Promix and Tupur are the best.... also pro's make their own soil (buildAsoil crushes and is most respected lately in the states... from colorado to maine)
I have bought a bunch of starter mix and ran with that and then amended it as I went. This round I bought Pro mix worm castings down-to-earth and a little bit of Gaia green
Tried a bunch of premium soils. But found mixing Miracle Grow organic + Black Cow+Peat Moss+ 2 bags perlite makes great soil. Less than $50 enough soil for 6 5 gallon bags
@@AnthonyNeff417hey did he mean black cow as in black mulch? This is my 3rd try grow and i have a good feeling about this one i still don’t have my materials yet and my seed is done germinating💀🙏
I grow autos in soil, and each pot has 3 zones. The bottom 3rd leans toward flower nutes, the main body is veg nutes, and I dig a small center well for my seedling mix. The roots grow into each area as they develop. I go with the 3 basic parts; soil, airation, and compost, with 8 main additions. The soil part is a mix of my old soil (for the microbiology) and either Happy Frog (for the main part and seedling part) or Ocean Forest (for the bottom part). Airation is vermiculite, which I like better then perlite. Compost is a combination of worm castings and LeafGro compost, which is made from grass clippings and leaves. I use Down to Earth organic fertalizers: BioLive, Rose and Flower, Dolomitic lime, Gypsom, rock phosphates, insect frass, Azomite, and kelp meal. The bottom mix is more rose and flower, less BioLive, the main mix is more BioLive, less rose and flower. The seedling mix is Happy Frog, vermiculite, a little kelp meal, and some m.ycorrhiza. The idea is that the plant's roots reach into the different soils, which have progressivly higher nute loads, as the plant needs and can handle them. I also top dress at 3 and 6 weeks, and add calmag to the water starting at week 2. Finally, I make my top dressings on day 1 to give them time to let the biologicals have time to do their thing. I keep them moist and add a little molasses to the water. The earlier one has more nitrogen, the latter one very little.
Fox farm ocean forest is my go-to. Every plant I grew in FFOF has never failed me yet. However there is only one trick I learned while using this brand. When you need to feed your plants use gaia green 2-8-4, some earth worm casting usually half the recommended amount and my favorite too Great White Mycorrhizae. Good luck growing everyone 🤞🏾💪🏾.
Bro that shit is ass its good bag after bad bag all types of bs in it too yea it sounds good till you been there done that they want like 32 bucks for 12 quarts now too
@@wolverine420so miracle grow & no nutes through entire plant life? Are you running an experiment to see how resilient cannabis can be, or trying to grow GOOD cannabis? Yes you can grow in the former, but it will not compare to that grown in quality (appropriate) soil.. and nutrition = dankness. If you don't use nutes, not only will the buds be smaller, with less trichomes.. it will not be as potent as that same plant that is given the right nutrition.
Take your soil to the gerd mill that can evaluate it for you... Farmers do it to determine what kind of fertilizer to use on their crops. Evaluate and re use...add what you need..❤
I will use cheap miracle grow and other potting mixes for my outdoor plants and garden. But for my indoor cannabis grow, I use fox farms and wiggles worm castings.
Really? So this is something that you would recommend. I've never heard about reusing. How does does it affect your weed and would you say they benefit?
@@coquicrops it makes sense. Most of what they need are provided by the light z d the feed. The soil is essentially just a medium to anchor itself. I'm absolutely trying this.
Just buy bulk peat and perlite and a bag of all purpose organic fertilizer and mix your own. Bio live from down to earth, gia green 444, and dr earth 444 are all good options. Use one cup per cubic foot(7.5 gallons). You can even just buy organic espoma potting soil if you don't want to mix your own , amend it with a little less all purpose fertilizer maybe like 3/4 cup. This is by far the cheapest way to grow other than ordering bulk soil from a soil yard and picking it up with your own truck. Don't overpay for stuff at a "grow" store unless they are the only people in town that sell it. Hydro shops are scammers IMO. The green tax looks insane if you know how to actually garden.
Fox farm ocean forest plus an additional 25% pearlite, 2 tablespoons per gallon of dolomite lime, a sprinkle of great white in the hole and you’re good to go. Switch to strawberry fields a week before flipping to flower with the same additives and you’re good to go.
I know it sounds ridiculous and unbelievable but I’ve literally grown one of my best tasting crops from clones to buds with just Fox farm ocean forest, and just watered it the whole way, and still ended up harvesting some nice sticky smelly buds, they weren’t the densest buds but they did reach full maturity and had nice fully developed white and gold trichomes and smoked really nice.
I am playing with some cheap potting soil and worm castings with organic amendments. Just popped some Jack Herer seeds to try it out. Hope all goes well. Great video RESPECT 😊
Simple soil mix that works for me, 3 parts black loam soil, 1 part worm casings, 1 part peat moss and 1 part perlite. I have happy plants. Nothing fancy, nothing crazy and not real expensive.
I use promix all purpose with lots of extra perlite, rice hulls, buid-a-soil craft blend(a mix of 15 different organic amendments), mykos, pre-charged biochar, oly mountain fish compost, wiggle worm castings, colorado worm company castings, gypsum, montana grow volcanic silica, basalt rock dust, glacial rock dust, and crushed oyster shell. The only thing I put in the water is rootwise mycrobe complete, hybrix (molasses) and ful-power fulvic acid a few times. I've been doing no-till with that soil for 5 cycles now in 30 gallon grass roots brand living soil grow bags with just build a soil craft blend and build a flower top dress mixed together. I top dress with that at planting and then again 2 weeks before I switch to flower. I've had zero signs of deficiencies and zero burn. All my leaves are a perfect dark green. I'm getting over 2 grams per watt consistently. Literally all I do after planting is water, one top dress and lollipopping.
