Outdoor Miracle Grow soil experiment.

What's up guys? I don't normally do outdoor grows but I just kinda wanted to play around with Miracle Grow soil. I do a lot of reading on here of people bashing it saying the buds smoke will be harsh and it'll pop and other things, and there is also usually a group of people who defend MG and use it all the time. so i just wanted to see for myself. I started with 12 plants. 4 in MG potting mix(time release and all that crap), and 8 in MG organic garden soil. 4 of the 8 in Organic garden soil have been fed with miracle plant food and the other 4 i just water, no food. only 2 of them have grown balls so far. so I'm down to 10 now. Here they are.
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The Three on the left are in MG potting mix. the next 3 in are MG organic garden soil with miracle grow plant food. and the last 4 are in MG organic garden soil without any nutes, only watering.
i don't even know when i planted these things. lol i know i started them inside in solo cups for a couple few some weeks then moved them outside 6/10???? i think?
not really monitoring them that much i just wanna see what smokes better.

i have well water and i just run my garden hose out and spray them till water runs out the bottom holes daily. they get like 7 hours of direct sunlight a day.
the three on the left in MG potting mix are significantly bigger and bushier than the rest.

all the plants are bag seeds and i really dont know about the kinds they are. all i know is the 3rd and 4th plant are from the same bag. all others are different.

i know different strains yield different amounts so this test may not tell me what dirt will yield more but from he size of the plants id say MG potting mix is going to win. what im really looking for in this test is that actual quality of the burn. how harsh or smooth each hit is. organic vs. inorganic.

you may think my experiment is stupid and it may not work out like i planned but i like to have fun with things like this. and who cares if it dont work out like i planned. ill have a bunch of extra buds after im done.

Originally Posted by kingfishster

I don't want to sound like a dick but using different seeds from unknown origins brings in way too many variables. I would recommend in the future to start with a known strain and make the soil the only variable. If you can lower the number of variables then it will be easier to see what effect the changes you make have on the plants.

Nice looking plants either way. I just had to move mine to a more secure location which cut out most of my sun so I wish I could get the 7 hours that you have.

I agree there are too many variables for thos to be a truely valid experiment but my main goal is to see if mg really gives you a harsher smoke or the buds pop and crackle like people say. And if all the plants in each group grow in the same way as the others in their group then i think thatll give some valid information on the yeild amounts in each soil. You can tell from the pics that the mg potting mix appears thay it will significantly increase my yield alone.

I also hear alot of talk about the salt content in mg and cannabis cant flush it out. I sweat eveyday ill flushget that shitthe out myself. Gatorade is loaded with salt and people drink that everyday.

So far im impressed by the mg potting mix. Drainage is a slight issue but i think that could be managed witg perlite. If these buds burn good and smooth, f**k it im using mg, idc what people say.