Looking for the dirt on dirt

[Mazzdog66]

I'm brand new to growing and 40+ years enjoyer.

What brand of dirt do you use for your seedlings and plants?

Thanks!

 

[ddandurand]

I'm a fox farm guy if I'm buying it, ocean forest is what I run. I have hear from other that ocean forest has been to hot for seedlings. I personally have never had a problem with it. they love it strait out of the bag and the texture for me is better than happy frog. less wood chips. both great choices in my opinion.

 

[Mazzdog66]

I'm a fox farm guy if I'm buying it, ocean forest is what I run. I have hear from other that ocean forest has been to hot for seedlings. I personally have never had a problem with it. they love it strait out of the bag and the texture for me is better than happy frog. less wood chips. both great choices in my opinion.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it. My AGWAY has Fox Farm so I'll grab some

 

[ddandurand]

Awesome bud, good luck on your grow.

 

[Mazzdog66]

Awesome bud, good luck on your grow.

Ty!

 

[Natep]

How do you plan on feeding the plant?

 

[Mazzdog66]

How do you plan on feeding the plant?

Not sure yet, any advice?

 

[ddandurand]

I currently use gaia green organic, and worm castings. this run Im going to use rabbit manure in place of worm castings to see if what happens as we have rabbits.

 

[Mazzdog66]

I currently use gaia green organic, and worm castings. this run Im going to use rabbit manure in place of worm castings to see if what happens as we have rabbits.

Thank you

 

[Natep]

I personally like to do dry amendments. If I was starting a new grow I would use build a soil 3.0 recipe. When I flipped to flower I would top dress with craft blend and worm castings. I would re amend the same way right after harvest in preparation of next run.

 

[Mazzdog66]

I personally like to do dry amendments. If I was starting a new grow I would use build a soil 3.0 recipe. When I flipped to flower I would top dress with craft blend and worm castings. I would re amend the same way right after harvest in preparation of next run.

Thank you very much

 

[Grower1974]

Dirt is just the medium. Some is more enriched than others.

Hot (heavily enriched) soils with big pots = longer growth time without adding additional supplements.

You’ll have to decide the balance/cost/maintenance of how big of pots to use (cost of soil), How soon you need to add nutrients, etc.

 

[ddandurand]

I agree with grower1974, sometimes ill run a 10 gallon in a 2x2 I never have to feed as my soil had the necessary life and nutrition to support the plant all grow. honestly bigger is better when just starting out, in my opinion. Bigger pots come with the added issue though of easier to over water until your plant fills it out. Just keep it simple and everything will do great.