Here is my method for my free organic soil. Go to forest, rake some leaves, at bottom of a hill is best, get some good earthy top soil, the first inch or two. Now go find good rot from inside a dead tree or stump with that black composted humus. Also collect parts of well rotted logs. Break it up with a pickaxe and add it. Mix it in. It helps to add moss or other good fungi. The more diverse the fungal network the better, so take top soil from scattered locations around your forest. Wood ashes help to add potash. The charred bits are building blocks for microbes. Use a good amount of it. Also add very little sand and sandy loam like soil to improve drainage. Don't forget to add holes at bottom or lower sides of your container, fabric or not, to better drain and aerate the soil. I compost an 8x8 uncovered space on the ground 4 feet high of manure leaves and grass with old coffee grounds and worms with a little veg scraps. You have to pitch it a lot. Takes 2 years to fully break down. It yields wheelbarrows full of good composted black dirt with worm castings that I inoculate forest soil with to make a true garden soil or potting soil. I till my compost in with a hoe in a large pile, say 1-3 yards at a time of all materials. It is a grind but the result is free organic soil teeming with great microbial life. You can do it on any scale. Add your old used potting mixes to this. Smaller is quicker. -Note- Do NOT harvest where any weedkillers are used or chemicals! Must be organic virgin soil. Cannabis is a bio-remediator and will suck up whatever is in the soil and you would then be smoking it. Choose soil harvest locations wisely. Recommended for outdoor use only.
On my current grow my friend,1/2 crop miracle grow and 1/2 crop Fox Farms ocean and forest soil.Same with fertilizers Miracle Grow and Big 3 of fox farms.Miracle Grow products 1/4 the cost of Fox farms and the winner by a long shot was Miracle Grow by a huge difference. The buds were tastier and super sticky after dry and cure.Miracle Grow 27/8/16 start to finish . I have grown cannibis for 55 yrs since 1969 and have grown the best you ever smoked.Columbian Red and Gold ,Original Maui WOWIE, Thai Stick ,Alcopoco Gold,Panama red.never in a tent .All this weed produced now all smells the same and tastes the same,you don’t get the bag of really sticky tasty Cannibis anymore ,BUT I DO.DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY .55 yrs experience small scale homegrown.
I only use potting soil and thats it.. the benefit of it is i dont need to regulate the ph levels and just feed it little and choose right strains like og kush, gg and other easy to grow strains No real issues since i use guinea pig poop for veg and banana peels and homemade molasses in flowering. Yea, yield arent the greatest but the smoke is definitely naturally great as always
One useful trick would be to go to your Local Market and buy a Foreign fruit like (Ecuadorian Dragonfruit) and use the Branch (Green Leaf) to spread out it’s pieces into the Potting Soil used.
Another great episode ! All you need to know when it comes to choise your medium... For me, It's living soil... Based on 3rd peet Moss,3 rd wormcasting and home made compost, 3rd aeration ( rices hulls)... Anyway thanks for sharing this kind of info.... Big thumb up for the ICANTHC channel ! Definitely for public purpose....😜 Have a great 420 day ! Much 💚 bro' peace
Sungro professional growing mix #830 blend. It's 2.8 cu.ft per bag and you can normally find it local for under $20 a bag. I get it from my local greenhouse for $17 a bag here in south eastern Ohio. The top 20 greenhouses in the US use Sungro for a reason, after using it myself in my garden I see why.
great show again i haven't bought a potting mix for yrs i reuse my soils and have worm farm and multiple types of composts having been and orchard grower ,apples and pears for 30yrs ive been creating super soils targeted for what im growing
I've been using Miricle Grow on my first grow. I have seen a lot of people respond how bad it is, but so far, it is working well. I use tap water (RO) and haven't PH tested yet. I am on the last stage of flowering and may now see issues. I have yellowing of some leaves. I've added some Cal/Mag and fish meal. It may be harvest time before I see any results from the additives.
I ask local farmers for manure, cow or horse, and then let it compost for 4-5 months. Afterwards, I use a filter and clean up the soil, then mix with wood ash.
First I used a seed starter mix. Then Coast of maine stonington blend. Through veg-flower. Amazing product. Takes alot of the guess work out of trying to make a super soil.
In garden soil and coco you water you plants at the correct ph it will do well but stay if you test the ph of the soil it jumps from 6.5 to 7.0 it most stays in 7.0ph i got it to lower with sulfur then watering at the correct ph but I have family friends who grow with tomato soil tge get good results but not the best thats just the grower tho but if you use the wrong soil you can run in to problems get fox soil its rated at a 6.5 off the chart
1:31 I did not know that 'potting soil' is designed for in-ground use. That's odd because potting soil absolutely can be used in pots. Yes using a more sterile mix is effective but all the growers i've worked with out here in the 707 use a customized loam soil. Potting soil contains additional aeration and moisture retaining properties, specifically to negate the negative effects that occurt when taking it out of the ground. Do farmers really add perlite or other aeration materials in the ground? Am i missing something?
I used FF OF for my first grow. I didn't like playing the guessing game with nutrients with that soil. Next time around, I'll be using inert soil so I know exactly what nutrients are going in.
