Good soil mix?

[JunkYard]

I'm kinda on a budget, and want a decent soil mix for my grow. I was going to go with fox farm soil, but it's just too expensive.

Would regular potting soil mixed with some perilite suffice, or do I need something more advanced?

If I need something more advanced, what would you recommend? It has to be affordible because I'm nearly broke, lol!

[LIP]

If you mix it with perlite it should be good, as long as theres no nutriants added.

Just make sure its well sifted, and airiated. Also check for bugs or anything in it and you should be ready to go!

[JunkYard]

How long before I introduce nutes?

[Kush Over]

JunkYard; LoL.

Bro, my plant was grown in Miracle-Gro. If you can grow in that shit, you can grow in anything.

[busteruk7]

well i have have used a bogstandard growbag used the soil and mixed in perlite and kiln dried sand this works ok for me
and as for ya nutes if ya are starting from seed i would leave it 3 for 3 weeks from when it sprouts:)

[JunkYard]

JunkYard; LoL.

Bro, my plant was grown in Miracle-Gro. If you can grow in that shit, you can grow in anything.

lmao

Yup, I hear miricle grow is sh!t, haha!

Just wanting to give my babies a good healthy start. ;)

[Sparrow]

Bails of promix and farfred are cheap.

You can get a hold of farfred at 1800peatmoss

[Gen]

Just get regular old potting soil. Supergrow. I've grown veggies for years just using that. For nutes I go organic fish emulsion for outside (it smells) or liquid kelp for inside (no odor) and great. I've been feeding my orchids kelp and they reward me by awesome blooms.

[Gen]

Just keep it dilute!!!! Remember with nutes a little extra is not better and will burn your plants.

[Sparrow]

With just potting soil I would ad 80% peat moss to it so the roots can breath.

[friendowl]

just use lots of perlite and have lots of holes for drainage
i use regular potting soil and lots of perlite in 5 gallon bux
and it works out good.

[latewood]

go to walmart and buy orchid mix...It is 7 bucks and you can buy a bag of peat and perlite for about 3 bucks ea.
so all you need for a plant for 13.00 this is enough perlite and peat to go with about 6 bags of orchid mix.
1 bag is good for 3 gallon pot...oh yeah, you should layer lava rock in bottom of pot.

I use orchid mix 50% perlite 30% peat moss 20%

It works great...If you cannot afford this then go to true value or the dollar store and buy pure topsoil (hyponex is the brand around here)1.49-1.99 a bag...follow above recipe substituting,
hyponex for orchid mix.

Look at my NL#2 pic...or sneekpeek thread in the hydro forums...the potted plants the pix are growing in 1.49 hyponex topsoil, perlite & peat...works for me also. lw

[Sparrow]

The only thing with layering lava rocks is that you will not be able to lift it and tell if she needs water that easily. If you want air to the roots pine chips are light an support microbial life. Cheaper then lava rocks aswell.

[Garden Knowm]

just use lots of perlite and have lots of holes for drainage
i use regular potting soil and lots of perlite in 5 gallon bux
and it works out good.


yeah, what he said..

YUMMY PERLITE!!!!

[latewood]

With just potting soil I would ad 80% peat moss to it so the roots can breath.peat moss tends to stay too wet, used alone. Not enough drainage...hence the love...of more perlite!!!
really you definitely get great the drainage that was mentioned here. imho.

Use perlite not peat moss, alone

[betterhomesandgarden]

With orchid mix(from Wal-mart)- just add Perlite, Perlite, and more Perlite. It takes the headache out of overthinking problems by removing the problems. When I started adding Perlite years ago, a majorty of problems also vanished. For soil, in the summer anything will do, but in the winter I use Moisture Control Miracle Grow for Fungi reasons. Allthough, some people speak bad od MG.

BHG