Is Happy Frog soil any good?

[bmeat]

would you care to tell me how what is basically a rock gets absorbed by a a plant?? if you've ever looked at any old soil that's been used, you will still see huge chunks of perlite in it.. it's not getting absorbed by the plant, christ, usually i don't get into idiotic debates with you, but jesus, perlite is not used by the plants, people only put it in the soil to add oxygen to the root zone, not as a nutrient..

how about this, next grow, add only perlite to your grow and only water, and get back to me and let me know how well it went..

true, perlite is close to inert, its a gas it does provide oxygen mostly. it has tiny nutrient value.

other rocks get broken down by chelation. lemon is a good ph down and a chelator of a lot of minerals.

i heard adding perxoide to the soil can restart to soil and add oxygen. its a debriber, and when it kills i guess it turns it into oxygen or something?

 

[trippy3]

Thank you, for the lime I got 2 cu/ft bags is that the size for 2/3 cups?

 

[hotrodharley]

lime buffers ph, btw, i've never checked soil ph in me life and never had an issue..

By God I second that statement. All this pH hooey with soil is just that - hooey.

 

[hotrodharley]

true, perlite is close to inert, its a gas it does provide oxygen mostly. it has tiny nutrient value.

other rocks get broken down by chelation. lemon is a good ph down and a chelator of a lot of minerals.

i heard adding perxoide to the soil can restart to soil and add oxygen. its a debriber, and when it kills i guess it turns it into oxygen or something?

Perlite has zero nutrient value. It is over 73% silicon dioxide and has an extremely stable structure. Hence it maintaining its shape despite watering, soil compaction etc. It's main value is making aeration of soil easier and retention of some water/nutrients due to its porosity.

Hydrogen peroxide is an oxidizer - plain and simple. It is classified as such on its MSDS. It works by, well, oxidizing.

 

[bmeat]

the more experienced organic vets..im catching on. theres too many minerals out there to memorize haha, and we get them directly through plants

 

[calicat]

Actually about 5 years ago switched from FFOF to Happy Frog. The FFOF was too acidic but easily remedied with dolomite lime. Seedlings I use light warrior.

 

[drolove]

Thank you, for the lime I got 2 cu/ft bags is that the size for 2/3 cups?

use as recommended on the bag. i think its like a cup per cubic foot.

 

[topfuel29]

true, perlite is close to inert, its a gas it does provide oxygen mostly. it has tiny nutrient value.

other rocks get broken down by chelation. lemon is a good ph down and a chelator of a lot of minerals.

i heard adding perxoide to the soil can restart to soil and add oxygen. its a debriber, and when it kills i guess it turns it into oxygen or something?

its a volcanic gas/rock with some nutrient value. mircale grow throws any kind of random shale in their scotts permium..its not bad soil, just not enough peat.

cant wait to try my new suff

its not a a gas, perlite is a generic term for naturally occurring siliceous rock. This rock is fired in a kiln at 1600-F it expands to what you and I know as perlite. It's inert. 7.0ph

 

[bmeat]

glass* sorry

is it good or bad practice to use peroxide on a regular basis? should i only use it if somethings wrong. i used it on my matted house plant soil thats been there for years, and now it looks like a brownie lol

i did 1 oz to 4 oz of water

 

[Amysd]

Happy Frog is OK, its like the McDonalds of Organics if you ask me...

 

[AimAim]

its a volcanic gas/rock with some nutrient value.

Once again you are wrong. You just keep posting stuff as fact because "it makes sense to you.

From the perlite.com website, the industry trade group: expanded Perlite is a "popped rock" that is inert, lightweight, sterile, permanent, incombustible, asbestos-free, non-toxic, rot and vermin proof and has a neutral pH.

 

[BakedP0TAT0]

...i heard adding perxoide to the soil can restart to soil and add oxygen. its a debriber, and when it kills i guess it turns it into oxygen or something?

I've never watered my plants with a h2o2 mix, though I've read it could kill beneficial bacteria within your soil. If getting oxygen to your roots is a concern, just make sure to add enough perlite/pumice to your pot, before planting.. and maybe a well aerated tea.