot.... Dont get me wrong... smaller pots will work and they will work fine... but a bigger root zone = bigger buds... plain and simple...