Ffof and happy frog soil mix questions
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Iv seen those going to avoid any Nutes but I just saw some different grades/sizes had me pause I thought everything was kinda same had to ask. Thanks for the help
Any reasons why? Have the happy frog already but would run this next if made sense . Thanks for reply new to this all help is greatly appreciated
Going to look over there see how it looks. Have you ever heard of brand name espoma ? Local nursery carrying this till his next shipment comes in
Boatguy
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I use epsoma product for most of my outdoor landscaping. Epsoma garden tone can grow some pot
Kushash
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Home Depot sells vigoro brand perlite. I like the size.
LOL! I was typing this when it said a message was posted.
booms111
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you will find the happy frog has more sticks/bark in it that effects ph and has poor drainage compared to ocean forest, happy frog is better used outdoor and is a lower quality soil then FFOF. HP promix is a base soil with lots of perlite and drainage is great. mix it with FFOF at different ratios based on plants life. Plants going into final bloom pots get a 50/50 mix where as seedlings get FFOF/HP at 25/75 mix.
Before you buy your Perlite at a box store, check your local nursery. I don't know what cost at the boxes is, but will be a lot more. I went to the grow shop and they had large chunk, about the size of a marble, 4cf $45.00. The nursery I went to had small chunk, pea sized, 4cf $22.00.
For your soil questions, check this thread if you haven't. I have a couple going right now in this mix and they seems to be doing well at a month in. The thread is based around growing auto's, so if growing photo's you'd need to start adding nutes once you hit the 3ish month mark.
For your soil questions, check this thread if you haven't. I have a couple going right now in this mix and they seems to be doing well at a month in. The thread is based around growing auto's, so if growing photo's you'd need to start adding nutes once you hit the 3ish month mark.
FFOF ( Fox Farms Ocean Forest ) made Simple - Autoflower
This thread was created to help those who seem to overthink the ease of use of this highly ammended bag soil. I see many growers both new and experienced seem to post “ issues “ when trying to run this medium. I am merely showing a simple no frills method of container / bag grows for autos...
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quirk
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Auto grower here. I use your mix with Vigoro Perlite. Ratio - 2parts OF/2parts perlite/1part HF. I also amend with Medina Growing Green
and use no other fertilizer until 2-3 weeks into flower. Just what works for me after much trial and many errors.
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Blastid_Bastid
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Hey i'm useing hf soil also with no perlite...(newb mistake my 1st grow rushed into it, couldnt wait haha) ,kinda worried now after reading the comments on it lmao, the plants up front in the pic have been in it for the past 20 days (30 days old since sprout) and seem fine'' so far'' .. I did take out all the twigs and rocks from it b4 i repotted them. I'll check back with better pics later on,good luck on your grow
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PadawanWarrior
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No worries man. I used FFOF which is similar, for the first 3 rounds before lightening the mix. Just don't overwater.
PadawanWarrior
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If you want bigger plants, go with the 5gal pots.
Blastid_Bastid
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Yes not overwatering so important..with the ten gal fabric pot i water once a week , as it grows seems to be drinking water faster
HolyAngel
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Those root riots looking pretty dry to me but its hard to tell.. I just know mine are usually wet af while the seeds are germinating. Technically it can take like 10 days if you wanna be absolutely positive nothing is happening.
Was kinda scared of over watering maybe I’ll spray with a bottle .. gave em maybe 2.5ml between all six pods once: dropper maybe 4-6 drops each pod after 24hours . Don’t want to pop more seeds if I don’t have to a mess with different schedules but might have to