New Grower ORGANIC SOIL MIXES

[Honeybfly]

Okay guys, after looking up some stuff, if I was tonyou the organic go box line up for nutes an got the roots organic soil would you add anything to the soil? And would you use the go box line up exactly the way the schedule is on the box?

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[Honeybfly]

I have been using the Go Box for years.

It's intended to be used with soil and that has no nutes, but I've always used potting soil that has nutes.
If there are nutes, you hardly use the two big bottles at all.

There's a number of good brands, and prob some local mixes that would also be good. Most will be better than MG.

What does your local grow store have? Pro-Mix has a good rep, haven't tried it. I am using Roots Original now, and it's good, but not ideal.
I've heard that their other potting soils are better. I've used and liked Dr Earth Home Grown (only the Home Grown, which is the top of their line)
but it's a little expensive, and I'd put it in a middle tier with Roots Original, better than MG, perhaps not as good as the others.

I add perlite to any mix I use (although some already have excellent drainage).

And there are a ton of recipes, both here and across the net, for making your own potting soil. If you are using a Go Box, you aren't growing a lot of plants, so maybe a recipe for 100 pounds of potting soil is overkill at this stage.

Start nutes at 1/4 dose. The exceptions to that are the seaweed, humic and cal/mag, where you want to start at 1/2 dose.

Some plants like to nibble gently at nutes, others are like a starving man at a buffet.
You will have to watch the plant and let it tell you what it wants.

Learn about burn (and other problems, esp. overwatering) and watch for them. A little burn is not bad, but shocking the plant is not at all what you want. I try to avoid burn completely. Think like a gardener, everything they need, but nothing more.

So I'm really interested in the root organic soil. Should I add anything to it if I use the go box line up? Would you still recommend mixing root organics with Dr.earth home grown and using the go box line up an schedule?

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[captain beefheart]

less is really more !!!!!!!!! nudge nudge wink wink

 

[EnkiTheBarbarian]

J.A.W.(Just Add Water), supersoil, master's mix, are other terms used. The dry nutrient additives are mixed with Promix, coco choir, or similar low nutrient mediums.

 

[Honeybfly]

J.A.W.(Just Add Water), supersoil, master's mix, are other terms used. The dry nutrient additives are mixed with Promix, coco choir, or similar low nutrient mediums.

Duh, I'm so dumb. Thanks for clearing that up I feel like a hard. Brain lockout these ladies have given me

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[EnkiTheBarbarian]

No worries. You can tailor-make soils by mixing your own but it is typically more expensive to get into with all the different amendments.

 

[Honeybfly]

No worries. You can tailor-make soils by mixing your own but it is typically more expensive to get into with all the different amendments.

Thats what I did with the soil I have now. But need a change

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[Eyes on Fire]

lemme ask you something Honey..do you have 6-7 gallons of soil and coco? maybe even a 30 pound bag of casting ya might buy possibly and 5 gallons of perlite? if not i know a place where you can buy ready to go after being thinned some and cal mag and water only system.you can look at tlo soils.com.i like their 5lb pack myself since it can be custom'd more.but pack the thinned soil in the pot and water through to harvest with one tea and havest.no mixing and its pretty cheap.ya may wanna take a look at it honestly.i think youll find its far easier than what your doing and will massively ,i mean MASSIVELY too lol it'll seriously improve your grow.just an option for you.I swear by it personally.its easy and it never ever fails me..ever..lol and thats saying something.

 

[Honeybfly]

lemme ask you something Honey..do you have 6-7 gallons of soil and coco? maybe even a 30 pound bag of casting ya might buy possibly and 5 gallons of perlite? if not i know a place where you can buy ready to go after being thinned some and cal mag and water only system.you can look at tlo soils.com.i like their 5lb pack myself since it can be custom'd more.but pack the thinned soil in the pot and water through to harvest with one tea and havest.no mixing and its pretty cheap.ya may wanna take a look at it honestly.i think youll find its far easier than what your doing and will massively ,i mean MASSIVELY too lol it'll seriously improve your grow.just an option for you.I swear by it personally.its easy and it never ever fails me..ever..lol and thats saying something.

Thanks, deff look into it.

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[Joe383]

I would recommend starting out light and using your bottled nutrients if you need. To be on the safe side try using the roots organic strait out of the bag for veg in around 1/2 gallon pot tell around day 21 to 25. Transplant up to a 5 gallon pot to finish off. To start light and keep things as cheep as possible I would recommend getting 1 bag of roots and splitting it in half. One half is used for your veg mix...

The other half put in a tote or something you can mix it in and let it sit tell you transplant. Mix in 1 solo cup full of steer manure "12 ounce cup", 3 tablespoons of a bloom guano either bat or bird, 2 table spoons bone meal, 1/2 table spoon Epson salt and 2 tablespoons of garden lime. The grains of the lime I use is about 1/2 the size of the Epsom salt to give you an idea of how large of grains the lime I use is. I have not tried using prilled lime so cant attest to it. Add a little bit of water to get the soil a little damp while it sits. You don't want it to be soggy or it will mess the soil up. Were talking about maybe 2 cups of water if its a fresh bag just opened. Good idea to set your empty bag on top of the soil while it sits or to keep it in a dark room.

You can modify your mix based on how your grow goes. This is similar to how my current grow is mixed but not exact. My last grows were a lot hotter but for your first time I would go light and use nutrients as needed and mix your soil hotter next grow if all goes well. This is about as basic as I would go and you will probably add things to this mix as time goes on like worm casting, Azomite, Rock Phosphate, Kelp meal ect ect and play with the amounts in the mix.