If you are going to wally's...get bone meal and blood meal and pulverized dolomitic lime(for ph buffer) and your set...it doesn't get any easier...
10lb bag walmart soil...
1/2 cup bone meal
3/4 cup blood meal
2 tbs...dol. lime
10-12 cups perlite....this is basically what chowder is telling you ...KISS

Quote Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
No, it doesn't contain the nutes needed, you need to add those. You can buy soil with nutes already in it, but not enough for a plant to strive for.

Adding nutes shouldn't be that hard. It is very simple logic really.

Veg time get something high in N(N-P-K=3 #'s on the box)

Flowering time get something high in P

That's all really. Don't worry about what the letters mean at this point. Just buy some nutes, any brand, except Miracle Grow, and get some numbers that line up with the stage you're at. Here are a few examples.

Vegging: 8-7-6, 5-1-1, 16-2-6


Flowering: 10-15-10, 15-30-15, 10-52-10

You see how that works? Just get some nutes that match up with the stage you are in. If your plant is still on the 18/6 cycle, or 24/0, that is the veg time, get something high in N. If you're on the 12/12 cycle, budding stage , then get something high in P. Simple right? Good luck.
latewood Reviewed by latewood on . ZANDOR:can u help me with my soil recipe? hey i was wondering if you had a soil recipe? i am reeally kind of confused on what to put in the soil for the first stages of my plant's life....i am going to use a 5 gallon bucket, i just put my seeds that i germinated in the soil the other night and they should be popping up anyday now...... could you please help me out?????if not, that's ok.....thanx anyways :) \ could you give me a soil recipe for a 5 gallon bucket ???? Rating: 5