Is foxfarm Organic soil the best without adding anything to it?

Is foxfarm organic soils one of the best for indoor grows, and should I add anything to it? I see some people who've been doing this alot longer than me, could I should I add perlite for drainage or do people use sand also? I've usually just bought MG or a cheap potting soil at Lowes and have had descent results with them. On here I see alot of ppl use alot or organic foxfarm products. Also when you get near the end of the grow what does Molasses do for you plants?
 

GOD HERE

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I always use FoxFarm Happy Frog or FF Ocean Forest. MG fucks your plants up, and I've gotten much better results with FF and their line of nutes. I add about 33% perlite evenly mixed with each container of FF. Works great.
 

hyroot

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add about 40/60 perlite or pumice / soil mix and amend too and cook soil for 4-6 weeks then use. if doing super soil then cook for 2 - 3 months.. personally i don't like anything from fox farm. been there done that. I use pro mix and amend it with crab meal, kelp meal, neem meal, basalt rock dust, compost and worm castings. was using shrimp meal. but I can't find it now. so I use crab meal instead. I water with compost teas and enzyme teas. all fox farm nutes are far from organic except for their guano. their soil maybe has 2 weeks of nutes in it.

Cook soil - composting, breaking down so nutrients and beneficial bacteria and fungi and enzymes are readily available.
 

yesum

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I have been using ffof and like it. I think there are equal organic soils, Black Gold, Roots Organic being 2 I would use.

I amend with 20% chunky perlite and 10% earth worm castings. In flower I up pot and use same mix with 2 tbsp Rainbow Bloom Mix per gallon of soil.

Just water and adjust ph if needed. I get 5 weeks out of ffof with the added ewc for veg.

I used to do the molasses but have not lately. Can not tell a real difference. Get the organic black strap kind from a health food store if you do use any. Has a lot more minerals in it. Plantation Organics blackstrap is what I have.
 

hbbum

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Unfortunately there is really nothing off the shelf that you can use that can come close to a supersoil (AFAIK, please please someone tell me I am wrong :) )

That said FFOF works fine, I like a ton of perlite to keep soil fluffy and use FF trio, EWC tea and add blackstrap molasses to my waterings during flowering to help feed the soil.
 
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