I buy ocean forest for my indoor and run that then use the old ocean forest mixed with mendments outdoors every year works freakin great. I got a shop 5 Miles down the road that carries foxfarm products. Even big bales of lucky dog
From Walmart the Pro-Mix in the Red Bag is my Budget Banger . Then Roots Organics and Mother Earth are my 2 from grow shops I Run Cropsalt in ME 70/30 Coco Perlite @20$ a Bag it's my favorite one to run with Salts 💯 🤙👊
Bought a small farm 5 years ago. Used fox farm with the trio. Never had any problems. Bugs once. But i have a compost pile. Shrimp husks scraps from kitchen, rabbit poo and chicken sheit
So promix hp would be perfect hugging all of that.. bad thing it cost $55 but definitely worth what you pay for, just add dr earth fertilizer’s and ewc, very small amount of mycos should get you through 👍🏻🌱
One distinction that you didn’t mention is the ph being a little higher or lower in organic soil generally isn’t that big of an issue . Also having some organic material half broken down can be helpful especially when you use seed sprout tea those materials are releasing small amounts of newts in a steady fashion some material breaks down faster but with seed sprouts you can control how fast they break down and release newts also include mycorrhizae in that system and you give your soil a brain and another vector for feeding itself combine that with a nitrogen fixing cover crop and plants become more resistant almost completely bulletproof to every pest . To much nitrogen will make a plant irresistible for bad bugs . This is all dependent on it being organic though and for a beginner perhaps a different way would be more appropriate. Good luck
One thing I had noticed with the low grade stuff is that there can be a big difference from bag to bag even with the same exact product from the same pallet at the store. I have some strawberries going in two different Earthboxes withe the same exact mix in both, however the mix in each pot was from separate bags. One is doing okay (could be better) but in the other box they where extremely stunted and have almost completely died off with the exception of one plant. Just learning the hard way I guess, but at least I'm getting my practice in for when Ohio becomes another Adult Use state at the end of November when we have our chance to vote it in.
@@GtwoGent 3 GALLON POTS, i get my water from the spring( always a plus)i fill my pot with mayb fox farm(brown bag) about 5 to 6 inches and then rest of pot with coast of maine, just reg grow dots... and veg for 2 months..then i flip...they will tell u when they need water..all i do...ooo yeah,i top 2 mayb 3 times.
High Matt, I'm trying again to start an Auto. 4th try. Watching all your videos and learned something new to get some good auto grow. Thanks MATT. I MAKE MY OWN soil....super soil.
I mainly do autos and I find is a lot easier when you do the super soil mix. I use Promix HP and Gaia green organic fertilizers. That way I know what’s exactly in the soil. You said 4th try….you haven’t make it to harvest yet? I’m no veteran at this I’m in my 4th run so if any questions fell free to ask. Have a good day
id recommend a soil test and add the organic inputs either to the soil or as a top dress if doing no till but sotmimes i dont test i just eyeball but ratios can be off a bit!
I like living soil you can use it 2 -3 times .all soils yoy will eventually need to add a tea and recharge mychiraz fungi..................still i add these in any soil and buds and plants never sick.............perfect.try not to use coco it holds salt coco is best for hydro .
Question, has anybody ever added Honey mixed in with their water? Would that give the plans the nutrients that are needed. I used honey for cloning and the roots grew ridiculously fast.
4cuft bail of peat $12.98, 4 cuft extra course perlite $35, 40lb bag of dolomite lime $8, 40lb bag of gypsum powder $15. Enough grow medium for literally years for under $75 no bugs no bullshit
I save all my soil potting mix or whatever you want to call it most of my soils were originally foxfarm I've had a bag or two of the cheaper stuff from Walmart which brought me bugs because they don't store their bags properly anyways now I just reimagined my soil put in fresh worm castings add a little bit of Coco coir a little bit of pumice to lighten the soil back up and make it fluffy again
Man I made the mistake by taking a full based fertilizer with no perlite or sand or anything. It holds water to damn well! I’m having a hard time with all this rain water this May 2024 with over watered plants. I use GP organics living soil. Should have mixed it with coco
Canna coco with canna a and b boost rhizotinic cannazym a little bit of pk 13 14 and standard tap water is all you need as long as your EC is correct the PH will be okay if you have a EC of like 2.0 2.4 then its to much no more then a EC of 1.8 throughout flower is perfect 1.4 1.6 EC during vegative stage powerful 600watt hps light with proper air flow an youll get 10 ounce dry weight of a plant ive done it all of amazon
Starting 2024 with my own mix. (Base mix is roots organic, mixing with bone meal/blood meal/ worm castings/ chicken manure soil amendment/ topsoil/epsom salt/ vermiculite and bat guano…
Coco is hard to beat if you get a quality product. I grow some awesome plants in it. Hard to beat the drainage and control you have over what's in the medium.
Thanks I us fox farms ,i use trout fish in 55 gal guts head cover daily it works for me,❤🎉 thanks for sharing this information The Hernandez Family Colorado
I use build a soil Light or 3.0 when I dont have time to make my own soil mix. But if I'm making my own I just follow the Clackamas Coot soil mix recipe. And that to me is the best that there is.
@@hectorgomez8374 should be fine just be gentle. Just be careful with seedlings because if the soil is too hot it will be too much for the little ladies. Too hot meaning the soil is not done cooking/homogenizing. Use a very plain soil with little to nothing in it is best.
Finally made the switch to fox farms of can’t say how I like it but definitely not feeling the $32 price tag, starting out in mg seedling mix x mg organics plus strictly watering with only silica and calmag until plants show me that they need more, I’ll get some of the fox farms seedlings soil because I wanna see if it makes a difference because I have had great success with mg nature’s care organic potting soil that stuff was great just wasn’t any nutrients in it, I would have to feed after a month in a one gallon pot, have had great experiences with roots organic soil and k9 Cube lucky dog which is pretty much hydro that stuff was magnificent and I’d definitely get more, I was lucky enough to get 2 three cubic foot bags of it for $10 each and a 1.5 cubic foot bag of pro mix mp not really a fan of that mix at all, very low ph that gave me issues, it’s my first time using mg organics plus and it’s rather hot for an organic soil, I haven’t had to feed yet and my Auto has been in a 1 gal for over 6 weeks and still super green the runoff has been consistent for weeks but not in range of any danger, definitely will never use the organics plus, the plus is 🐂 💩.
