Roots Organic Soil VS. Fox Farms Soil.

Who makes a better organic soil?

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MedicalMarijuanaUser

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Which is better? I've used both and it seems like fox farms is more sandy where as Roots Organic has coco in it. I can't decide. What does everyone on RIU think about this?
 
Johnboh

Johnboh

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Ive become a big fan of Botanicare's Organic soil & Just Right Xtra soil. I think foxfarm is good, but being on the east coast I dont want their new soil that is produced in the east coast, way more bark in it. bark is not good for your soil. high acid levels and it brings/promotes bug growth.
 
uNDer0ath

uNDer0ath

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Roots Organic is a great product for the Aurora company in Oregon. The produce a very well manufactured product. Roots organic has a minor layer of nutrients in it perfect for seedlings and clones. This medium should be cut with around 30% perlite and is meant for hydroponic nutrient lines. I would use House and Gardens Coco A&B along with dripclean and Roots Excelurator. I would use the roots excelurator the first feeding and start the others at the third week.

I am a coco lover so of course I am going to say roots. Very clean product and have never seen fungus nats as a result of using it.
 
Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

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Johnboh said:
I think foxfarm is good, but being on the east coast I dont want their new soil that is produced in the east coast, way more bark in it. bark is not good for your soil. high acid levels and it brings/promotes bug growth.
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I couldn't agree more. I LOVE the original Ocean Forest blend manufactured on the West Coast, but I HATE the stuff they make now in South Carolina. Smells, looks, feels different. And has the water retention capability of a rock. I swear I tried to MIST my clones and the water that accumulated from ONLY the misting pooled on top and took a significant amount of time to actually soak in. And once it did, it never improved. Same shit.

I returned it and got BioBizz light mix. Too bad though, cuz I really like the original formula.
 
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MedicalMarijuanaUser

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I just started my grow in Fox Farms Ocean Forest. It doesn't hold water as Well as the Roots Organics. I think I will be changing back to Roots Organics soil. Kinda disappointed in Fox Farms since I use there nutes and the work great. I wish Fox Farms soil was as good as their nutes. I have also heard that Fox Farms use to have better soil, but now a days not so much. What do you guys think?
 
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obnative

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I buy ocean forest from the local g-shop and love it, yet I always wanted to improve the drainage. A friend of mine here in cali owns a mmj shop and told me to mix in cocofiber in with my ocean forest. Couple days later I go into the g-shop and they didnt just sell cocofiber alone, so I looked around and saw the soiless roots organic mixture, made of coco and also has all the goodies that ocean forest has (guano, bonemeal, and the like.) For my grow I was filling 24 3gallon buckets so I mixed 2.5 bags of roots organic with about 4 bags of ocean forest. Great mix of the two, I use the fox farm fertilizers so I didnt want to totally eliminate the ocean forest. When the two are mixed the drainage improved. Lovin' it :joint:
 
Steadmanclan

Steadmanclan

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i've used all different kinds.. including all available foxfarm lines and roots. i currently use the roots because i think it is the best on it's own without having to amend it with anything. i think it is the best pre-made soil in a bag.

but you can for sure grow some really good dope in foxfarm soils... i have.
 
Guyute7

Guyute7

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I use fox farm and its fine, never the roots, but maybe next time. If you use ff, just watch ph to keep it in a good range.
 
Guyute7

Guyute7

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my ph runoff last wk, 4th wk flower, was about a 5.0 using o.f. and their nute line. im not sure if its because they are too big for the small pots they are in, or if its just because the water and nutes, brings it down to that point, if i add something, might it help bring it up around a 6?
 
johndoe12345678

johndoe12345678

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i use roots organic soil, buddah grow, and buddah bloom, the work great the npk on all there nutes are kinda weak so i use botinicare prow grow wiith the buddah grow works fine for me . ive mainly grown indicas with the soil
 
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thesoilking

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Hey norther west coast, Look for a new product that came on the market last year and should blow up this year called Marley Mix. Kick ass organic soil. Its made in Cloverdale Ca, and moving up north. I + lots of my grow neibors have switched to it and in has saved money on nuts. Great results! We did side by side with roots and ocean forest and the strech and bloom we superior.
 
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durbanmistyman

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about to return ocean forest and get roots organic. which nutes should i use with roots since it is coco based. should i mix in with worm castings?
 
Steadmanclan

Steadmanclan

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you don't need to add castings to the soil out of the bag... they are already in there in good quantity.

i have seen subcool make his "supersoil" using roots as a base and then amending the shit out of it with all kinds of extra's. but that is used on the bottom 1/3 of a 7 gallon bucket. and is used with big plants that don't really ever get any nutes added, just h2o
 
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durbanmistyman

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Steadmanclan said:
you don't need to add castings to the soil out of the bag... they are already in there in good quantity.

i have seen subcool make his "supersoil" using roots as a base and then amending the shit out of it with all kinds of extra's. but that is used on the bottom 1/3 of a 7 gallon bucket. and is used with big plants that don't really ever get any nutes added, just h2o
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what about nutes
 
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