A test in progress.... Miracle Grow soil vs. Fox Farms soil. Is MG really that bad?

good call with the folier i do the same thing @ transplant seems to help..

how long has it been since you had to water, day 1?

still early, but looks neck and neck, good start...

Hey Raggae....is that a blue brindle pit in your avatar? My homie has a good looking male that he studs. Just finished getting rid of a litter of 13!!

dang thats alot of pups.. yea he is a blue brindle.. i been wanting to find a bitch to breed with but no takers yet..

Here Duce and his last set of kids!! His female is str8 blue.

wow nice looking dog, he might be just a little bigger than mine.. shit, i didnt think that was posible.. nice looking litter too.. my boy was the pick of the litter he is 5 now

Yeah Duce is 4 and 6th generation bloodline. She didnt lose 1 pup, and all of them were healthy! Both have excellent dispositions. Good with small children.Homie has grandkids that ride him like a pony and he trains dogs too so protection & good family pets. Pits get a bad rap. Its not the dog....its the owner whos makin them menace to society

†LHAO† This is what happens when you have a forum full of potheads...you start off with a hypothesis, begin to test hypothesis, forget what your doing go off on a few hundred tangents, and then remember you had a hypothesis just in time to finish the experiment...

reggaerican said:

good call with the folier i do the same thing @ transplant seems to help.

how long has it been since you had to water, day 1?

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I was hoping it'd perk 'em up more than it did, but no such luck. Yeah, it's still the same water that I added on day 1, and by the look of it, it'll be 2-3 more. When I do water, I'm going to state how much I gave them, so you guys will all know the details. The fan is blowing on the front two,(FF) drying them out a little faster than the back two(MG), so I rotated them, and now the MG pots are in the front. I'm hoping this'll keep things even. because I'd like to have them on the same watering schedule, as well. I guess it's not that critical. It's about making the soils work, not the watering routine, so much. Right? Eh, I'm OCD though, and want perfection, damnit!!!




The only thing I wish I'd done different, is put them in party cups for a few days, letting them get a nice root system, first, before going to the big pots. I *might* throw one more in MG tomorrow, when I do a few others, so we'll see. Depends on how early I decide to hit the pipe, and if I feel like mixing any more dirt, or not.lol Hmm,.... Ya know, if I can't even mix a party cup full, there's a problem, isn't there?lol


Yes, I'm rambling, so just bear with me. haha

Prof, if you can't mix a party cup worth of dirt after you hit the pipe, that is some bad ass shit, and I want some...

Yes! if they had more roots to begin with then they would start using up some of that water.. oh well, so we wait..

MoneyCount said:

Yeah Duce is 4 and 6th generation bloodline. She didnt lose 1 pup, and all of them were healthy! Both have excellent dispositions. Good with small children.Homie has grandkids that ride him like a pony and he trains dogs too so protection & good family pets. Pits get a bad rap. Its not the dog....its the owner whos makin them menace to society

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my dogs mom ate the head off one of her pups for bieng the weekling.. she was one mean bitch, but my boy is a gentle giant..

reggaerican said:

my dogs mom ate the head off one of her pups for bieng the weekling.. she was one mean bitch, but my boy is a gentle giant..

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†LHFAO† I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh, its just...my god, that sounds like my mom....

I use MG Organic Choice and my plants love it. I amend with worm castings and about 20% Perlite. I start my seeds in an organic seed starter mix in 9 oz Solo cups. After about 2 weeks, the seedlings lower leaves start to yellow and I transplant into MG. At that point, the yellowing disappears and the plants turn a luscious shade of green and the growth is phenomenal. MG does not burn plants, people do. For all of veg, all I add is FF Big Bloom and Cal-Mag. I would try FF soil but the price and the rarity of it here where I live make MG the best choice. Those that bash it either have never used it or they messed up somewhere. I top dress with a little lime, but only to stabilize PH. It's an awesome experience to pour 7.0 PH water into a pot and have it come out at 7.0 in the run off.

hey Serapis, been awhile, how you been? just worm castings and perlite, huh? I started my first grow with mg organic, and I liked it better than mg reg I'm using now, but I figured I'd add somethings...just those 2 sounds simple though...probably go with that for the grow I'm about to start...

RavenMochi said:

hey Serapis, been awhile, how you been? just worm castings and perlite, huh? I started my first grow with mg organic, and I liked it better than mg reg I'm using now, but I figured I'd add somethings...just those 2 sounds simple though...probably go with that for the grow I'm about to start...

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Hi Raven!!!! We have been missing each other in the threads I guess. Nice to see ya again...

Sounds like a good plan. The plants love the castings and I found a site online that sells 20 lbs for 20 bucks, shipped. The guy uses one of those prepaid post office priority mail boxes and fills it with castings. I wish they carried it at Lowe's or Home Depot!

If you guys haven't tried worm castings, consider it, especially if you are going to do a new grow. When transplanting I put MG in new pot, add layer of castings, place plant and more MG in and in a day you can see the difference. My plants do OK in straight MG too, but since I found castings online, I've been adding it for that extra edge/yield.

shoot me the link to the wormcasting guy, if its not a problem I'm going to be making an order in a week of new beans and setup, figure now would be a good time to try...

I'll get ya that link later in day. The box is out in shed and it's still dark out.

Here it is....


http://moorebait.com/organic.html


30 lbs $31 shipped.

I have started to blame MG for my troubles but dont know if thats it. I am using MG organic with 25% perlite.

First grow the seed popped and I stuck it in the soil. What I believe was probably too deep. When it didnt surface I was going to help it and in doing so I knocked off the shell of the seed. Then I waited another day and a half and killed the whole thing.

Second seed popped and I stuck it in the soil and promised not to touch it. I mist the soil everyday and it still hasnt come through after about 5 days.

Third seed just popped and am thinking about starting it in 1/3 perlite. 1/3 vermiculite and 1/3 MG organic and see if that is any better. I am getting frustrated at buying all these seeds and cant get them past germination.

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