FoxFarm Ocean Forest

I plan on using ocean forest, what does everyone think?
EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS please!!

Do ocean forest is kind of cannabis? So, good idea.

Chris Hume said:

I plan on using ocean forest, what does everyone think?
EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS please!!

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You can hardly go wrong. Have you also checked their Happy Frog?

ABSOLUTELY-practically grows itself

Awesome thanks guys

Good soil but I also add some perlite and dolomite lime to it. Works good for outdoor, haven't tried it for indoor yet.

Outside here

Great soil right out of the bag.
Easy to use.
Quite expensive and not optimal.

if you use the search bar youll have plenty of reading for days on peoples experience very common soil on here

SPLFreak808 said:

Great soil right out of the bag.
Easy to use.
Quite expensive and not optimal.

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$15 for 15 gal bag (56.8 liters) over here, from Hydro store.

I mixed FFOF w/ 20% perlite, and didn't get nute burn on clones. This round, mixed less perlite w/ Happy Frog (supposed to be less hot) and got some burn on OGK. BTOG and JCOG look good. Might just be the strain.

AfgooCBD said:

$15 for 15 gal bag (56.8 liters) over here, from Hydro store.

I mixed FFOF w/ 20% perlite, and didn't get nute burn on clones. This round, mixed less perlite w/ Happy Frog (supposed to be less hot) and got some burn on OGK. BTOG and JCOG look good. Might just be the strain.

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I've never had any issues with ffof either. I pop beans in it all the time with no issues ever! Just dont over-water it. When it comes to organic soil, you could build double the amount, at a stronger more forgiving mix that can be made specific for strains in veg or flower at the same price as ocean forest. Just gotta time the cooking right.

If you're a new or newer grower I absolutely recommend it. It was the first soil I ever used. Just pour it straight out of the bag and into pots and you're good...

Now you'll read things like people saying it's too hot for seedlings and young clones etc... here's the scoop on that..

You never want to start seeds directly in Ocean Forest.. you start them in something else.. like Jiffy Pucks.. you ever seen these things?



I like to start in these.. usually in a humidity dome, but if you don't have one, you can improvise and use a tupperwear container with saran wrap and a rubber band.. something like that.

And then when they get their second set of leaves.. doesn't take long at all.. then transplant directly into the Ocean Forest. Bury the seedling up to just right below that second set of leaves and water it.. Not much water tho.. just enough water near the edge of the plant and around it. Stick under the light and you're done. Good to go.

I've probably grown well over hundreds of plants directly in Ocean Forest over the years. I've experimented with different methods and amended it in different ways.. Currently I am doing things completely different.. but for someone new and just getting into it.. I say give Ocean Forest a try.. its easy and it works really well.

Superb soil! Been using it indoors for years. I usually mix a couple hand fulls of perlite with it.

Chris Hume said:

I plan on using ocean forest, what does everyone think?
EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS please!!

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It all depends on where you're growing, indoors, or outdoors. I like Ocean Forest for outdoor growing but I find Happy Frog better for indoor growing. Ocean Forest is too hot for indoors, unless you cut it with something neutral, like Roots Organic. It was meant for outdoors, that's why it has such high nitrogen levels, to last through out the entire grow season. I found flushing all of that extra N out before harvest to be a losing battle and mixing Ocean Forest properly with Roots Organic is more work than it sounds like. So I switched to Happy Frog, no need to mix anything, and the plants have exhausted all of the nutes by harvest.
Hope that helps, good luck.

I like fox farms ocean forest, some of the best results with that soil. I would like to caution that a lot of the times they come with critters that jump aboard for the ride. I am going to start using hydrogen peroxide (h202) to kill anything living in the soil and then add all the microbial life back after sterilization takes place.

Never wanna deal with bugs in the room, it just ain't fun.

Clockboy Orange said:

I like fox farms ocean forest, some of the best results with that soil. I would like to caution that a lot of the times they come with critters that jump aboard for the ride. I am going to start using hydrogen peroxide (h202) to kill anything living in the soil and then add all the microbial life back after sterilization takes place.

Never wanna deal with bugs in the room, it just ain't fun.

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Lol like what kind of bugs??

Add lime or oyster shell flour and gypsum to help buffer ph as fox farm has a low ph esp on the east coast. For baby's as someone stated prob happy frog to get them going

I use it. No real problems. Yes, it can come with bugs. I have a few moms been sitting in it for months and have hardly had to add any ferts.

Make sure to add perlite. next run I will be adding extra perlite and also adding river rocks or hydroton to the bottom of pots. On my last run i felt as if it didn't drain as well as I would have liked. Roots Organic seems to drain better, but that's a whole different product.

Chris Hume said:

Lol like what kind of bugs??

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Not the ones that make you itch your crotch or anything, the kind that crawl around in the dirt and eat your roots. Then turn into flying egg layers from satan. It all depends on where you are and how long the soil was sitting there but where I live there are swarms of those fucking aphids coming down the street every day.

It is a scary life my friend, I am constantly afraid of these damn bugs.

( Listen to BadKarma, he offers great advice, check out his grows he really does a fine job mate. )