FF Ocean or Happy Frog? 5 gal or 7?

[Weedly]

I’ve got this little auto girl getting beefed up to go outside in a smart pot. In a hypothetical and ideal world, I’d plant it and then come back to harvest the 8 ounces RQS suggests might be possible 3 months later (I know it will be a lot more complicated than that!). My grow store has Happy Frog and Ocean Forest. Any preferences for a grow requiring the fewest added nutes? And would the heft of a 7 gallon fabric pot be worth the extra room to grow for a 4-5 foot autoflower in comparison to a 5 gallon pot?

 

[mancorn]

Out of the 2 IM OF for sure. HF is a bunch of wood chips and holds way too much water (and my plants are always yellow).

 

[Oldchucky]

Yep! Ocean Forest for sure! And I like the largest pot I can afford to fill! Probably won’t be a huge difference between five and seven though! And perlite! Good God! Don’t forget the perlite!

 

[JIMKSI64]

I run a mix of both in 5 gallon fabric pots 3 cups perlite per pot. Top dressed with FF soil conditioner at week 3 above ground. Pour organic fish poop for flower.

 

[Weedly]

And perlite! Good God! Don’t forget the perlite!

Going Ocean Forest in 7-gallon fabric pot. What percentage of perlite should I shoot for?

 

[Oldchucky]

Going Ocean Forest in 7-gallon fabric pot. What percentage of perlite should I shoot for?

Kind of depends on whether you’re using the expensive number four or the cheap horticultural 20 bucks for 4 ft.³ small stuff! I use the cheap stuff! Lol! And I would shoot for a minimum of 30% with the small stuff! It just AIDS with timely dry backs, especially when you’re growing in a wet, humid area! Or like me, you have to use evaporation to keep the root zone cool! I don’t grow plants! I grow root zones! The plants take care of themselves! I would throw a couple of gallons of small perlite in with 7 1/2 gallons of soil at minimum! But that is all subjective! I’m a perlite lover, so I always err on the high side! At worst, you just have to water more often! And if you feed during the grow, you might have to feel a little more often! But bottom line is, pot plants hate wet feet! Dry backs are important! Just my two cents! we are in two totally different environments, though! You’re in the jungle I’m in the desert!

 

[Natep]

Spend the extra money and buy some build a soil 3.0. Build a bigger pot like 15-30 gallons. Make your life easier.