Any complete soils?

I'm beginning another grow soon. This time I'm thinking 4 five gallon buckets in a 60 x 120 basement tent.

Are there any off the shelf soil solutions considered complete so nutes won't be need at all?

Naw I don't think so there are a few that will get you by for a bit but in the end I always got to feed

Lizard0420 said:

Naw I don't think so there are a few that will get you by for a bit but in the end I always got to feed

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Dang it!

rmax said:

Dang it!

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What is the problem with having to feed? Just get a complete feed.

speedwell68 said:

What is the problem with having to feed? Just get a complete feed.

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I've been using the GH trio. What do you have in mind?

I have had good results useing root organic dry nutes just top dress every two weeks in flower or so

rmax said:

I've been using the GH trio. What do you have in mind?

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Nothing in particular. I don't know what is available where you are. But the simplest and best way of growing is to use a complete feed. Regular tomato feed is just fine in most cases.

Ocean Forest has enough in it that you shouldn't need to feed first few months

obijohn said:

Ocean Forest has enough in it that you shouldn't need to feed first few months

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My experience with FFOF has always been bugs and I no longer use the stuff. It's out of the question.

speedwell68 said:

I don't know what is available where you are.

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I do have an Amazon account.

Instead of the tent I'd be willing to build a small room in the basement.

Is a room better than a tent?

Are there any inexpensive ($10 plug-in jobby) temperature controllers I could use?

I've seen the dawn to dusk controllers but haven't found temperature.

rmax said:

I do have an Amazon account.

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I am in the UK and the products available on there aren't the same as North America. I can get Fox Farms on Amazon UK, it is about the same as $100 a bag.

I use a tomato feed called Tomorite, it is available all over the UK and is very popular. People use it for just about every type of plant going, just change the ratio depending on what you are doing.

rmax said:

I'm beginning another grow soon. This time I'm thinking 4 five gallon buckets in a 60 x 120 basement tent.

Are there any off the shelf soil solutions considered complete so nutes won't be need at all?

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I have always been a salt Grower but I just did a test ran some plants with Michigan made mix soil but I did transplant into 5 gallon right before flower and did use a sweetener and some budswell tea they didn't turn out to bad

You already have the GH trio...Coco or perlite/verm hempies 4ml micro/6ml bloom seed to harvest. Or whatever you need to make 1.2-1.3EC. I like soil outside where it gets the most benefit lol but to each their own.

inth3shadowz said:

You already have the GH trio...Coco or perlite/verm hempies 4ml micro/6ml bloom seed to harvest. Or whatever you need to make 1.2-1.3EC. I like soil outside where it gets the most benefit lol but to each their own.

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That's a good idea change. I'm going to do some Coco reviewing.

I would say this...if you want easy, check out the gaia green method thread.

You dont have to use gaia green, there are many organic brands that do the same thing.

With an initial soil mix of peat, perlite and some form of compost (say...worm castings), you can build a soil from basic home depot like store products and then just add more fertilizer with some castings as needed.

A small plant in a huge pot can go the distance but I want big plants so...

7 parts peat, 1 part wormcastings. Molasses, iron will be only nutes that you need more of.

5 gallons is probably gonna be too small for a water-only grow. You need enough food to last the plant through flowering, without it being too hot in the beginning. It's easier to achieve that balance in something like a 15-gallon, basically the more soil you have and the shorter veg time you use, the better your chances of not having to add anything to sustain growth for 3-4 months.

I second the idea of going soilless like Promix, Hempy, or Coco.
The bugs were the main reason I stopped doing soil indoors, the stinky organic ferts was another.

I also noticed in Promix I could use about half the media to grow the same size plant.

rmax said:

My experience with FFOF has always been bugs and I no longer use the stuff. It's out of the question.

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It's supposed to have bugs in it. That's how organic soil works.