I grew Northern lights for 10 years straight. One time I tried( save money) bought some cheaper shit and got a mad bug problem. Learned my lessen. Never again Happy frog or ocean Forrest every time. We'll worth it Don't cheap out on soil if your indoor.
Buying anything made by nitrogen toxic miracle grow. Potting mix needs to be mixed with soil and potting soil is ready to use ?...No ? No worries I use "420 Recipe" brand growing mix from the Emerald Triangle. Found it at a local hardware store @ $14 a bag. Got it all.
I take all my old soil put it in a tall restaurant style pasta broiler I put the soil in it fill it with water and boil it for an hour let it steep then I pour it all into a 20 gallon fabric pot and let it drain, then I re amend it, compost tea it and mix in good mycorrhizal powder, Done deal ...... I haven't bought new soil in a while the only way I debut it is if I need more soil for more plants
I use Biobizz light mix. Very satisfied and okay price. Or I make my own because I live close to a place where they make a very similar Biobizz light mix
as of right now i'm using Pro mix HP an adding my Nutes. But i got some super soil concentrate from a company an going to add that to the Pro Mix to run autos in. I want to see if it will run the whole cycle or will i have to add something at the end
I did an experiment both in southern arizona and Northern California where I used store bought soil vs native soil both times the clay native soil won the race and produced the highest quality buds I never had to feed it and watered a whole lot less especially when I mulched heavy vs both times I used store bought of course it was good plants and buds but I’d rather make my own soil anyday with native clay soil🤷🏽♂️🫡
My favorite medium is the ground. If I must use a potting mix I've found nothing wrong with Expert Gardener. I know it gets a bad rep, but I've tried tons of different brands and combinations of different brands. Usually I end up feeling like I bought a name rather than a product.
Ocean Forrest Well Worth The Money ! Tried Some Stuff From Wally Mart , Did Not Hold A Candle Stick 2 O-F I Mix Seed Starter With A little O-F 3 Part Starter 1 Part O-F Mix Well. Then Transplant, Use Straight O-F Peace /;-))
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you can not beat perlite although this dwc thing interesting
Promix and Tupur are the best.... also pro's make their own soil (buildAsoil crushes and is most respected lately in the states... from colorado to maine)
Top brands...
PromixHP
and Tupur from Royal Gold.
And iykyk... BuildAsoil 3.0 🏆 Cheers, growmies
Great video lots of information that I needed.thank you 😊
I have bought a bunch of starter mix and ran with that and then amended it as I went. This round I bought Pro mix worm castings down-to-earth and a little bit of Gaia green
Tried a bunch of premium soils. But found mixing Miracle Grow organic + Black Cow+Peat Moss+ 2 bags perlite makes great soil. Less than $50 enough soil for 6 5 gallon bags
What Ratios? I’ve used FFOF for years and been considering just buying and mixing my own like you because of price.
@@-Aferg1986- i just came down here to ask the same thing lol
@@silentsound7346 and now we wait together lol
F u for not coming back after 10 months to check your comment chain just in case idiots like me are growing their weed properly.
@@AnthonyNeff417hey did he mean black cow as in black mulch? This is my 3rd try grow and i have a good feeling about this one i still don’t have my materials yet and my seed is done germinating💀🙏
I grow autos in soil, and each pot has 3 zones. The bottom 3rd leans toward flower nutes, the main body is veg nutes, and I dig a small center well for my seedling mix. The roots grow into each area as they develop.
I go with the 3 basic parts; soil, airation, and compost, with 8 main additions.
The soil part is a mix of my old soil (for the microbiology) and either Happy Frog (for the main part and seedling part) or Ocean Forest (for the bottom part). Airation is vermiculite, which I like better then perlite. Compost is a combination of worm castings and LeafGro compost, which is made from grass clippings and leaves.
I use Down to Earth organic fertalizers: BioLive, Rose and Flower, Dolomitic lime, Gypsom, rock phosphates, insect frass, Azomite, and kelp meal.
The bottom mix is more rose and flower, less BioLive, the main mix is more BioLive, less rose and flower. The seedling mix is Happy Frog, vermiculite, a little kelp meal, and some m.ycorrhiza.
The idea is that the plant's roots reach into the different soils, which have progressivly higher nute loads, as the plant needs and can handle them. I also top dress at 3 and 6 weeks, and add calmag to the water starting at week 2.
Finally, I make my top dressings on day 1 to give them time to let the biologicals have time to do their thing. I keep them moist and add a little molasses to the water. The earlier one has more nitrogen, the latter one very little.
Fox farm ocean forest is my go-to. Every plant I grew in FFOF has never failed me yet. However there is only one trick I learned while using this brand. When you need to feed your plants use gaia green 2-8-4, some earth worm casting usually half the recommended amount and my favorite too Great White Mycorrhizae. Good luck growing everyone 🤞🏾💪🏾.
Bro that shit is ass its good bag after bad bag all types of bs in it too yea it sounds good till you been there done that they want like 32 bucks for 12 quarts now too
@jeffgood6441 bro no lie the last 7 bags I bought all had bugs smh promix my new go too
I think the best soil is something you make so as long as there is not bugs like crazy and you build it up proper,brand does not matter so much.
Agreed! But there are some great brands with pre blends! 😊
6month miricle grow potting soul no bugs only add rain water the entire life don't listen to the haters find out yourself
@@wolverine420thanks for the confidence homie. I’m gonna run an experiment with cheap vs expensive and see what’s best FOR ME 😊❤❤❤❤
@@wolverine420so miracle grow & no nutes through entire plant life? Are you running an experiment to see how resilient cannabis can be, or trying to grow GOOD cannabis? Yes you can grow in the former, but it will not compare to that grown in quality (appropriate) soil.. and nutrition = dankness. If you don't use nutes, not only will the buds be smaller, with less trichomes.. it will not be as potent as that same plant that is given the right nutrition.
