so, i'll be starting to grow something good this week

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and i gotta pick up the soil
i'm thinking of going organic

i'm going to homedepot for the soil
and was thinking about using the kellogs brand
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mixed with some perlite

and some sorta organic fert along the road... not sure which...

i'll be growing a couple different strands that my friends have gotten to me...

should be some potent stuff i'm told... i have a couple 4ft shoplight flouros i'll be veging under, and i'll be purchasing an hps in the near future for flowering...

i'm really excited, cuz i actually kinda know what i'm doing this time around, and SHOULD come into a lot less problems than i did the first time around (though i'm sure many will arise anyways)

i'll be sure to start up a grow journal when i really get started... but i was just wondering if there was any opinion on the soil choice, whether good or bad (and reasons)...

thanks in advance!

-lj
 
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i use miracle grow. never had a problem with it. tried Fox Farms. liked it but i didn't notice any difference so i went BACK to miracle grow.
 
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fdd2blk said:
i use miracle grow. never had a problem with it. tried Fox Farms. liked it but i didn't notice any difference so i went BACK to miracle grow.
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i've also used mg dirt, and had only one problem with one plant (a very very individualistic and picky blueberry). i like bacto for multi-use; i take lots of cuttings, and bacto has very little nutrients in it. i had a little bit of trouble rooting slips in mg dirt (new).

kp
 
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gracias all for the input... yeah fdd i was actually thinking of the mg organic stuff... but i dunno... i'm drawn to this kellog's stuff for some reason..

and kp i don't remember seeing "bacto" soil... but i'll keep an eye out...

fox farms would be nice but i don't feel like spending the money on it when i know i can get decent organic soil for much cheaper...

plus i am just looking for a couple moms right now, one from each strain i'm growin out... so i'm thinking once i get around to cloning them en mass then i'll try a couple different soils... see how they compare while groiwng the same plant...

but that won't be until way later september at the earliest prolly...
 
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lumberjack_ian said:
gracias all for the input... yeah fdd i was actually thinking of the mg organic stuff... but i dunno... i'm drawn to this kellog's stuff for some reason..

and kp i don't remember seeing "bacto" soil... but i'll keep an eye out...

fox farms would be nice but i don't feel like spending the money on it when i know i can get decent organic soil for much cheaper...

plus i am just looking for a couple moms right now, one from each strain i'm growin out... so i'm thinking once i get around to cloning them en mass then i'll try a couple different soils... see how they compare while groiwng the same plant...

but that won't be until way later september at the earliest prolly...
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you won't be sorry if you go ahead and get an or gh three part. great stuff, canna specific.

plus, you'll have nutes for hydro when you decide to convert :D

love, kp
 
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fdd2blk

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lumberjack_ian said:
gracias all for the input... yeah fdd i was actually thinking of the mg organic stuff... but i dunno... i'm drawn to this kellog's stuff for some reason..

and kp i don't remember seeing "bacto" soil... but i'll keep an eye out...

fox farms would be nice but i don't feel like spending the money on it when i know i can get decent organic soil for much cheaper...

plus i am just looking for a couple moms right now, one from each strain i'm growin out... so i'm thinking once i get around to cloning them en mass then i'll try a couple different soils... see how they compare while groiwng the same plant...

but that won't be until way later september at the earliest prolly...
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i too was drawn to the "kellogs". i saw it at home depot. i went back to it 3 times to look at it. it was so inexpensive i thought there was no-way it could be any good. maybe i will try it. :mrgreen:
 
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fdd2blk said:
i too was drawn to the "kellogs". i saw it at home depot. i went back to it 3 times to look at it. it was so inexpensive i thought there was no-way it could be any good. maybe i will try it. :mrgreen:
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see, thats EXACTLY what i was thinking

its all organic
got sea kelp, chickin shit, bat guano, worm castings, all sorts of good shit

and for like 10 bucks i'llhave enough soil for the 8 plants i'll be doing this time around... hence why i wanted an opinion... too good to be true?

and kp, yeah i gotta get down to the hydro store and see exactly what they have in the way of nutes... but i do need to pick up some soon... i have the lil 1L bubble bucket going right now with my seedling in it popping out its second set of true leaves... yay!!
 
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i'm thinking for the first couple weeks, i'll have them in a 50/50 mix of soil and perlite, then when i transplant to bigger containers, go 3/4 soil to 1/4 perlite...

fun fun fun!!!
 
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