I found these in a bag of Fox farm happy frog. It doesn't look like fungus, it looks like eggs.

PadawanWarrior · Jan 12, 2023

Tangerine_ said:
That kind of cheating could get a fella killed!
Those fishermen take those comps serious.

The punishment should fit the crime. Shove eight 12-ounce weights, two 8-ounce weights, and a few fillets down their throats. I think that would be better than a fine or jail, :lol:

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Tangerine_ · Jan 12, 2023

Unga Bunga said:
I remember finding rocks in bricks of Mexican . Strangest thing was a dessicated snake head . Pretty good size to .

Today, that would freak me the FO . :shock:

But back in the day we didnt GAF...I would've convinced myself the snakehead was intentional and would get us higher. bongsmilie

PadawanWarrior · Jan 12, 2023

Tangerine_ said:
Today, that would freak me the FO .

But back in the day we didnt GAF...I would've convinced myself the snakehead was intentional and would get us higher.

Totally. Just like the worm in good tequila. :bigjoint:

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Jan 12, 2023

waterproof808 said:
Its definitely not mycorrhiza spores, its a saprophytic fungi that is common in bags of soil that sit around with poor ventilation.

It did just sit around, in a sealed bag. Thanks for the info

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Jan 12, 2023

Tangerine_ said:
Its just saprophytic white mold. Common in bagged soils. Think of them as little food converters.

Its definitely better than what I found in my bags of Roots soil.

This came from a single 1.5cu bag of Roots Original.
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Roofing nails, plastic, 10 penny spikes, big ole rocks...basically yard waste.

I dont even wanna admit to what I paid for a pallet of that garbage.
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That gives me some confidence in mixing my own soil soon, if that passes as sellable soil.

V256.420 · Jan 12, 2023

Seeing all this bad soil shit makes me unhappy. What's the best mix on the market right now?

Budzbuddha · Jan 12, 2023

That’s why you piss in your dirt - 4 tall boys - wiz your dirt , pee NPK is 10-4-1 typically .

Stoner fact of the day.

PadawanWarrior · Jan 13, 2023

Budzbuddha said:
That’s why you piss in your dirt - 4 tall boys - wiz your dirt , pee NPK is 10-4-1 typically .

Stoner fact of the day.

So you're finally on board. Right on, :bigjoint:

bk78 · Jan 13, 2023

V256.420 said:
Seeing all this bad soil shit makes me unhappy. What's the best mix on the market right now?

Canna coco

V256.420 · Jan 13, 2023

bk78 said:
Canna coco

I would probably fuck it up. I tried Mother Earth coco/perlite about 6 to 8 months ago and the clones wouldn't even take off. I didn't know what I was doing wrong.

I used 1 gallon pots filled loosely. Fed with Dyna grow nutes with a little extra cal/mag in R/O water @ 500 ppm. They never took off. Just sat there and started to die. I took the half dead clones out and washed the roots. Transplanted them into crappy Pro-mix and they took off in 3 days. I was clueless to what I did wrong and never went back to coco based products.

If I can figure out the right process I would make the change but I couldn't get any help on the issue last time so I gave up.

rmax · Jan 13, 2023

Cut you cut the 'eggs' with a razor blade?

Phytoplankton · Jan 13, 2023

calvin.m16 said:
I'm pretty sure I heard Fox Farms uses Canadian residential compost to make their soils, the shit people throw in their compost bins could be anything so who knows. I've never saw mycos grow in a ball shape, to me that looks like eggs or some other contaminant, potentially non-beneficial.

Don't know about your area, but I live within a couple hundred miles of where FF is made (at least on the West coast), and they do not use any household compost.

Tangerine_ · Jan 13, 2023

V256.420 said:
Seeing all this bad soil shit makes me unhappy. What's the best mix on the market right now?

Can you find anything local?
I finally went with Coast of Maine as my base mix.

CoM has a lot of rich soil blends loaded with Calcium and chitin. They compost all the "waste" from the processing boats and fisheries.
I havent found any unwanted critters but that could be due the chitin.

Sir Napsalot · Jan 13, 2023

I was talking to my friend at the grow shop about finding thumb-sized pebbles in the last two bags of Happy Frog I bought, and he said he found a ground-up SANDAL in a bag of Ocean Forest

Django66 · Jan 13, 2023

Budzbuddha said:
Reminds me of those cheaters in Bass competitions - shoving weights in their fish.

Walley. They got caught allright.

Budzbuddha · Jan 13, 2023

Any of these work exceptionally well.
Made by EB Stone.

I pretty much kicked Fox Farm to curb and only use for minor top dressing . Seen the red bags at most nurseries.

FirstCavApache64 · Jan 13, 2023

Budzbuddha said:
Any of these work exceptionally well.
Made by EB Stone.

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I pretty much kicked Fox Farm to curb and only use for minor top dressing . Seen the red bags at most nurseries.

Do they have a good amount of perlite already or are you adding extra? The last batch of Roots organic I got had quite a few rocks, not pebbles. It was on clearance at Walmart online for 12 bucks a bag so I was thinking it might have just been a bad batch.

Budzbuddha · Jan 13, 2023

FirstCavApache64 said:
Do they have a good amount of perlite already or are you adding extra? The last batch of Roots organic I got had quite a few rocks, not pebbles. It was on clearance at Walmart online for 12 bucks a bag so I was thinking it might have just been a bad batch.

I add a few cups and thats it.
I find small mushrooms growing in recipe 420 bags occasionally too.

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Jan 13, 2023

rmax said:
Cut you cut the 'eggs' with a razor blade?

I'm going to try this weekend

ClaytonNewbilFontaine · Jan 13, 2023

Tangerine_ said:
Can you find anything local?
I finally went with Coast of Maine as my base mix.

CoM has a lot of rich soil blends loaded with Calcium and chitin. They compost all the "waste" from the processing boats and fisheries.
I havent found any unwanted critters but that could be due the chitin.

I looked around at their website. I'm in the south east united states and it's been very hard to find a good compost for the soil I want to make. Coast of Maine didn't have any distributors near me. I found a hydro store in Atl and they carried Malibu BU compost. I ordered what I needed, it was still expensive as hell, and then I heard some not great stuff about the malibu. At this point I don't have many options. I'd love to find Oly Mountain.

I found these in a bag of Fox farm happy frog. It doesn't look like fungus, it looks like eggs.

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