Should I add Fox Farm nutes to this medium?

ReaperCrew8 · Oct 27, 2025

Medium:

7 parts Ocean Forest
7 parts Happy Frog
2 parts Worm Castings
3 cups Perlite
7 TB Dolomite Lime
Sprinkle of Mycorrihaze

I use FF Big Bloom, Grow Big, and Tiger Bloom. Should I be using this from the start? Introduce them at a specific time, or not be using these at all? Growing autos in 5 gallon fabric pots.

Vetsgrow2 · Oct 27, 2025

Don't mix the Happy frog and the ocean forest together! you are better off putting ocean on the bottom of the pot and Happy frog at the top. When I grow with Happy Frog I don't start any nutes for around day 30 or a little more. You don't need the warm castings with the FF nutes, You will end up burning your plant if you are a newby like me!
EDIT Ditch the lime too! Just use the FF soils w/perlite (30%) in the layers!

ArtfulCodger · Oct 27, 2025

The FF soils come pre-amended, including with the stuff you're asking about. With a some strategic transplanting, you can run the whole lifecycle with just those FF soils and 1-3 feedings in flower. When I use them, I veg in Happy Frog and Flower in Ocean Forest. I track the TDS of my runoff, and feed (synthetic) or transplant into fresh soil when it falls below 1,000 ppms on the 500 scale (2.0 EC).

MileHiGhost · Oct 27, 2025

Some pictures would help. Juss sayin

Vetsgrow2 · Oct 27, 2025

ArtfulCodger said:
The FF soils come pre-amended, including with the stuff you're asking about. With a some strategic transplanting, you can run the whole lifecycle with just those FF soils and 1-3 feedings in flower. When I use them, I veg in Happy Frog and Flower in Ocean Forest. I track the TDS of my runoff, and feed (synthetic) or transplant into fresh soil when it falls below 1,000 ppms on the 500 scale (2.0 EC).

I am a new grower and perhaps you can answer this for me. If I grow with Ocean on the bottom of happy frog How does that really help...I mean by the time it goes thru all those nute feedings and watering aint I ending up with the same stuff on the bottom anyway?? Tell me what I'm missing..Next grow comin up!

ArtfulCodger · Oct 28, 2025

I don't mind layering HF over OF in big pots with autos, because you don't want to transplant much. With photos, I'd rather just veg in HF and then transplant into OF just before flipping.

Vetsgrow2 · Oct 28, 2025

Thats what my mentor here says!BUT then She also taught me the jiffy pellet to solo cup to 5 gallon pot and done method, and it seemed like the least stressful way for the plant (I guess lol) too me, I may just stick with the Happy frog only with the G.H. (6-part) nutes for now.

ArtfulCodger · Oct 28, 2025

That'll work. I used to pop in Rapid Rooters, then into solos, then 1-gals, and either threes or fives for flower.

KG1 · Oct 28, 2025

ReaperCrew8 said:
Medium:

7 parts Ocean Forest
7 parts Happy Frog
2 parts Worm Castings
3 cups Perlite
7 TB Dolomite Lime
Sprinkle of Mycorrihaze

7 Parts and 3 cups give no actual measurements, if that was a cake what's a part, how much is that in a volumetric amount, I know what a cup is and as a fraction I know what a part is but together they make no sense

Robgrows · Oct 28, 2025

You should be good for 4-5 weeks with what you added already.

Don't add any more castings/lime If you're going to use the liquid nutes.

Ninjadogma · Oct 28, 2025

If you can settle on a good super soil you can ditch all your nutes, fill your pot about 6 inches from the top and then just amend a half inch of fresh soil over the top every once in a while to replenish nutes and recharge the mycos and microbes. I haven't done a whole grow this way before but I have fed them this way for sure. Coast of Maine has one, I think they call it the Stoner Blend

Should I add Fox Farm nutes to this medium?

Should I add Fox Farm nutes to this medium?

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