Planting directly into Ocean forest?

Planning on starting some autoflowers here soon. Was wondering if it would be all right to put seeds into FFOF right after germination or if there is a chance burn or stunting would occur. Anyone with experience doing this it would be much appreciated if you answered.

i start my seeds in it and don't have trouble. I've heard people complain about burn from it though so maybe it's strain dependant.

I transplanted 4 two week old seedlings (white widow, himalaya gold, afgan kush and cheese) into straight FFOF and they got a little burned. The Himalaya had it the worst but all in all it wasn't to bad and they recovered in two weeks. I think I would start them in something else. I've used scotts or MG seed starting soil and have never had a problem with it. It's very mild.

did u water the soil very well before putting them in the fertd' soil..

and did u use nutes too after u put em in?... dont

Ive had great results with Fox Farms Happy Frog. After Germinating from paper towel I go straight into Happy Frog in a small container then transplant later into your soil of choice. I go with 50% FF Ocean Forest-20% FF Happy Frog - 15% Really Rich Natural Soil from my garden - 10% M.G. Potting Mix - 5% Sand and Perlite, that allways works great 4 me outdoors anyway.

I went from jiffy pots to ff as soon as i seen the seedling break the dirt. I had no burn I did drench the soil down for about 2 days prior to moving them But they turned out fine.

thanks for your responses i think im going to put some directly into the FFOF and others in peat pots for a few days then transplant to see if there is any difference

Platipy said:

thanks for your responses i think im going to put some directly into the FFOF and others in peat pots for a few days then transplant to see if there is any difference

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ive done it no problems if your worried you could run some water through the soil to flush it a bit though i dont think thats needed. just dont use a soil with blood meal it burns sprouts ff is mostly bat guano and earthworm castings anyways

cool. any suggestions on how much perlite i should mix in?

I would cut it with 20% pearlite, so it drains better, oxygenates better , and doesn't burn so easily. Just don't use MG pearlite because it contains MG fertiliser.

I use a 50/50 mix of Happy Frog/Ocean Forest, straight.

I liked what was in both so I did a side-by-side using the two & couldn't see any difference. But I still liked both, so I use both, at the same time!

I figure the guy's (and I use that in the uni-sexual 'guy's') @ Foxfarm must have tried their soils on MJ. I don't believe I know much more than the 'guy's' developing soils for a living at Foxfarm.

All I can say is "It's working for me".

It's never burnt any of my clones or plants.

Good luck!

doublejj said:

I figure the guy's (and I use that in the uni-sexual 'guy's') @ Foxfarm must have tried their soils on MJ. I don't believe I know much more than the 'guy's' developing soils for a living at Foxfarm.

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Fox Farm is outta Humboldt County, CA.... enough said.

I always sprout seeds in peat cups with peat moss seed starter soil (no nutes in the soil). After a couple weeks when they start to root through I transplant into straight FF OF cut with perlite in 1/2 gal containers. Just straight water for the first week or so, then straight water with Humic acid, & SPT. For a couple more weeks I'll veg, top, & bend. I'll 12/12 and prune at the same time while waiting for sex to show. When sex shows I transplant once more into 3 gal bags with a TLO/super soil mixture for the flowering cycle and just let em run until harvest.

I've never seen burns or anything doing it this way. Just make sure that your seeds/clones are completely rooted before putting them in the OF. And cut the OF with about 20-30% perlite.