PDA

View Full Version : soil question please answer?????



bluntman3000
10-30-2005, 11:20 PM
ok im planting outside and ive bought soil and dug holes...rite now its fall and can i fill the holes with the soil i bought..(im mixing it with other things to, dont want to get into specifics) but can i fill the holes and im also using pots with the soil in the fall then plant my seeds in it in spring..or do i have to wait to spring to put the soil in the holes/pots??

J DOG 6000
10-31-2005, 02:44 PM
I'd wait

bluntman3000
10-31-2005, 08:42 PM
but isnt it better for the organic soil i bought and the top soil from the ground to mix together over the winter then in spring the soil woill be perfect??

Neojedi
11-01-2005, 07:22 PM
You can fill them now, but don't add anything like nutes or earthworm castings till spring. Good idea to check the soil ph in the spring, and the a few times throughout your grow.Just alot more varibles outdoors.

bluntman3000
11-01-2005, 08:29 PM
so pretty much it wont make a difference if i put soil in now or next spring rite?

J DOG 6000
11-02-2005, 02:36 PM
I was more conserned about waisting nutes in the soil you add If added now.

bluntman3000
11-02-2005, 07:31 PM
yea but im going to make a compost in early spring and mix it with the soil before i plant the seeds then when my plants start to flower im goin to put more compost in....when are u suposed to add fertilizer(compost) to yuor plants? like what stage of life?