Planting in MiracleGro Potting Soil

[hayze21]

That sucks and i just bought 4 bag of Mg yesterday which was the starting seed soil brand.......as neither walmart or lowes had any thing better..grrrrr

[50ul }{4ck3r]

i use MG moisture control soil and MG Bloom Booster and i have not any problems with nute lockout

[stinkyattic]

That sucks and i just bought 4 bag of Mg yesterday which was the starting seed soil brand.......as neither walmart or lowes had any thing better..grrrrr

okay phew don't use the regular sort... the seed starting mix is acceptable... now you have some time to go find real dirt.

[hayze21]

[quote=stinkyattic]okay phew don't use the regular sort... the seed starting mix is acceptable... now you have some time to go find real dirt.[/QUOTE

So should I use the Mg soil just for the germ process and not the vegg? Don't want to spend the money if its garbage.....I still have the reciept.....Just don't have to many options in my part of jerzey....

[stinkyattic]

If it is seed starting mix, then use it for seeds. But I would STILL flush it before planting anything!
After the seedling stage, you really need to head down to your grow shop or garden center for something better. I know you can find SOMETHING, or if that fails, mail-order coco bricks. They are inexpensive and ship nicely. Botanicare makes a fantastic product.

[hayze21]

U know im just going to take the mg back today and get the real deal stuff from a recommended garden store....any suggestions as to a soil that i can use from start to finish and how much i plan on raising for little bushes usin the micro gro system thanx stinky

[stinkyattic]

I've never done a micro grow but the rule is that for a normal plant, one gallon of soil per foot of plant height is adequate. For a plant that is being scrogged or otherwise trained, give it a bit more- just use your judgement- If you have a single stem plant that is a foot tall there's a gallon, but if it's trained to 4 main stems, give it like 3 gallons or so.
Soil start to finish- when I was doing soil I used that compost mix I gave you start to finsih, but it WAS very very 'hot' for seedlings and I flushed the living CRAP out of it before planting.
I'm now a happy coco fan, and I start my seeds in rapidrooters (composted tree bark) and then go to coco. It's inert - no nutes included, so you have TOTAL control.
For all the shit talked about miracle gro, that is to me the biggest issue:
CONTROL.
I want to be able to give my plants exactly what they need and not have to sit there scratching my head about what is in the soil, or of what HAD been in the soil, what is left by now (with MG this is likely to be unusable salts precipitated out from interactions among ferts). With the coco, it is super easy to control and impossible to overwater, so you can flush as often as you like. In fact, overwatering by 10% each time is actually RECOMMENDED for coco!!! Sez my fertilizer guru.

Okay tangent. sorry... a lot of people swear by ProMix BX which you can find virtually anywhere. I'm not personally a huge fan because of my [almost illogical] hatred of All Things Peat Based... haha but I've seen many a beautiful grow using that stuff, and you can do it too I'm sure.

[hayze21]

Thanx stinkyattic im going today after work to the garden and plant store to see whats available if im going to start i want to have every advantage possible as to growing my babys the right way...... just hope im blessed with a daughter or two...lol

[StrwbrryFldsFrvr]

I'm going to try to plant one of my seeds in the MG MC, it's all bagseed and I've been saving for ~4 months so I have a fairly healthy supply (around 15ish).. anyways yeah so flushing my soil, run lots of water through it?

[stinkyattic]

anyways yeah so flushing my soil, run lots of water through it?

yeah, at least 3 gallons water per gallon of soil.
for best results, pH adjust your water to 6.8 but tap water is usually acceptable.