Carbonfylter
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Whats the best soil for running autos? I have some I have to get rid of and FFOF seems to have always caused them issues when young. Trying to avoid transplanting to limit the stress on them
Soil recommendations?
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BobThe420Builder
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What nutes?
I'm a huge fan of Promix HP, peat based, fantastic, no nightmares like ffof soil
I'm a huge fan of Promix HP, peat based, fantastic, no nightmares like ffof soil
hotrodharley
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I use Pro Mix HP exclusively. I also reuse it.
Carbonfylter
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I've got some FF nutes right now but im looking to switch to GH bloom, grow and micro before I start the new batch. I have heard some great things about promix so I'll look into that one
BobThe420Builder
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I run the GH flora trio in my dwc, love it, done a bit with it in the promix, I'd say it's a great option
Carbonfylter
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With promix hp do you amend with anything or just throw it in straight from the bag?
Creature1969
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Best soil for autos is no soil imo. 
BobThe420Builder
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Straight from the bag..it has perlite in its mix, also buffered so no real pH is needed
Carbonfylter
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I'm looking to get into DWC as well, seems to be a lot less headaches than growing in a soil medium from what I've seen. Would you recommend this for someone who only has 2 grows under his belt? And if you dont mind me asking; about how much would it cost to get a decent set up for say 4 plants going for someone who has none of the equipment for it?
BobThe420Builder
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I'd say do promix 1st.
I went from dirt..to hydro or dwc, loved it, but more work
Promix is really easy. Good way to learn how a plant thinks a d reacts to nutes. Promix is passive hydro since it's soilless medium, but more like dirt than dwc
A few hundred can get u started in dwc, but I'd try promix 1st, much easier to learn
I went from dirt..to hydro or dwc, loved it, but more work
Promix is really easy. Good way to learn how a plant thinks a d reacts to nutes. Promix is passive hydro since it's soilless medium, but more like dirt than dwc
A few hundred can get u started in dwc, but I'd try promix 1st, much easier to learn
Carbonfylter
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Okay I'll stick with that for the time being, thank you for the help!
NinjaShamen
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Do you do anything special to it before reusing? Or just shake out the old root ball and go?
Budzbuddha
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There a few good “ out of bag “ mixes ….
Kelloggs
Dr. Earth
EB Stone
Recipe 420
Sunshine 4
Kelloggs
Dr. Earth
EB Stone
Recipe 420
Sunshine 4
hotrodharley
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I dump it in a heap I have outside. Let the rain leach it. I don’t feed heavily anyway especially at the end of flower. I also tend to combine it with fresh PM or Sunshine 4 more recently. But I’ve had to use it straight from the pile to fill containers. No problems.
hotrodharley
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I’ve switched to Sunshine 4 starting this year. Same size bale as Pro Mix. Pro Mix $65. Sunshine $37. Easy decision. It needs a bit more perlite than PM but for that price I don’t care.
Budzbuddha
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I tend to at a minimum ADD more perlite AND Neem meal / EWC.
To all bagged mixes …
Neem meal adds pest protection in case bag comes with “ friends “.
To all bagged mixes …
Neem meal adds pest protection in case bag comes with “ friends “.