DIY Seed-Starting Soil?

HarveyHarvester · Oct 16, 2016

High all!
Am having to start from seed since what was supposed to be female turned out to be a male.

I have no seedling soil so....

If I just flush a dixie cup of FFOF with some distilled water... That should do it right?
What ppm should i shoot for?

Thanx guys!

moondance · Oct 16, 2016

Hi how are you, I sometimes run into this issue do you have any peat moss or mulch around you could ground up, or possibly some garden dirt. As you said your starting a seed, it will be fine till to up pot using soil from right outside your door. MD.

HarveyHarvester · Oct 16, 2016

I have a bean in one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rapid-Roote...775757?hash=item19eba70c0d:g:hD0AAOxyaTxTTiy9

Its just sitting in the bottom of an empty dixie cup with plastic wrap over it and holes poked in it sitting atop a warm surface.
It would be easier and less conspicuous if i can just flush out some FFOF i already have rather than digging around in the yard.
I guess 25ppm or less? would be ok? FFOF initial runoff measured 175ppm.

dtl420 · Oct 16, 2016

As soon you get the ffof ppm down microbial activity will just spike it back up. I've never used ffof, so I'm just guessing there are too many amendments in it.

Like @moondance said, get some peat. Or coco coir. I'd mix either of the two with perlite to make it airy and loose. You want your starter mix to be airy and loose to promote rapid rooting.

You may be able to find peat and perlite on sale at Walmart right now.

rob333 · Oct 16, 2016

HarveyHarvester said:
High all!
Am having to start from seed since what was supposed to be female turned out to be a male.
I have no seedling soil so....

If I just flush a dixie cup of FFOF with some distilled water... That should do it right?
What ppm should i shoot for?

Thanx guys!

lol alot of people forget its a weed for fuck sakes you dont need any speical magic shit to make them grow just keep that in mind next time

HarveyHarvester · Oct 17, 2016

dtl420 said:
As soon you get the ffof ppm down microbial activity will just spike it back up. I've never used ffof, so I'm just guessing there are too many amendments in it.

Like @moondance said, get some peat. Or coco coir. I'd mix either of the two with perlite to make it airy and loose. You want your starter mix to be airy and loose to promote rapid rooting.

You may be able to find peat and perlite on sale at Walmart right now.

Thanks guys, i did not know about microbial stuff and am glad i asked first.
Guess i will see what's available in town.
thanks again!

HarveyHarvester · Oct 17, 2016

rob333 said:
lol alot of people forget its a weed for fuck sakes you dont need any speical magic shit to make them grow just keep that in mind next time

There's always one...
:sigh:

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

HarveyHarvester said:
There's always one...
:sigh:

lol you keep treating them like gold hences the name weed cannabis as its a weed it will grow anywere any temps in any medium

HarveyHarvester · Oct 17, 2016

rob333 said:
lol you keep treating them like gold hences the name weed cannabis as its a weed it will grow anywere any temps in any medium

Fox Farms Ocean Forest (FFOF) is too hot for seedlings, as are all other regular potting soil mixes. it will kill it.

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

HarveyHarvester said:
Fox Farms Ocean Forest (FFOF) is too hot for seedlings, as are all other regular potting soil mixes. it will kill it.

yea but foxfarm is shit who would use it anyway ? its like training wheels for growers .we don't stock anything from fox farm there soil is a clumpy mess and there nutes a far to high in salts

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

rob333 said:
yea but foxfarm is shit who would use it anyway ? its like training wheels for growers .we don't stock anything from fox farm there soil is a clumpy mess and there nutes a far to high in salts

only nutes i use hands down are house and garden hy-gen cana dutch master genral hydro and hesi nutes

HarveyHarvester · Oct 17, 2016

shit huh?

OGK-2 - Week 12 - Day 87 - Finished - 9.18.2016 [1].JPG

'Nuff said.

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

HarveyHarvester said:
shit huh?
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'Nuff said.

yep shit nice looking buds but you can see by the yellow they are full of salt you better of A flushed the guts out of that you are gunna get a fucking mean headach from that shit

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

my buds are way better

HarveyHarvester · Oct 17, 2016

lol.
im done here.
home depot has what i need.

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

see how my buds have colour and yours are a pale shit looking colour

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

HarveyHarvester said:
lol.
im done here.
home depot has what i need.

yea you are a clasic wallmart shopper mr pea stains over here

rob333 · Oct 17, 2016

HarveyHarvester said:
lol.
im done here.
home depot has what i need.

i no you are somewere here in this vid just don't no which 1 are you the mount and do me man or misses pea stains ???

moondance · Oct 17, 2016

To the OP you can Ignore people click on there name and click Ignore and your all good. MD

dtl420 · Oct 17, 2016

I'm sorry, but you guys should really keep your pissing match of this person's thread. No one's going to learn anything worth while this way.

Plenty of people on this site have already proved the worth of ffof. You can mix the amendments yourself and get more consistent results, but ffof is probably about the closest your gonna get right out of the bag.

And yes, weed does grow easily. but if you just throw it in a bucket of dirty from your back yard with no alterations I doubt you're going to be very pleased with your results.

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