Using Old Soil - Problems? +REP

Hi all, I am about to start my first grow and have a couple questions. I bought a lot of gear 3 years ago and never got around to using it. I have a bag of FF Ocean Forest soil that has been in my garage unopened for 3 years along with a bag of perlite and some FF grow big, big bloom, and tiger bloom. There are a couple other bags of miracle grow stuff and others but I would be using the FF stuff and perlite for this grow. Reason I ask is for bug prevention and possible problems since the soil has been in the bag for so long. Is that a problem? Also, will the nutes be ok too? I know it may be a dumb question but I don't want to start off wrong. Thanks in advance.

Soil should be fine..bugs are possible though..if its been in a closed space it should be fine though..nutrients mighr be a different story..what kind of nutes?

I hear the nuts like the big bloom etc will turn to mud.. let me know what kinda shape yours turn out to be in

probably wouldnt hurt to flush with water and a little hydrogen peroxide before you put anything in the soil

bobsgreen said:

Soil should be fine..bugs are possible though..

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Ya check for holes in the bag. I would NOT use the nutes though. I was told by a clerk at a hydro shop that nutes go bad with in a year. He was specifically talking about my FoxFarm BigBloom.

PBFseedco. said:

Ya check for holes in the bag. I would NOT use the nutes though. I was told by a clerk at a hydro shop that nutes go bad with in a year. He was specifically talking about my FoxFarm BigBloom.

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Damn, well that's $50 down the drain. So the soil should be ok as long as no holes and the nutes are garbage. Still sitting in the bag I got them in from the hydro shop 3 years ago. Dang. Thanks.