Sweet line up man! This is going to be a bad ass grow. I'm stoked you're trying out soil and organics. I really think you'll dig it.
I know big waayne likes to use LW and he has great results. I used it once for a 100 bean pop and absolutely hated it. I had major deficiencies, seedling death, and ended up with a high M/F ratio. I don't know if I just got a funky batch or what but I'll never use it again. I prefer just using Happy Frog, Greenfields or Ocean Forest with a little added perlite.
delae actually I don't really like Light Warrior much at all ,or any of Fox Farms inconsistent products for that matter like
Happy Frog or Ocean Forest...........
Black Gold seed starter is only slightly better IMO
I really don't know of any soil line I would recommend
IME it's all inconsistent from time to time and I've gotten bugs outta all of it from time to time..........
I totally believe you and others have had poor results with Light Warrior,and I can sure see why with all the inconsistencies it has from time to time.....Willy had higher standards when he started
Fox Farm but I think they are about as lame and inconsistent as any soil company out there now
Personally I have tossed bags out because they were infested with bugs, but a clean, properly mixed bag will give you seedlings like this pic of a 8 day old Dirt Nap seedling
Thats probably the biggest challenge to using organic soil now days,the companies producing it tend to have very low standards for quality control........
I found a half empty Copenhagen can in a bag of Black Gold last yearo_O
but hey they all always include plenty of fungus gnats for free
There's nothing like a little fungus gnat guano to keep the girls happy.....:D