Whats the best starter soil?

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Sniper.junior

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I was wondering whats the best fox farm soil to use for the first month? I used fox farm ocean forest from seed to finish and i had alot of nute burn for the first 3 weeks, so i wanted to try something a little less harsh for the first month and then use the ocean forest. Thanks in advance
 
Sniper.junior said:
I was wondering whats the best fox farm soil to use for the first month? I used fox farm ocean forest from seed to finish and i had alot of nute burn for the first 3 weeks, so i wanted to try something a little less harsh for the first month and then use the ocean forest. Thanks in advance
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light warrior for seedlings and clones
 
I too agree, Foxfarm Light seed warrior. I also use for Sunshine Mix#4 (1 bag) with 2 Bags Light seed warrior mixed toghether. It also works really well during flowering. But that is a soilless med. Peace & happy gardening.
 
The absolute best starter soil is straight up genereic Seed Starter soil. Miracle Gro has a Seed Starter soil, and lowes has many different brands of starter soil. Theyre all the same pretty much, and all provide perfect aeration and moisture retention, most of all its nutrient-less. Dont get all fancy wiyh expensive fox farm shit when you dont need the nutes. Fill some party cups with seed starter soil, plant your seeds and by the time youll need to transplant the plants will be able to tolerate the nutes in the new soil.
 
Sniper.junior said:
I was wondering whats the best fox farm soil to use for the first month? I used fox farm ocean forest from seed to finish and i had alot of nute burn for the first 3 weeks, so i wanted to try something a little less harsh for the first month and then use the ocean forest. Thanks in advance
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Did you have nute burn after feeding them nutes?
 
Get u some Happy Frog man it nurtures them baby's and is a mild soil where Ocean Forest is a hot soil . I go from rapid rooter to party cup or str to a 6in mix in 30% perlite for better drainage . No need for nutes for that month . I think with Light Warrior is very light on nutes might have to fert with it ? But for damn sure dont expect them to survive in seed starting mix from the hardware store . It's nothing but peat and vermiculite . Nothing nutritional but yes okay for "starting seeds" .Hope this helps:)
 
Just get pro-mix, it has no added nutes, but has micro organisms, lime, and is a soiless mix. Look it up, fairly cheap and use all the way through
 
I used Miracle Grow Seed Starter in a small cube and all but 1 seed sprouted in 2 days. Maybe I just got lucky, I dunno. I replanted the last seed in the medium they will have the rest of their life and it took 6 days. Both soils were bought at Home Depot.
 
I use sunshine #4 (Soilless mix) for starting, and i cut my Ocean Forest with Sunshine #4 for vegging.

2 parts Sunshine #4
1 part Ocean Forest (Happy Frog works great too)
Mycorrhizal fungi inoculant
Earthworm castings.
Dried Kelp
Jamaican Bat Poop (In the flowering mix)

The flowering mix is the same except that i add High Phosphorus Guano, in my case, Jamaican.

That mix lightens up the Ocean Forest, and improves drainage because of all the perlite in Sunshine #4. The Myco inoculant is already in Happy Frog, but it's not in Ocean Forest, so i add it. The Jamaican Bat Guano increases the phosphorus, because i've always thought that Ocean Forest just didn't have enough Phos to finish up the buds. You'll still need the occasional Micro-nutrient.

This mix works great. Green leaves, no curling, fast growing flowers.
 
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