Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
I would:

A) Make sure to have a couple inches of drainage rocks in bottom of the bucket, and add more perlite than you are used to. In a five gallon bucket, drainage is really important. Possibly to the point of needing a few small holes in the sides of the bucket. (tword the bottom, a couple of inches above the drainage rocks)

B) A flush isn't necessary. Nothing in the MG will kill your plants. It's what we add that screws things up. MG is fine if you make allowances for it with your nutes and your schedule. Add less at first, keeping an eye on results. It's when people start giving their ladies too many nutes and additives before the MG nutes have been exhausted, that problems can/will arise.

C) If you are going to transplant into MG soil...try and do it a couple of weeks before switching to 12/12. This lets the plant use up as much of the nutes as possible before switching to bloom ferts and lights. Switching a plant to 12/12 is stressful for the plant. If she has been aclimated to the mix for a couple of weeks, it will help make the transition smoother.

By the time you put 'em into flower, the plant will have used a bunch of the nutes. Cannabis is a nitrogen whore, so likely nitrogen will be the first nute in the MG mix that will be used-up.

By the end of initial bloom stretch, you should be nearing a normal schedule for your bloom ferts, with possible additives to correct minor defeciencies.

With a five gallon grow, you'll want to watch the ph real carefully, especially twords the 6th or 7th week of flower. The peat degrades, and ph can fall.

The thing is, MG was the only thing around so I used it anyway, and just never told anyone on the boards. One gets sick and tired of being told your plants will look like shit using MG, while you are trimming the buds from a more sucessful MG grow.

I never understood everyone saying "MG sux", MG will stunt your grow"...stuff like that. But I fell victim to peer pressure, and I stopped using it once I found the organic mix I use now.

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of really good soil mixes out there that are 'better' for a cannabis grow. But in a pinch, I'm just not a scared of having to adapt to any growing medium, or any nutes. (well...a cactus mix is one exception, come to think of it...)
A) I already have holes everywhere on my 5 gal pales. they look like swiss cheese.
B) That was kind of the thing I was worried about screwing them up with what i would add, ill have to watch that.
C) Too late for that one, they have already been in 12/12 for 5 days now, but i dont think that is too late in, do you?

Thanks Rusty, you have made me break free of my MG shell:thumbsup:..... I WOULD still rather use something unferted thko, but thatll be next time aruond.

Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
MG organic is a lesser evil and will be fine IF you add extra perlite. Other than that, no worries. All you need is plenty of drainage and light new soil.

You'd only really have to think it through going from soil or compost into something like Coco Coir. That's a whole new ballgame.
Ill keep all that in mind Stinky, thanks

Sounds like the consensus is that MG will be OK. Thankyou all alot to everyone who helped me out with thiis problem, you guys/girls are the bestest.

You all get a golden stars
I dont know where I stack up on the age totem-pole, but do did any of you guys/girls get golden stars in grammer school? I never got too many.
cwesto Reviewed by cwesto on . Transplanting Q: This doesnt really have to do with the technique of transplanting, I know how to transplant fine..... the only thing is I have never transplanted a plant in one brand of soil into another brand of soil. I am curently in FoxFarm OceanForest in 2 gallon pots. And my plan is to transplant these Plants into 5 gallon pales and fill the rest of the 5 gallon pot with organic miracle grow soil. I planed on mixing this soil the same with perlite as i did the ocean forest, to get the same Rating: 5