Potting Soil Vs. Compost

RockstarEnergy

RockstarEnergy

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hey everyone! i think i have my spots picked out and im gonna start digging my holes this friday. i went to Lowes to get some soil amendments and i could either get a bag labelled "Potting Soil" or a bag labelled "Organic Compost" (cow manure).

i plan of making a mix of 30-40% Coco coir and the rest will be either soil or compost, plus some Fox Farms Marine Cuisine fish emulsion.

what would be better? potting soil or compost? will it even make a difference.

thanks!
 
eza82 said:
both ! Use potting soil as "top soil" and put compost as a healthy under layer.
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ezaaa whats up dude, hows the man code? haha

so you're saying first put down compost and then potting soil on top? should i mix the coir and emulison into both layers or just one?
 
Be good to yourself and, after digging down twelve inches(this usually means removing six inches, and then turning over the next six inches), mix the compost and potting soil with a light application of nutes into the top six inches, along with about half native soil. Be thorough. The plants will reward you. Don't go heavy on the nutes. Let the plants get acclimated, first.

Personally I see no need for the coco, but then again, I've always used dirt. GOOD dirt! LOL

Is there something in the coco stuff that is an improvement on what you'll have with the other ingredients alone?(I thought the coco coir was a neutral medium used in hydroponic grows?)
 
coco is the shit. i grew indoors with it this winter and the plants were amazing. i still have a bunch left over so im gonna try it outdoors. im starting my plants indoors with it, then moving them outdoors. coco is an inert soilless medium so i feel it will give me a little more control with nutrients, plus make everything light and airy for strong ass roots. im mixing it with the potting soil/compost and fish emulsion to provide nutrients when im not there.
 
I see it quite frequently.

A close friend runs a rather large hydro grow.

We exchange strains and clones frequently.

Everything he grows is in coco.

I do know what it is.

I just see no point in adding a neutral medium to soil in an outdoor situation.

I won't even add perlite.
 
ok well thats how you grow and what works for you. i've seen a person on here that fills his holes with straight pro-mix which is similar to coco in that they are both soilless and he has fantastic results.

i've been talking to people on the coco threads about it and im confident it will be good.

i certainly appreciate your advice but theres no need to act like im an idiot after i explain my reasons for using it. everyone grows differently.
 
coco has many uses especially for organic gardening, anything organic will break down and add humus to the food web. yaddada? growing organic or not? if not then it does not matter if it does not affect pH, it is just a substrate or if not organic, a light draining medium :)
 
its cool man. you can reuse coco about 3 times before it begins to breakdown. it will also hold nutrients and water unlike perlite.
 
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