Trying some organic and soil Happyfrog

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
Ok back again looking for thoughts and suggestions. Im still dabbling around getting ready to go against my grain and do a side soil grow and gonna try to go organic well mostly we will see..Im not real familar with organic grows or Happy frog soil so Im gonna ask from those who do use it. Basically i have decided 5 sweet purple clones from my original Paradise seed mom I keep going. I am going to use 20 gallon pots filled with Happy frog and perlite roughly 3 to 1 soil to perl.I like how the soil looks and feels nice and light very loose and should make a very nice root zone. I know it has a good enzyme base to it but does the happy frog have and nutrient base to it or will this soil need to be feed right away or will it hold good nitrogen to get going? I have it setup with a timed drip ling distributed to all 5 pots and will adjust times as soil shows the need. Now for the questions...what kind of water ph do those who use this soil reccomend I start and shoot for for my watering?I am in possesion of sunleaves indonesian high phos bat guano and a nice container of worm power gold worm castings which I will use as my base for feedings.I will most like like do a light mix into the soil before the plants go in to help enrich the soil and then there after I will probably only top dress the pots with these dry nutes as needed or every 2 weeks for the adult plants. Hopefully this sounds like a good idea for this particular soil.I may add some boost to my water during flower with something like sweet leaf carbos and I am really thinking of adding humboldt county gravity and purple maxx too increase bud sites and hardness...Now light options I am kicking around is either 1 nice big 1000 watt hps light with deep large sunleaves reflector placed over the grow zone assuming the main area will be contained in a 4x4 square grow area within an 8x8 room with 8 foot cielings or I can go with 2 side by side 400 watt lights on a small light moving rail what preferences do you guys thing? I will add co2 via a green air cd-3 generator so that should add some nice health.I will use tomato cages over the plants for support and have each pot on wheeled stands so I can rotate the plants to ensure even coverage from which ever light I choose.Ill post some pictures soon to show more of what the setup is looking like but wanna hear any thoughts or opinions for this grow with this soil and lightingoptions..Ok let me hear your thoughts.Thanks in advance for the thoughts and comments
 

Cann

Well-Known Member
I dont use the soil myself but a good ph for soil in general is around 6.8. Also, do you have a nitrogen source in your soil, because worm castings only have like .01 N so they might not be sufficient. Get some high N guano or blood meal, and mix it up in a tea with worm castings (put in a 5gal bucket full of water with an airstone/pump and bubble it for a day/shake it around every couple hours if you dont have a pump) and youll be good. Might want to make it fairly weak in the beginning so you dont burn them. Later in flowering you can start using the indonesian guano as well. Hope this helps,

- Cann
 

Ohsogreen

Well-Known Member
FilthyFletch.... Happy Frog potting soil is really good stuff - full of organic goodies & myco fungi. They don't tell you the NPK value on the bag - but it's decent. It has enough nutes in it to carry your girls for 3 weeks using just plain water, no problem. I'd use the two 400 watters instead, and the rest sounds good.
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Hope this helps...
Keep it Real...Organic....
 

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half
Good info guys hope to hear more...Im thinking I might use Fox Farm soil nutes to help the Nitrogen values gonna take another look to see if its organic or not and make my decision on thier nutes as I love them in my aero and hydro setups.
 
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