Soil Mix

[Toker4Life88]

Hey guys long time reader on the message board and have had some good success in the past. Just started some white widow and got sprouts in two days with rapid rooters. Found some bags of seed starting mix today on sale so I got one just for the heck of it. Well at the register the bag rang up for one penny so I went back and got an entire case lol.

MIX = sphagnum peat, horticultural vermiculite, perlite, wetting agent and lime for ph balance

I will be mixing this with some Fox Farm ocean forest mix and just wanted to know if this would work good? Also what would be a good mix ratio?

Toker4Life88 Reviewed by Toker4Life88 on 08-18-2010. Soil Mix Hey guys long time reader on the message board and have had some good success in the past. Just started some white widow and got sprouts in two days with rapid rooters. Found some bags of seed starting mix today on sale so I got one just for the heck of it. Well at the register the bag rang up for one penny so I went back and got an entire case lol. MIX = sphagnum peat, horticultural vermiculite, perlite, wetting agent and lime for ph balance I will be mixing this with some Fox Farm Rating: 5

[weeddaddy50]

I did that on some clones that I transplanted in 1 to 3 gallon containers and worked fine, what I did find is the mix contained some weeds, that sprouted, just pulled them out and everything was fine. 50 / 50 mix would be about right.

[Horsemanrocks]

Tokerâ?¦.I use my own mix (very similar to yours) that I use for seedling and clones, so far itâ??s performed perfectly for both.

1 part no nute potting mix (Red Star is what is available locally).
1 part Fox Farms ocean forest.

To that blend I add about 20-25% perlite (for drainage) Didnâ??t actually measure.

Ok, now my blend will be quite acidic,(sphagnum peat is quite acidic) so I wet a sample for a day or soâ?¦then run enough water through to obtain a Ph sample. Add my lime to balance Ph. (it doesnâ??t take much) In my case 1/4c lime brought 5 gallons of soil mix up to Ph perfectly with my 7.0 tap water.

This all sounds very similar to what you have and are planning.

So in your caseâ?¦.after you blend w/ FFOF recheck Ph and correct as necessaryâ?¦.and I would guess that the addition of a little more perlite wouldnâ??t hurt (itâ??s practically impossible to overwater a well drained soil).

All in all sounds good.
HMR