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is fox farm ocean forest bad for seedlings?

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could you put the seedlings in the fox farm ocean forest ?
 
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my9goesbang said:
could you put the seedlings in the fox farm ocean forest ?
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I have done it and found it to be too "hot" for seedlings. Some will grow but many will fail due to high level of nutes. You can put the seedlings in peat cup starters with starting mix and just let them grow through into the FF once they are big enough and start needing more ferts. Good luck.
 
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I have done it and found it to be too "hot" for seedlings. Some will grow but many will fail due to high level of nutes. You can put the seedlings in peat cup starters with starting mix and just let them grow through into the FF once they are big enough and start needing more ferts. Good luck.
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would any starter mix work?
 
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It depends on the method of grow you use, and no, FFOF not really that hot.
We don't use it anymore anyway.
 
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ComfortablyNumb said:
It depends on the method of grow you use, and no, FFOF not really that hot.
We don't use it anymore anyway.
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4x4 grow tent sf4000 light.. grow in soil. I was reading start off with happy from then transplant to ocean forest?
 
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4x4 grow tent sf4000 light.. grow in soil. I was reading start off with happy from then transplant to ocean forest?
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Not in our tents. Fox Farms changed their formula a while back. We changed to Lush.
BUT we grow organic and do not feed nutes. Decide on your grow style first.
 
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would any starter mix work?
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Basically any seed starter mix will work except specialty types. Ones designed for Cacti, or fruit trees "may" have amendments that you want to avoid. Read the forums and pick a brand you see often.
 
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I pop my seeds in a Dixie cup with just promix. You do not need an amended soil until the contlydons turn yellow or drop off...by then you should have enough root growth to transplant into an amended medium or ferted in the Dixie cup.
 
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You do not need an amended soil until the contlydons turn yellow or drop off
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This makes no sense. Amendments are to be mixed in before planting.
 
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Narsbars said:
I have done it and found it to be too "hot" for seedlings. Some will grow but many will fail due to high level of nutes. You can put the seedlings in peat cup starters with starting mix and just let them grow through into the FF once they are big enough and start needing more ferts. Good luck.
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This is completely untrue. I have planted countless seeds and seedlings in FFOF.
 
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Ocean Forest or Happy Frog are ok and i use them seed to harvest but i swear the best is miraclegro seed starting mix
 
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could you put the seedlings in the fox farm ocean forest ?
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I would. I'm sure it's no hotter than cocoloco and I use that all the time. It's loaded with nutes and seedlings love it.
 
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I'm sorry your reading comprehension is so low...I'll try to do better next time for those that are so challenged.
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It's not my comprehension but yours. You missed the point that you don't do amendments that way. In the future keep snide comments out of the forum or go somewhere else. You are welcome to argue, just keep it civil.
 
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I'm sorry your reading comprehension is so low...I'll try to do better next time for those that are so challenged.
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Welcome to the farm; the premier internet weed site. Most of us here are challenged... Can't speak for the rest, but I'll try harder to keep up.
 
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my9goesbang said:
could you put the seedlings in the fox farm ocean forest ?
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I put FF Light Warrior seed starter in the top 5" of my pot to give my newly sprouted seeds a little room to develop before they hit my FFOF,HF, perlite, chicken manure mix.
The tap root has grown out of the bottom of the peat pellets on these 2 day old sprouts.
Organic soil auto grower.
 

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my9goesbang said:
could you put the seedlings in the fox farm ocean forest ?
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Welcome to the FARM!

We used FFOF in our first indoor grow for 3 Amnesia Haze and 3 Big Bud seedlings (all from ILGM) and they were good with it (NO amends/nutes needed then), but FF changed their formula since then and you'll NEED to add your amends/nutes, etc. now.

We're now using Lush in our current grow (NO amends/nutes needed): https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/sf1000-goes-organic-in-our-2x4.132312/

We prefer the Lush vs. FFOF...We've had to add more soil throughout the FF grow, the soil lvl dropped around 2-3 inches every 2-4 wks. in ALL pots, whereas with the Lush, we've only needed to add more soil to one pot that dropped a lvl of 1-2 inches (older of 4 plants)....BIG plus, imo AND the Lush was also way much more cheaper than the FFOF, and you get MORE for your money too...BONUS!

Hope this helps...Good Luck with your grow!
 
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Welcome to the Farm, I use Pro-Mix and ro water or rain-water, never tried FFOF. These guys here are top notch growers who have helped me a lot. Keep it civil & they will help.
 
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Been using ffof for 20 years for everything, no issues here.
 
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Absolutely not, I use fox farm ocean forest exclusively and grow only autoflowers with are much more fussy and there much more delicate and never have problems, so I would recommend it for autos or photoperiod seedlings. Pic 1 dark devel auto 15 days from sprout, Pic 2 either big develxl or critical not shure but as you can see both seedlings are happy and dd can stand on its own, you will be fine.
 

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Another vote for yes I have been using this stuff for years no problems
 
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