Take your soil to the gerd mill that can evaluate it for you...
Farmers do it to determine what kind of fertilizer to use on their crops.
Evaluate and re use...add what you need..❤
I will use cheap miracle grow and other potting mixes for my outdoor plants and garden. But for my indoor cannabis grow, I use fox farms and wiggles worm castings.
I've been reusing my soil for a couple years.
perfect!!!!
Me too.
Really? So this is something that you would recommend. I've never heard about reusing. How does does it affect your weed and would you say they benefit?
@@garethwillis living soil brotha, no till. benefits are tasty weed grown organically. also u just plant right in the same pot and go again
@@coquicrops it makes sense. Most of what they need are provided by the light z d the feed. The soil is essentially just a medium to anchor itself. I'm absolutely trying this.
Just buy bulk peat and perlite and a bag of all purpose organic fertilizer and mix your own. Bio live from down to earth, gia green 444, and dr earth 444 are all good options. Use one cup per cubic foot(7.5 gallons). You can even just buy organic espoma potting soil if you don't want to mix your own , amend it with a little less all purpose fertilizer maybe like 3/4 cup. This is by far the cheapest way to grow other than ordering bulk soil from a soil yard and picking it up with your own truck. Don't overpay for stuff at a "grow" store unless they are the only people in town that sell it. Hydro shops are scammers IMO. The green tax looks insane if you know how to actually garden.
Well said
Love those stuff! also any labelled canna goes for a premium i agree!!
I use peat moss and harvest hero perlite. It is so funny how we pay to ship dirt and water. I buy my supplies at the local feed and seed store.
Yessir 🙏🏾🎯
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Fox farm ocean forest plus an additional 25% pearlite, 2 tablespoons per gallon of dolomite lime, a sprinkle of great white in the hole and you’re good to go. Switch to strawberry fields a week before flipping to flower with the same additives and you’re good to go.
I know it sounds ridiculous and unbelievable but I’ve literally grown one of my best tasting crops from clones to buds with just Fox farm ocean forest, and just watered it the whole way, and still ended up harvesting some nice sticky smelly buds, they weren’t the densest buds but they did reach full maturity and had nice fully developed white and gold trichomes and smoked really nice.
I always have to feed at week 3-4 flower with ocean forest but yea fox farms is my favorite soil. I never get bugs either
@@natas12rm so you only gotta feed it after 3 to 4 of flowering? What do you feed it at that point?
I need the knowledge.
@@RabidDisposition I either top dress or I use GH 3 part if it starts to fade around week 4
I think it's chill you leave in your non perfect takes or stutters. It builds a vibe of true honesty.
Thanks fam! Really apprecaite that! I may keep them in more hahaha
I am playing with some cheap potting soil and worm castings with organic amendments. Just popped some Jack Herer seeds to try it out. Hope all goes well. Great video RESPECT 😊
Simple soil mix that works for me, 3 parts black loam soil, 1 part worm casings, 1 part peat moss and 1 part perlite. I have happy plants. Nothing fancy, nothing crazy and not real expensive.
I use promix all purpose with lots of extra perlite, rice hulls, buid-a-soil craft blend(a mix of 15 different organic amendments), mykos, pre-charged biochar, oly mountain fish compost, wiggle worm castings, colorado worm company castings, gypsum, montana grow volcanic silica, basalt rock dust, glacial rock dust, and crushed oyster shell. The only thing I put in the water is rootwise mycrobe complete, hybrix (molasses) and ful-power fulvic acid a few times. I've been doing no-till with that soil for 5 cycles now in 30 gallon grass roots brand living soil grow bags with just build a soil craft blend and build a flower top dress mixed together. I top dress with that at planting and then again 2 weeks before I switch to flower. I've had zero signs of deficiencies and zero burn. All my leaves are a perfect dark green. I'm getting over 2 grams per watt consistently. Literally all I do after planting is water, one top dress and lollipopping.
I never ph my water. I use a cheap RV water hose filter and aerate it in a bucket overnight to off gas any left over chlorine.
Here is my method for my free organic soil. Go to forest, rake some leaves, at bottom of a hill is best, get some good earthy top soil, the first inch or two. Now go find good rot from inside a dead tree or stump with that black composted humus. Also collect parts of well rotted logs. Break it up with a pickaxe and add it. Mix it in. It helps to add moss or other good fungi. The more diverse the fungal network the better, so take top soil from scattered locations around your forest. Wood ashes help to add potash. The charred bits are building blocks for microbes. Use a good amount of it. Also add very little sand and sandy loam like soil to improve drainage. Don't forget to add holes at bottom or lower sides of your container, fabric or not, to better drain and aerate the soil. I compost an 8x8 uncovered space on the ground 4 feet high of manure leaves and grass with old coffee grounds and worms with a little veg scraps. You have to pitch it a lot. Takes 2 years to fully break down. It yields wheelbarrows full of good composted black dirt with worm castings that I inoculate forest soil with to make a true garden soil or potting soil. I till my compost in with a hoe in a large pile, say 1-3 yards at a time of all materials. It is a grind but the result is free organic soil teeming with great microbial life. You can do it on any scale. Add your old used potting mixes to this. Smaller is quicker. -Note- Do NOT harvest where any weedkillers are used or chemicals! Must be organic virgin soil. Cannabis is a bio-remediator and will suck up whatever is in the soil and you would then be smoking it. Choose soil harvest locations wisely. Recommended for outdoor use only.
Thank you for making this! much love and success to ya brotha !!
U can buy cheapest compost, ad long lasting fertilisers and u will get the same results like in soil for 50$ !
