Ok so the last month or so I’ve been fighting with
Fox Farm Ocean Forest and it’s got me bummed out. I used it for years and never had any issues but I’ve read that we now get it from their east coast facility and that’s next to a landfill and there’s been reports of copious gnats and all kinds of weird shit being found in it. As well as it being really high in ph which is a major issue I’ve been having with it.
Thus locking out vital nutrients and stressing my plants.
So it’s time to make a change.
I’ve been checking out
BioBizz Allmix and Sunshine Mix #4 as possible alternatives. I usually use:
40%
FFOF
40%
Canna Coco
20% Perlite
And a bit of dolomite lime for ph buffering, added calcium and magnesium.
I like this recipe because it’s simple and not too hot for seedlings. It also allows me to control the nute feeding schedule based on what each plant needs. Now that being said I’d like to keep the main recipe but just swap out the
FFOF for one of the other two.
I like
BioBizz, so I’m partial to that brand in general. I use their nutes and have had excellent results with them. They don’t seem to burn the plants and the plants love them (when the ph is in range to allow proper nutrient uptake).
My questions are. Does anyone have experience using these other soils as a base? What admendments do they need if so. Are there other soils I should consider instead if I can get access?
I know I can get these two quite easily at local hydro shops so I’d like to keep it local if possible to save on shipping costs.
Any thoughts? All replies and info are appreciated.