Does Fox Farm Suck?

[hiluxphantom]

I think your hydro store guys was trying to sell you something else.. maybe overstock? Just because they work or own a hydro shop doesn't mean they know everything about growing.. This one hydro shop i used to go to, the 2 guys working there were dumb as a box of rocks

my hydro store guy was relatively knowkedgablke but quite dickish he was mostly trying to bash on other stores that sell under msrp

 

[dapio]

my hydro store guy was relatively knowkedgablke but quite dickish he was mostly trying to bash on other stores that sell under msrp

yeah the local hydro store around here my buddy works at stocking shelves and breaking down boxes the owners are a bunch of idiots and criminals they only care about their money.

 

[hiluxphantom]

yeah the local hydro store around here my buddy works at stocking shelves and breaking down boxes the owners are a bunch of idiots and criminals they only care about their money.

im not surprised hydrostores employees r all just pot farmers anyway

 

[Dan Kone]

im not surprised hydrostores employees r all just pot farmers anyway

If they are good at it, why are they working retail?

Generally, hydro store employees just repeat things they hear other people say. Not a good source of info at all.

 

[Dan Kone]

my hydro store guy was relatively knowkedgablke but quite dickish he was mostly trying to bash on other stores that sell under msrp

If you're paying msrp on hydro you're being massively robbed. You should go to another store. The markup on hydro is insane.

 

[eDude]

www.ehydroponics.com

Pretty cheap..

MSRP and street price are two different things.. Except when you're talking about xbox and ps3's for some reason..

 

[Dubbz0r]

I just used a Fox Farm/Happy Frog/ Earthworm casting mixture with the clones I picked up this weekend. Hopefully my babies are in good soil since it was highly recommended.

 

[MsBBB]

I don't check my run off, have not had a reason to check it. I am currently using FFOF for the first time growing and so far I like it. This is what I call my Fox Farm Grow because I am using their soil mix, Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bllom. Ocean Forest has been priced right around $15 a bag for the past few months, which I thought was a decent price. I really like Roots Organics and that is planned for my next grow. I always amend my soil mixture, I guess I add to it because that's how Subcool does his soil mix. Really, right out of the bag should be fine

 

[hiluxphantom]

If you're paying msrp on hydro you're being massively robbed. You should go to another store. The markup on hydro is insane.

yeah i went online to goodhydro and eastwest hydro got a phantom 1000w dimable for 270 and a large adjust a wing for 100 at goodhydro.com and an ushio hilux hps and a mh for 75 and 90. i only bought small crap at local place like growbags and 1 bag of roots organic for 15$.
i got as low of a price for all my crap as i could all brand new of coarse. I still need a grow tent and moree soil and a hydro but i ran outta money then i spent 200$ on seeds so LOL its gonnabe a while im prob gonna get another ballast before that so i can simultaneously run hps and mh but ima need a huge tent so ill prob end up spending atleast 500 if im lucky
@ dan kone those guys do it for the discount on hydro gear or cuz they already got busted probably lol or they just promote whatever they make the most money off of their cheapest hydro is in the mid 300s

 

[Dan Kone]

@ dan kone those guys do it for the discount on hydro gear or cuz they already got busted probably lol or they just promote whatever they make the most money off of their cheapest hydro is in the mid 300s

I'd guess 95% of hydro store employees have never run a system bigger than one or two lights in their life. If you're running a 20 light system, you're not taking a retail job for a hydro store discount. Just no....

I know quite a few people who work in several different hydro stores. These guys generally don't know anything beyond what sales reps and customers tell them.

Now owners of hydro stores, that can be a different story entirely. If you're buying shit from a hydro store that doesn't seem to give a shit if they make a profit, well you know what that is.... I know a few stores like that.

 

[mtbazz]

I used FFOF in the past (this was 5+ years ago) with no problems. The store I frequented no longer carried their product so I started using Happy Frog. First few grows with HF went well, than all of a sudden things went down. Turns out the pH of the HF soil was like 4 or 4.5 or something. My store has since started carrying roots organics which seems to work well, but comes with fungus gnats.

 

[FriendlyGuy]

There are different types of FF soils, which one are you referring to?

I use Ocean Forest from germing through harvest and no issues so far, only user errors

Thats odd, you must be adding more to it because I have seen a lot of cases where people use fox farms in a cup, and their starter plant gets nute burn..

 

[Wolverine97]

i flushed a seedling that popped about 3 weeks ago. it's in a 5 gallon bag and i have not fed it any nutrients yet. The EC came out at 6.0

Why the hell do you have a seedling in a five gallon bag?

 

[kevin]

maybe he's planning on growing in a 5 gallon bag and doesn't want to transplant? that's how i grow. besides taking up more space, is there any other down falls to this?

Why the hell do you have a seedling in a five gallon bag?

 

[Derple]

The reason I ask is because I feed my plants at 1.2 EC and the runoff comes out at 3.5 to 5.0 EC. I called my grow store and they told me they are having the same problem. thoughts??

I've always used fox farm+Light warrior (for vegging, just used straight fox farm for the seedlings).