On my current grow my friend,1/2 crop miracle grow and 1/2 crop Fox Farms ocean and forest soil.Same with fertilizers Miracle Grow and Big 3 of fox farms.Miracle Grow products 1/4 the cost of Fox farms and the winner by a long shot was Miracle Grow by a huge difference. The buds were tastier and super sticky after dry and cure.Miracle Grow 27/8/16 start to finish . I have grown cannibis for 55 yrs since 1969 and have grown the best you ever smoked.Columbian Red and Gold ,Original Maui WOWIE, Thai Stick ,Alcopoco Gold,Panama red.never in a tent .All this weed produced now all smells the same and tastes the same,you don’t get the bag of really sticky tasty Cannibis anymore ,BUT I DO.DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY .55 yrs experience small scale homegrown.
I only use potting soil and thats it.. the benefit of it is i dont need to regulate the ph levels and just feed it little and choose right strains like og kush, gg and other easy to grow strains
No real issues since i use guinea pig poop for veg and banana peels and homemade molasses in flowering. Yea, yield arent the greatest but the smoke is definitely naturally great as always
I’m not trying to teach you to suck eggs but bananas are sprayed with pesticides witch can harm the plant
I have hundreds of cows, and thousands of cow Patty's to mix with medium quality potting soil, and a touch of wood stove ash. My plants love it!
One useful trick would be to go to your Local Market and buy a Foreign fruit like (Ecuadorian Dragonfruit) and use the Branch (Green Leaf) to spread out it’s pieces into the Potting Soil used.
Promix was always my favorite soil. decently priced and ready to grow straight out the brick.
I've seen a bunch of weed youtubers but your the coolest 1 by far. You just go with the flo.
To all: save yourself and your plants! Don’t use Ocean forest for seedlings! It WILL burn your roots.
duh, thats what happy frog is for.
Are there a couple solid brands you can recommend?
Another great episode ! All you need to know when it comes to choise your medium... For me, It's living soil... Based on 3rd peet Moss,3 rd wormcasting and home made compost, 3rd aeration ( rices hulls)...
Anyway thanks for sharing this kind of info.... Big thumb up for the ICANTHC channel ! Definitely for public purpose....😜
Have a great 420 day !
Much 💚 bro' peace
Any recommendations?
Sungro professional growing mix #830 blend. It's 2.8 cu.ft per bag and you can normally find it local for under $20 a bag. I get it from my local greenhouse for $17 a bag here in south eastern Ohio. The top 20 greenhouses in the US use Sungro for a reason, after using it myself in my garden I see why.
Just wanna say, ocean forest is $15 for the big bag at my local hydro store
I use coco,perlite,vermiculite. Worm castings if you got them. Works good for me. Feeding hydroponic nutrients. Air pots or fabric pots.
sweet mix!!!
great show again i haven't bought a potting mix for yrs i reuse my soils and have worm farm and multiple types of composts having been and orchard grower ,apples and pears for 30yrs ive been creating super soils targeted for what im growing
Who the hell pays $50 for ocean forest ??? That's insane!!!
Waste of money
@@Carlos1075Lmao I get mines 5 a piece
Idk but mine up north is $25
That stuff like 23$ with tax at the most expensive store near me. Crazy shit I’ll sell you all you want for 35 you pay the shipping lol
$14 for a 1.5 cubic ft bag here. That’s not that bad. Has the quality went down?
I've been using Miricle Grow on my first grow. I have seen a lot of people respond how bad it is, but so far, it is working well. I use tap water (RO) and haven't PH tested yet. I am on the last stage of flowering and may now see issues. I have yellowing of some leaves. I've added some Cal/Mag and fish meal. It may be harvest time before I see any results from the additives.
I heard you should cut out cal mag on week 6
Don’t use miraclegro its filled with synthetic ingredients
Why haven’t you messed with PH yet? 😂 your shit got nute lockout for sure if you aren’t throwing acid in to reduce the PH
I ask local farmers for manure, cow or horse, and then let it compost for 4-5 months. Afterwards, I use a filter and clean up the soil, then mix with wood ash.
smart!! u got the idea!!!
First I used a seed starter mix. Then Coast of maine stonington blend. Through veg-flower. Amazing product. Takes alot of the guess work out of trying to make a super soil.
In garden soil and coco you water you plants at the correct ph it will do well but stay if you test the ph of the soil it jumps from 6.5 to 7.0 it most stays in 7.0ph i got it to lower with sulfur then watering at the correct ph but I have family friends who grow with tomato soil tge get good results but not the best thats just the grower tho but if you use the wrong soil you can run in to problems get fox soil its rated at a 6.5 off the chart
1:31 I did not know that 'potting soil' is designed for in-ground use. That's odd because potting soil absolutely can be used in pots. Yes using a more sterile mix is effective but all the growers i've worked with out here in the 707 use a customized loam soil.
Potting soil contains additional aeration and moisture retaining properties, specifically to negate the negative effects that occurt when taking it out of the ground.
Do farmers really add perlite or other aeration materials in the ground?
Am i missing something?
I used FF OF for my first grow. I didn't like playing the guessing game with nutrients with that soil. Next time around, I'll be using inert soil so I know exactly what nutrients are going in.
I buy ocean forest for my indoor and run that then use the old ocean forest mixed with mendments outdoors every year works freakin great. I got a shop 5 Miles down the road that carries foxfarm products. Even big bales of lucky dog
From Walmart the Pro-Mix in the Red Bag is my Budget Banger . Then Roots Organics and Mother Earth are my 2 from grow shops I Run Cropsalt in ME 70/30 Coco Perlite @20$ a Bag it's my favorite one to run with Salts 💯 🤙👊
I love that!!! The strawberry bag right?! I love that stuff hahaahha
my brother gave me some roots organic. it was riddled with fungus gnats. i threw it away.
Bought a small farm 5 years ago. Used fox farm with the trio. Never had any problems. Bugs once. But i have a compost pile. Shrimp husks scraps from kitchen, rabbit poo and chicken sheit
Build your own soil and save a ton of money vs buying bag soils with cartoons on them.
