Good grow stores

Hey guys I'm taking a drive downstate next week and am wondering what's a good grow store close to 127 that I can pick up some soil? I have actually never been to a grow store in mi yet, I pay a lot of shipping in the u.p. Haha

How far are you planning on traveling , the closet store south of the Bridge is in Indian River .. Grow Fast Gardens and it is reasonably close to I-75 ..

How far south? Been to a bunch but the best one I found is in Niles...but best soil is great lakes in sturgis,three rivers...25$ 3 cf. Withbenniesmixed in.....there is thread I will look for to bump..some people vouched for some northern stores.

I'm going all the way down. Ohio for some walleye fishing.

mammothgrower said:

I'm going all the way down. Ohio for some walleye fishing.

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Then its to your advantage , might as well get to know the northern stop but when downstate take advantage of the big stores , they have warehouses and buy in bulk hence passing on the savings to attract more sales ..

Sad to say but this is how the soil monopoly works , shit even Ace hardware sells Fox Farms soils cheaper than most stores due to there ability to buy it in mass .. Go Ace is the place , but dont expect anyone there to have grow knowledge lol unless you get lucky and find the highon in charge of the popcorn machine ....

ProfessorPotSnob said:

Then its to your advantage , might as well get to know the northern stop but when downstate take advantage of the big stores , they have warehouses and buy in bulk hence passing on the savings to attract more sales ..

Sad to say but this is how the soil monopoly works , shit even Ace hardware sells Fox Farms soils cheaper than most stores due to there ability to buy it in mass .. Go Ace is the place , but dont expect anyone there to have grow knowledge lol unless you get lucky and find the highon in charge of the popcorn machine ....

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Haha that's funny you say that because the do it center in Cali had fox farm everything for way cheaper than anywhere I had seen. I'm trying to find either a good local soil or roots. My last bags of fox farm had extremely varying ph. One bag was 4.5 another 5.5 and another at 6.0

mammothgrower said:

Haha that's funny you say that because the do it center in Cali had fox farm everything for way cheaper than anywhere I had seen. I'm trying to find either a good local soil or roots. My last bags of fox farm had extremely varying ph. One bag was 4.5 another 5.5 and another at 6.0

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Thats the norm from my experience with the fox , I wouldn't grow in it without dolomite lime supplement , MSRP on Roots Organic is about 26.95 sad to say and that is only 1.5 cf .. There premium blends went up as well thanks to Hydrofarm and Sunlight supply ( Greedy Corporate Bastards )
You can look for Michigans Marijuana M3 mix downstate as well but I hear the prices are jacked up on this ..

I hate fox farms...way better shit here locally n cheaper.

Yep I have noticed some fucked up problems with fox farm since I started using it again here. In Cali it was perfect every time. In my experience Gardner and bloome has been the best I have used. I had a bag of fox farm that definitely hadn't been composted long enough, with s 50/50 mix with light warrior my runoff was over 2000 ppm. The run off looked like my hydro res. The other plants that got the same mix but from a diff bag the runoff was like 950.

Why pay top $ for shit that could very likely have gnats, Ph out of whack, needs perlite added to drain properly n lime. And Cal mag

mammothgrower said:

Hey guys I'm taking a drive downstate next week and am wondering what's a good grow store close to 127 that I can pick up some soil? I have actually never been to a grow store in mi yet, I pay a lot of shipping in the u.p. Haha

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127...?

horizon hydro on Saginaw ....Lansing

that place is the shit--
they got everything for good bartenders to mix
dry -soil -liquid
they got a very awesome impressive selection of good products....
one stop shopping
you feel good you spent your $ there when you leave....
one of those kinda stores

i have tried a few other store around Lansing when I've worked up there but that one is the best by far...
widest selection of ammendments

a friend took me
dont waste your time looking around
sometimes I will drive the hr from a2 to go up there

the blonde kid Steve in ther is a gruru--buddha

the kid knows his stuff and is real fair....he doesn't even have to read the pkgs to tell you about stuff

--5 joint store IMO --worth the time and effort--

EDIT: they have a few Michigan based products....soils and such! roots too--call
+rep!
fek FF OF--

It's better than miracle grow haha. To ship soil up here costs twice what the bag costs so ive been stuck using ff. I'm trying to pick up a good amount so I will drive a little out of the way for good soil. I got tons of tasty amendments and only fox farm to throw it in, pretty wack haha.

buckaroo bonzai said:

127...?

horizon hydro on Saginaw ....Lansing

that place is the shit--
they got everything for good bartenders to mix
dry -soil -liquid
they got a very awesome impressive selection of good products....
one stop shopping
you feel good you spent your $ there when you leave....
one of those kinda stores

i have tried a few other store around Lansing when I've worked up there but that one is the best by far...
widest selection of ammendments

a friend took me
dont waste your time looking around
sometimes I will drive the hr from a2 to go up there

the blonde kid Steve in ther is a gruru--buddha

the kid knows his stuff and is real fair....he doesn't even have to read the pkgs to tell you about stuff

--5 joint store IMO --worth the time and effort--

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perfect, that's what I'm looking for. Lansing is perfect.

mammothgrower said:

It's better than miracle grow haha. To ship soil up here costs twice what the bag costs so ive been stuck using ff. I'm trying to pick up a good amount so I will drive a little out of the way for good soil. I got tons of tasty amendments and only fox farm to throw it in, pretty wack haha.

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go to msu-
-get a trailer (bulk) full of their world famous dirt from the soil and turf skool ....very good stuf!

then go to the a2 dump and compost and get a load of their world famous compost that makes the dump there the greenest in the country--did you know that?

ann arbor waste treatment uses organic nationaly recognized practices to make compost and it is also very good and sold in bulk--

The Michigan stuff from great lakes is the shit, dude told me they started selling it in Colorado too...they are cool n can ship to ya cheap I assume...I am gonna be in Flint Wednesday ..can bring ya a few bags to try n ya reimbursr me.

mammothgrower said:

perfect, that's what I'm looking for. Lansing is perfect.

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small jog out of the way, but..
Big Green Tomato in Battle Creek. I know they sell certain bales for $30 each if you get over 5.
Carry Promix BX HP Bio and the BX Bio, and Sunshine #4. Along with the M3 Soil, if you wanted to give it a run.

compare the price, and see if the extra drive is worth it.

Corso312 said:

The Michigan stuff from great lakes is the shit, dude told me they started selling it in Colorado too...they are cool n can ship to ya cheap I assume...I am gonna be in Flint Wednesday ..can bring ya a few bags to try n ya reimbursr me.

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Damn would love to but I'm coming down Monday and coming back Friday. I checked out great lakes and its totally the complete opposite direction I need to go haha.

Next time I'm in there I ask dude how much to ship to up...no BS ...I been growing for ten Yeats n its hands down best soil I have found...cheap, 25$ for 3 cubic feet bags comes with2 or three bennies mixed in n drain outstanding.

Yep let me know what they charge. I'd pay 60$ a bag if it was shipped and good quality.

Fuck that, I would haul a load up there for less...I'm thinking you n a couple buddies throw down on a pallet n have owner pay some kid 100$ to drive it there..lemme see wats up