fox farm ocean forest soil

Ive been reading alot of people saying to transplant into the fox farm ocean forest soil. Does this mean it is bad to start a germinated seed in this soil? I just got my soil and new pots today so I wanna plop her (hopefully) in soil as soon as possible but not if its not good.

mp377t said:

Ive been reading alot of people saying to transplant into the fox farm ocean forest soil. Does this mean it is bad to start a germinated seed in this soil? I just got my soil and new pots today so I wanna plop her (hopefully) in soil as soon as possible but not if its not good.

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your good. germ the seeds first then plant them in the Ocean forest.

yes some strains which have lower tolerances will get burned because it is a relatively 'hot' soil.

dbo24242 said:

yes some strains which have lower tolerances will get burned because it is a relatively 'hot' soil.

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would an autoflowering seed have more a tendency to 'burn' than a regular seed?

mp377t said:

would an autoflowering seed have more a tendency to 'burn' than a regular seed?

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It's one of the best organic soils they make. It will not burn your plants. However, if you add any guano, castings, trace elements, fish meal, bone meal, and or blood meal it will be too hot to transplant or germ in.

Like I said, you're good. Germ the seed and plant it in the Ocean Forest. Start with compost teas in 2 weeks, once a week, then in flower use molasses. Quit the tea and molasses 1.5 weeks before harvest.

careful feeding veg teas with an autoflower in ocean forest. Dont feed at all for veg. I did in ocean forest and lr2 and they never flowered, they just grew forever. HUGE>lol, no buds. After week nine I just moved on.

Ocean forest WILL burn seedlings. Be carefull. Cut it with promix.

make sure you mix it up good. feed with plain water, this is a hot soil.
you can burn with organic ferts. be careful and watch your plants.

you will be good. just plant it

You will be fine. I have put many a sprouted seeds into ocean forest mix. I only use super thrive at a light dose for first watering, then plain h2o for about a week, then a compost tea spray and soil drench, and light organic veg nutes from there. (liquid kelp, fish hydrolysate, gh floralicious) Works well for vegging for me. Oh yeah I do cut the mix with about 15% perlite for extra drainage, that effects the nutrient concentration in the soil im sure a little. GL

you'll be fine but it could burn seedling don't over water it and use a rapid rooter to start it if u have access or peat puck. why bother planting into something that could stunt it so young. just let it grow its little growth then move it over once its ready to eat some pewp.

mp377t said:

would an autoflowering seed have more a tendency to 'burn' than a regular seed?

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Not specifically for any reason. The small autos I had in my first grew burned and stunted the others didn't but you can't deduce anything from that it was pretty haphazard.

tea tree said:

careful feeding veg teas with an autoflower in ocean forest. Dont feed at all for veg. I did in ocean forest and lr2 and they never flowered, they just grew forever. HUGE>lol, no buds. After week nine I just moved on.

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True Dat,
I've never even used a compost tea yet. Just top dressings.

Guess I shouldn't give advice I haven't used yet. LOL!

Yea I planted mine right after sprouting into the soil and I haven't had any issues, you can check my AK-47 journal below!

I love foxfarm oceans forest, think its the shit actually. I mix it 2:1 with light warrior, add in perlite, rare earth and then inoculate with earth nectar / ambrosia. I cant tell you the exact proportion of perlite but enough to air it up a bit, maybe 20%. The rare earth is a great organic/natural source of silica and humic/fulvic acids. Plants seem to love it. But with the nuts already in the soil, def dont start fertilizing until 1-2 weeks go by.

jel u got a pic of ur plant?

Don't have a camera right now, sorry. Had to forego indoors this summer due to flooding issues in the house, but the 3 ICE i have outside are doing great so far. Maybe I'll be able to find a way to get some pics up soon. We'll see.
P&L

I say your golden with the FFOF as well.

I just soak my seeds overnight til they sink usually 12ish hours or so then paper towel for however long it takes them to crack usually about a day more or less then peat pellets and into Ocean Forest as soon as taproot shows below pellet.

I have had awesome results doing it this way and for my first grow with Fox Farms (Ocean Forest and Big Bloom is all I use from Fox Farms right now), I am really impressed. I am using the smallest light I have used to grow yet currently and gettting the biggest fattest dankest nuggets yet so I am happy.

Will be upgrading wattage here shortly but thats another thread...

CAREFUL! I have burnt the shit out of my first grow and am currently burning the shit out of my second grow due to using FFOF to start seedlings. After this second time I will never use it again for seedlings. I just got some Black Gold seedling starter mix than I transplanted my white russians into. Hopefully it will help. I know it is tempting to risk it, but when you have young, expensive seedlings already showing brown spots when they only have a few sets of leaves, it fucking sucks. Not worth the gamble and will surely slow you down. Also I have some Chocolope sprouts that are burning due to hot soil. The first grow was with Blueberry Jam from Dr. Atomic, which was also burnt. BTW, the water I have been using is pH adjusted, it is definitely the soil.

'it will burn them! dont do it'
'just germ and plant, itll be fine'
'FFOF is too hot for seedlings, mix it with something'
'I germ in FFOF all the time, your good.'
kinda feels like the devil and angel on your shoulders, eh?

my advice, give it a go. Obviously everyone has their own experience, but you wont know for sure until you get your own experience.
stay red eyed, smiley, and live life irie! Peace!