soil

[JiGGabOo]

which organic soil should i get to start my seeds in and keep it in until harvest. also iam planning on getting a fertilizer to add to my watering every 1 or 2 weeks, what kind should i get? (iam planning on going to lowes but they dont have fox farm)

[krink]

You don't want to have a soil or soiless mix with ferts already in it for your seedlings. Germinate them in wet paper towel...proably find some techniques around if you look, and after the bean has cracked....put it in a small container, either a dixie or beer cup or a 4" pot with only a mix like promix, or something you mixed yourself without nutes. By that time you will have researched everything you need to know to plant the girl in a more permanent home.

Cheers,

[Crispyfried]

I've recently had some good results with a mix of sunleaves coco coir, perlite, and wormcastings. The proportions are probably like 40% coco coir, 30% perlite, 30% wormcastings. I also mixed in some rock phosphate, starter fertilizer, bat guano, and watered initially with seaweed extract. I germinated in the soil under a 200 watt CFL, and after about a week and a half added some Super Tea into the soil with some cal-mag and Superthrive. I added that stuff yestrday so I'm sont sure about the results yet.

[DoctorFeelGood]

Plagron Soil, Perlite 80-20 or 70-30 mix.
I am trying the new Advanced Nutrient Mother Earth Super Tea Grow and Bloom Juice. www.gchydro.com Is where I ordered from because I am in the US and its hard to find shippers for these nutes. They are 14.20 for 1L Foxfarm is around 11 a L.
DFG

[stone eng]

I've recently had some good results with a mix of sunleaves coco coir, perlite, and wormcastings

I've been thinking about making my own mix, you can't get much good soil around here that doesn't cost an arm or a leg. I also don't know where I'd get coco coir locally, and I'm not crazy about ordering online. What do you think of sphagenum (SP) peat moss instead, and worm castings and pearlite? Would that be a good starting point for a mix?

[hoodrider]

I would really suggest against peat and would instead go with coco coir. They both have about the same properties, but the coir has a bit of nutrients in it to that's good for plants.

The main reason to not get peat though is because it is rare. It is a non-renewbale source whereas coir is easly renewable, so getting coir would be more organic.

[stone eng]

Hoodrider,
I hear you on the renewable/ nonrenewable issue. That is important. I'm trying to plan my next setup with stuff that is available here and peat moss is dirt (no pun intended) cheap. I was just wondering how that mix would compare functionally to the CC mix.

[Crispyfried]

Peat should work just as well, maybe better because some coco coir products have too much salt in them.