home depot or lowes transplant soil

waltrshfr

Active Member
right so i'm looking for advice on a soil to get from home depot or lowes to use for transplanting to a 2 gallon pot....


using a sd clone that was started in some awful mg soil that has stunted growth at 3 weeks..

any and all advice tips and help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
walt
 

waltrshfr

Active Member
i might give that a shot for this plant...

it's gone through some stress with its' current soil and i just wanna let it chill out and be itself.

the new top growth is beautiful but the undergrowth is looking like it's being beat up pretty bad by the soil, plus i'm pretty sure the clone was grabbed when it was into flowering too far and it's kinda stretchy due to the guys lights being set for the flowering ladies..

i'm working with her though and am gonna replant and revive. she'll be a champ. i promise =)
 

hoss12781

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whatever you get if it has been sitting outside you would be served to add a thin layer of perlite to the top of the soil. I've had issues with fungus gnats mostly from a home depot or lowes soil. The perlite chops up the babbies as they crawl out of the soil making them a non issue.
 

apbx720

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what would too much nitrogen do to a plant?
N toxicity will cause excessively lush, dark green, soft leaves. why not skip the home depot/lowes trip and buy some real soil like fox farm ocean forrest, or happy frog soil. much better quality.
 

waltrshfr

Active Member
well i could leave her to do her thing for a week and order online... i suppose, i guess i'm an over anxious parent and wnnna help her now but the specified soil is a better bet isn't it


- walt
 

JoeCa1i

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just use regular miracle potting mix,along with their perlite.Also add some gardenlime to the mix.
 
Too much nitrogen will lock up a plant, burn its roots and kill it eventually, or you'll kill it because it will suck. what you're going to need to do is flush it with a mixture of peroxide and water, 1/2cup (3%)peroxide to every gallon. Go get some perlite, sand, and either a good soil like the fox farm or happy frog soil, or get cheap pack of miracle grow gardening soil at homedepot's or lowe's for half the price. Mixed by thirds, I find this to be a good soil base, will be great for draining and nursing this girl back to health. Make up the mixture by thirds, 1/3 perlit, 1/3 garden soil or bag soil mix, 1/3 sand, flush your plant in the current container with the mixture or peroxide and water and then promptly transplant, water after transplant to push air out of your soil and settle the roots and then remove from your lights or from outside and put in a room with say a regular light, you do this for the first day or two to avoid shock, for the strong HIDs will cook your plant after a transplant, almost every time. So thats it, let it dry up and water 3 or 4 days later, when ever top 1/2inch is dry, water like this with regular water for 3 or 4 waterings and then introduce the nutes again, less than half strength at first then slowly work up. Hope you keep her going, good luck
 

Sunbiz1

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right so i'm looking for advice on a soil to get from home depot or lowes to use for transplanting to a 2 gallon pot....


using a sd clone that was started in some awful mg soil that has stunted growth at 3 weeks..

any and all advice tips and help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
walt
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Lowe's, and it's organic...add the mushroom compost and some worm castings.
 
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