Good soil.

I am starting to grow very soon and I was reading up on soil and most people said they like to make there own, well I cant do that due to limited shops and I don't want to do hydroponics because I dont know how. Anyways I ran into this soil that is at the local store and it says it has peat moss and pertile which the majority of people said they used in there home made soil. so here is a link tell me what you think and if it will be good to grow for about a month then does anyone know what i should switch to after that? also it says that that stuff is good for 3 months so I think it might work for the whole period of my plant. http://www.lowes.com/pd_156696-446-75078300_0_?newSearch=true&catalogId=10051&productId=3014439&Ntt=starting+soil&N=0&langId=-1&storeId=10151&Ntk=i_products&ddkey=http:SearchCatalogDisplay

sorry for the long paragraph..

if there are any hydro stores around you, go to them, they have the best soil. get foxfarm or promix if you can, they are a little expensive but worth it.

I agree with the snowman.......... sunshine mix number 4 is good! for every 5 gallon bucket of promix I add 1/3 of a bucket of vermiculite. then i also add 1/4 cup of dolamite lime because the ph tends to drop around week 4 due to decomposition. Hope this helps ya!!!

i dont have a hydropnics store around me, so what about the soil in the link? We'll i dont think i have a hydro store around me...

Crazygrowguy99 said:

i dont have a hydropnics store around me, so what about the soil in the link? We'll i dont think i have a hydro store around me...

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you can certainly use that soil but like i was saying if there is a hydro store around you then i'd go there, but if there isn't and ordering it isn't an option then miracle grow or scotts soil is probably going to be your best option if you don't want to make your own soil.

thanks for postin bud, and yeah i think ill go with that, should i transplant from that starting soil to a diffrent soil after a month? and wen i start to grow how do i tell which are male and female and by that time will it be too late? do they have to be in the flowering state or what?

yeah probably, just regular miracle grow soil or the moisture control if that's all you can get then, male will produce balls, females will produce white hairs(pistils) about a week to 2 weeks after you turn your lights to 12/12

Where do you get the manure, vermiculite, perlite, and peat moss? Lowes?

you can get peat moss and perlite and vermiculite at lowes

you cn get Promix at Menard's if you got one of them, it's good shit.

i use just plain SUNSHINE #4 bail bought from my local grow shop ... there is nothing in this soil its 0-0-0 so you control what goes into it

Crazygrowguy99 said:

Where do you get the manure, vermiculite, perlite, and peat moss? Lowes?

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Yep at lowes. Anything with a garden section should have it it's pretty much the basics.