soil help!

ive been looking into foxfarms but i cant find it at any store only online. is there any type of soil i can get from home depot or walmart that would work?

i use kellogs outdoor patio plus, has earthworm castings and a bunch of guano, bat and seabird. i also mix sand in.
purchased at lowes. works good and pest free guarantee.... guess gnats arent considered pests....lol

figtree said:

i use kellogs outdoor patio plus, has earthworm castings and a bunch of guano, bat and seabird. i also mix sand in.
purchased at lowes. works good and pest free guarantee.... guess gnats arent considered pests....lol

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thanks man i appreciate the feedback... unfortunately none of the lowes by me sells it any other suggestions?

supersoil is pretty common....

njkittles said:

ive been looking into foxfarms but i cant find it at any store only online. is there any type of soil i can get from home depot or walmart that would work?

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look in the local yellow pages for a nursery or garden supply store. most towns large and small will have one or the other. look for a soil called black gold. its very common, inexpensive and very good soil that has continued to be bug free for me for the past few years that ive used it. if they dont have black gold grab whatever mid range soil they have. the problem that alot of people seem to run into buying the cheaper soils that lowes or home depot carries are the fungas gnats that always seem to come with their soil

honestly, if you're doing your grow shopping at places like that, just look for the word organic.
anything you buy there that isn't organic is going to be packed full of nasty stuff that you don't want anywhere near your cannabis.

and by nasty stuff i mean chemical fertilizers, not just bugs.

DubRules said:

and by nasty stuff i mean chemical fertilizers, not just bugs.

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I use Scott's Potting Soil from Home Depot, have had no problems with it thus far.

First where are you located. Next if you any of the soils from Home Depot you will be cheating yourself out of some weed later on. Last year was my first year back to growing and I did an experiment with Super Soil and Fox Farms Happy Frog. I planted the same seeds in the same peat pots one week apart. The Super soil seeds were planted first. The Happy Frog seeds passed up the Super soil seeds in 2 weeks and kept going. I tried to help the plants in the super soil recover by transplanting them into the Happy Frog but they never got close all the way to harvest when they were like half the size or less. The Fox Farms and Roots Organic soils have michoraizae (sp?) that attach to the roots when the plant first starts to grow and accelerates the plant through the rest of its life.

So if you can get the good stuff it is worth the search. If you are in Northern Ca it should be easy to find. Most of the stores that say Hydro in the name will have these good soils.

jungle growth is what i use havnt had any problems an i always see it at wallmart an homedepot
juss givin u another option, if they have it use the organic jungle growth its cheap, an works great for me

The cheapest place I have seen to by Fox Farms is at Friedmans in Ukiah, CA. It was $7.89 a bag. It costs $13 or $14 a bag in my area.

Black gold home Depot

JimmyPot said:

Black gold home Depot

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does home depot carry black gold? its great stuff been using it for awhile now, but i get it from a garden supply. im sure home depot would have a better price..

You can find retailers that carry fox farm products in your area by going to the foxfarms website. it's got a map. click on your state and go from there.

check on the net for your local hydroponics store

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/buyfox_consumer_map.html This link will show you where to buy fox farms products in your area.

Njk, if you'd like to order fox farms ocean forest,

http://www.4hydroponics.com/grow_room/oceanForest.asp

happy growing!

Have any Kroger markets in your area? I was blown away that they carry FFOF, the small bags!!

DoeEyed said:

I use Scott's Potting Soil from Home Depot, have had no problems with it thus far.

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i use scotts gardening soil... it's working like a charm... has very light plant food, didn't burn the seedlings... AND ITS like 2.50 for 1.5 square feet....

look up hydroponic shop in you zip code in google maps...

the list that comes up, call them, e-mail, courier, telegraph, smoke signal them......

while it's technically a hydro shop, most 'hydro' shops are indoor gardening shops...at least where I live....

they'll guide you to a store that has it, if they don't, which i doubt.....