This is all you need
3rd peat
3rd compost
3rd aeration
well said! People get tricked with the fancy printss!!!!
So promix hp would be perfect hugging all of that.. bad thing it cost $55 but definitely worth what you pay for, just add dr earth fertilizer’s and ewc, very small amount of mycos should get you through 👍🏻🌱
One distinction that you didn’t mention is the ph being a little higher or lower in organic soil generally isn’t that big of an issue . Also having some organic material half broken down can be helpful especially when you use seed sprout tea those materials are releasing small amounts of newts in a steady fashion some material breaks down faster but with seed sprouts you can control how fast they break down and release newts also include mycorrhizae in that system and you give your soil a brain and another vector for feeding itself combine that with a nitrogen fixing cover crop and plants become more resistant almost completely bulletproof to every pest . To much nitrogen will make a plant irresistible for bad bugs . This is all dependent on it being organic though and for a beginner perhaps a different way would be more appropriate. Good luck
One thing I had noticed with the low grade stuff is that there can be a big difference from bag to bag even with the same exact product from the same pallet at the store.
I have some strawberries going in two different Earthboxes withe the same exact mix in both, however the mix in each pot was from separate bags. One is doing okay (could be better) but in the other box they where extremely stunted and have almost completely died off with the exception of one plant.
Just learning the hard way I guess, but at least I'm getting my practice in for when Ohio becomes another Adult Use state at the end of November when we have our chance to vote it in.
I will say I am in the process of saving up for a large purchase from BuildASoil, and I will not be going back to the cheap stuff ever again.
I fully agree! there is no consistency!!!
I literally used miracle potting mix on my weed seed and it’s sprouting… should I still replace the soil with some other soil?
No you should be OK, I'd say go thru with it until u transplant
Where are you paying $50 for fox farm ? Lol that stuff is $10 a bag here in Michigan
Coast of maine(growers mix)soil, GOOD geneitic fem seeds,recharge,and grow dots,and 2 ac infinity lights-and youll have a wonderful crop!
How do you mix it(portion it out) I guess ??and just regular grow dots or extended veg ?
@@GtwoGent 3 GALLON POTS, i get my water from the spring( always a plus)i fill my pot with mayb fox farm(brown bag) about 5 to 6 inches and then rest of pot with coast of maine, just reg grow dots... and veg for 2 months..then i flip...they will tell u when they need water..all i do...ooo yeah,i top 2 mayb 3 times.
High Matt, I'm trying again to start an Auto. 4th try. Watching all your videos and learned something new to get some good auto grow. Thanks MATT.
I MAKE MY OWN soil....super soil.
I mainly do autos and I find is a lot easier when you do the super soil mix. I use Promix HP and Gaia green organic fertilizers. That way I know what’s exactly in the soil. You said 4th try….you haven’t make it to harvest yet? I’m no veteran at this I’m in my 4th run so if any questions fell free to ask. Have a good day
4th try. 😂 bro you may need to spend a day doing research on how to successfully grow you doing a lot wrong.
I've been hearing bout reusing your soil. How do you add the amendments back in?
id recommend a soil test and add the organic inputs either to the soil or as a top dress if doing no till but sotmimes i dont test i just eyeball but ratios can be off a bit!
I use Sun Gro's Black Gold from start to finish works great
I have learned how to find mycorrhiza in the forest from gardeners. So use this in my mix.
That is how FOX FARM SOIL COMES!! Sticks.. twigs and small wood chips 😮
I like living soil you can use it 2 -3 times .all soils yoy will eventually need to add a tea and recharge mychiraz fungi..................still i add these in any soil and buds and plants never sick.............perfect.try not to use coco it holds salt coco is best for hydro .
important information. respect.
Question, has anybody ever added Honey mixed in with their water? Would that give the plans the nutrients that are needed. I used honey for cloning and the roots grew ridiculously fast.
4cuft bail of peat $12.98, 4 cuft extra course perlite $35, 40lb bag of dolomite lime $8, 40lb bag of gypsum powder $15. Enough grow medium for literally years for under $75 no bugs no bullshit
Fox farm ocean forest was on sale for $24 for 1.5 cubic feet. So I bought a couple, but I usually use promix hp with microryzo
I save all my soil potting mix or whatever you want to call it most of my soils were originally foxfarm I've had a bag or two of the cheaper stuff from Walmart which brought me bugs because they don't store their bags properly anyways now I just reimagined my soil put in fresh worm castings add a little bit of Coco coir a little bit of pumice to lighten the soil back up and make it fluffy again
Dude your vids rock!!! Keep killing it chief!!!
Love it never ending tips 💨💨👏
u know i got u bro!!!
Man I made the mistake by taking a full based fertilizer with no perlite or sand or anything. It holds water to damn well! I’m having a hard time with all this rain water this May 2024 with over watered plants. I use GP organics living soil. Should have mixed it with coco
New episode fire🔥gathering all these tips for when I start
got ur back like a Jansport fam!
Yo you need to put a beat to what your saying, had a good flow going when ya hit the what to add for what at the end.. keep up the great content.
Canna coco with canna a and b boost rhizotinic cannazym a little bit of pk 13 14 and standard tap water is all you need as long as your EC is correct the PH will be okay if you have a EC of like 2.0 2.4 then its to much no more then a EC of 1.8 throughout flower is perfect 1.4 1.6 EC during vegative stage powerful 600watt hps light with proper air flow an youll get 10 ounce dry weight of a plant ive done it all of amazon
i mix 50% hp promix, 50% fox farms ocean forest with about 10% extra perlite
That’s my mix.😊
Using a mix of coco coir, peat moss, worm casting, perlite, vermiculite, and avb.
