2 VERY Important Noob Questions - Page 2

tonydash · #11 07-01-2008, 10:44 AM

Is StaGreen good soil? I doubt I'll be able to get my hands on Foxfarm.

joebuck · #12 07-01-2008, 11:26 AM

I live out in a rural place. I was able to get some good organic soil from a local nursery - all that's in it is nice fluffy dirt & pearlite. Home Depot has some organic soils and I'd suspect that Lowe's does too. If you can't get to a "fancy" store (I can't either) to get FF, do what I did - get some good organic soil (mine was $3 for a 1 cubic yard bag - cheap!) and mix in extra pearlite so your roots will have plenty of room. When I've gotten soil that seemed too dense, I just added pearlite and seed starter mix to keep it fluffy for those roots. Just be careful with the seed starters - sometimes they have nutes, sometimes not.

I also think that some people don't like MG soils because they do have the moisture control stuff in them (polymers) which suck up and slowly release the moisture. Depending on what your plants are in, it may be a benefit or not to have such polymers. Cannabis likes to dry out a little between waterings, so you just have to be careful about not overwatering when you've got that stuff in your soil.

All that said, after I transplant my plants into my home brew mix of soil, I let them get used to it for a few days and then I put some compost on the top of the soil and work it in just a little - mine is very rich compost, so I know that if I put it in the soil it would burn the roots/plant.

Since the nutes in your MG soil are time release, you should be able to tell how much time you've got left on the nutes - but if in doubt, I'd say get "plain" soil and add nutes later - try to get into a situation where you can add them at will.

Good luck!

tonydash · #13 07-01-2008, 02:10 PM

thanks joe - I actually went out today to Lowes and Home Depot..even my local nursey to try and find better soil.

The best I could find was MG Organic Choice - no nutes added all natural. That cost me 5$. Then I went back to the nursery and bought a huge bag of perlite for 10$

...all they had. But I mixed them up and transplanted my baby. I did about 60% potting mix 40% perlite.

Here is the soil I got...

darksys · #14 07-01-2008, 02:23 PM

do what u want its your garden when your plants have nute burn all over dont say i didnt warn you. for fox farm soil need to either buy it online or go to a hydroponic store near you
Good Luck

darksys · #15 07-01-2008, 02:25 PM

yes sta green has my plants doing very well released nitrogen and plant food already in it in that soil unless you flush it for complete control of your plants and what and how they get the stuff they need to become adults fuck MG Soil that is good for flowers etc.
here are my plants well one of them

darksys · #16 07-01-2008, 02:25 PM

u can get sta green at any lowes/home depot for about 5$ a bag