Starting 2024 with my own mix. (Base mix is roots organic, mixing with bone meal/blood meal/ worm castings/ chicken manure soil amendment/ topsoil/epsom salt/ vermiculite and bat guano…
Be careful🎉
@@EZgrowsit420 so far so green
Coco is hard to beat if you get a quality product. I grow some awesome plants in it. Hard to beat the drainage and control you have over what's in the medium.
Hello my friend, I was hoping you make a video how you use neptunes harvest
Coco core, banana peels , egg shells, Cal-mag. Grandma molasses in flower.
Love water
Heck yeah! Ever do bannana tea?? ppl did that all the time when i lived in the caribbean!
Same here
Thanks I us fox farms ,i use trout fish in 55 gal guts head cover daily it works for me,❤🎉 thanks for sharing this information The Hernandez Family Colorado
I use build a soil Light or 3.0 when I dont have time to make my own soil mix. But if I'm making my own I just follow the Clackamas Coot soil mix recipe. And that to me is the best that there is.
First time here, quick question. Can I put in soil after sprouting or will that damage the growth?
@@hectorgomez8374 should be fine just be gentle. Just be careful with seedlings because if the soil is too hot it will be too much for the little ladies. Too hot meaning the soil is not done cooking/homogenizing. Use a very plain soil with little to nothing in it is best.
@@zehlersan thanks 😊
Finally made the switch to fox farms of can’t say how I like it but definitely not feeling the $32 price tag, starting out in mg seedling mix x mg organics plus strictly watering with only silica and calmag until plants show me that they need more, I’ll get some of the fox farms seedlings soil because I wanna see if it makes a difference because I have had great success with mg nature’s care organic potting soil that stuff was great just wasn’t any nutrients in it, I would have to feed after a month in a one gallon pot, have had great experiences with roots organic soil and k9 Cube lucky dog which is pretty much hydro that stuff was magnificent and I’d definitely get more, I was lucky enough to get 2 three cubic foot bags of it for $10 each and a 1.5 cubic foot bag of pro mix mp not really a fan of that mix at all, very low ph that gave me issues, it’s my first time using mg organics plus and it’s rather hot for an organic soil, I haven’t had to feed yet and my Auto has been in a 1 gal for over 6 weeks and still super green the runoff has been consistent for weeks but not in range of any danger, definitely will never use the organics plus, the plus is 🐂 💩.
Still loving your videos. Happy 420
Happy 420 fam!!
fox farm ocean forest is $32 shipped, for the big bag.....add some microbes and langbeinite and call it good for the ease
MUCH LOVE ICANFAM!!!
💚💚💚 #iCanFAM!
How can you recycle potting soil?
Some people re amend and reuse it 💚
I grew Northern lights for 10 years straight. One time I tried( save money) bought some cheaper shit and got a mad bug problem. Learned my lessen. Never again
Happy frog or ocean Forrest every time. We'll worth it
Don't cheap out on soil if your indoor.
Buying anything made by nitrogen toxic miracle grow. Potting mix needs to be mixed with soil and potting soil is ready to use ?...No ? No worries I use "420 Recipe" brand growing mix from the Emerald Triangle. Found it at a local hardware store @ $14 a bag. Got it all.
I made my own I used peat moss, perlite, vermiculite,gypsum, worm castings, compost also wood ash and wood char, lime.
Got it local garden store.
What's the Verdict on Westlands (Peat Free) with added John Innes? £8 for 66L Currently in the UK.
I take all my old soil put it in a tall restaurant style pasta broiler I put the soil in it fill it with water and boil it for an hour let it steep then I pour it all into a 20 gallon fabric pot and let it drain, then I re amend it, compost tea it and mix in good mycorrhizal powder, Done deal ......
I haven't bought new soil in a while the only way I debut it is if I need more soil for more plants
I use Biobizz light mix. Very satisfied and okay price. Or I make my own because I live close to a place where they make a very similar Biobizz light mix
Great video. I go cheap and add. Looking forward to tomorrow
as of right now i'm using Pro mix HP an adding my Nutes. But i got some super soil concentrate from a company an going to add that to the Pro Mix to run autos in. I want to see if it will run the whole cycle or will i have to add something at the end
I love promix!
Roots organic, nectar of the gods #4, fox farm and canna coco are the best.
All the bags at stores have mold in em...
Fox Farms is awesum!
I did an experiment both in southern arizona and Northern California where I used store bought soil vs native soil both times the clay native soil won the race and produced the highest quality buds I never had to feed it and watered a whole lot less especially when I mulched heavy vs both times I used store bought of course it was good plants and buds but I’d rather make my own soil anyday with native clay soil🤷🏽♂️🫡
tablespoon of clay in ur wata keeps pests at bay.
Wow thats super cool!!!
My favorite medium is the ground. If I must use a potting mix I've found nothing wrong with Expert Gardener. I know it gets a bad rep, but I've tried tons of different brands and combinations of different brands. Usually I end up feeling like I bought a name rather than a product.
Feed mill
Wow, do u edit out ur inhalez? 😂 Seen u on grower Joe'z 💯 just subscribed (PERFECT)
Great video lots of information I needed to know 😊
💚💚💚 got u always fam!!
Build your own #livingsoil 💪🏿 ✔️
I personally use hp pro mix with my blend of amendments 👍
Good content fam, keep it up
since i started making my own coots mix i never bought a bag of soil the prices are stupid by comparison.
so true!
I love miricle grow. I use the 6month potting soil it's amazing just add rain water
you guys killed it last night
thanks fam!!! glad u enjoyed it!!!
Ocean Forrest Well Worth The Money !
Tried Some Stuff From Wally Mart ,
Did Not Hold A Candle Stick 2 O-F
I Mix Seed Starter With A little O-F 3 Part Starter 1 Part O-F Mix Well.
Then Transplant, Use Straight O-F
Peace /;-))
Well done , I can relate to what u ae saying .