Soil for outdoor in Canada?

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Outdoor noob

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cleangro said:
be a little more specific as to what you are asking about...
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Oh i appologize, looking to buy soil to use for my plants, I dont want to use the soil thats in the ground... and since Fox Farm Ocean Forest is not available here what is a good alternative??

Does Home Depot, Rona, or Lowes carry anything I could possibly use??
 
johnnychronic

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i am sad for your supplier of soil!! lol. maybe if you asked they might stock it for you,in the uk it costs £12.50 for 50 litres.it really is excellent soil and if you can get it i think you will enjoy using it.its a dutch soil.
 
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johnnychronic said:
i am sad for your supplier of soil!! lol. maybe if you asked they might stock it for you,in the uk it costs £12.50 for 50 litres.it really is excellent soil and if you can get it i think you will enjoy using it.its a dutch soil.
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I spoke to some unconvincing reps at lowes and home depot, I will see if I have some luck with a new thread on it
 
ib9ub6

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Just get a couple decent bags of soil and mix some sheep shit into it to. Nutes that you feed it are going to be a lot more important, then the type of bagged soil you start with.

And as a fellow Canuck grower, this has been the worst spring I can remember whats the weather like where ur at?
 
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cleangro

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YES, look for a brown bag called SUPER SOIL. i forget the brand that makes it, but its a good soil without an overload of fertilizers and stuff. It's also sterilized, which means you have no chance of mold, mildew, or bugs as a result of bad soil choice. As an example i used Black Gold once and got mold, mildew AND root rot... Super Soil is amazing, and it's a good generic medium for you to put your own nutes into without worrying about overloading your plants, but it still comes with some good guano and worm castings in it.
 
Justcallmedude

Justcallmedude

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ib9ub6 is right bro, why waste money on expensive mixes, when you could just make your own, buy a few bags of black dirt, a few bags of perlite, find some worm castings from your nearby woods(decayed trees are a good place to start looking) and like ib9ub6 said throw some sheep shit in there, just make sure to have a compost pile of it and let it dry out; theres your perfect mix dude.

Yeah, bro i'm a northern america grower too and my weather has been just aweful... sucks when its june and I'm worried about frost...lol o'well gotta roll with the puches i 'spose. peace
 
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ib9ub6 said:
Just get a couple decent bags of soil and mix some sheep shit into it to. Nutes that you feed it are going to be a lot more important, then the type of bagged soil you start with.

And as a fellow Canuck grower, this has been the worst spring I can remember whats the weather like where ur at?
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Sorry for the late reply, Its actually pretty warm, I'm located in southern ontario, so far its been fairly clear skies with some rain, I am looking at Promix, its easy to find and people only say good things. The one I'm going to get
http://www.rona.ca/shop/~bxmycorise-pro-pro-mix-187876_!pro-mix_shop

There is another http://www.rona.ca/shop/~pro-mix-hp-premier-horticulture-151420_!pro-mix_shop
Which I'm not too sure on, advice is appreciated.

The first one has perlite and vermiculit which is recommended, I am confused on nutes, anyone have any advice on what to look into that could be available in Canada. Thank you in advance!!
 
yeldarb

yeldarb

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Outdoor noob said:
Bio bizz?

I was looking at Pro-Mix for outdoor planting
(http://www.premierhort.com/eProMix/Gardening/fGardening.htm)
With the Premier Top soil for seedlings to start off in. Thoughts?
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Yeah man is this the soil you were looking for?



I heard some good things about them at the gc forums. I just started using it and it seems to be working well, no added slow release nutes and lime to manage pH. Feels and smells really nice. I added an extra 20% perlite to the mix.

[EDIT] haha I just noticed that you had some links set up for showing the soils you were looking for. Yeah I guess the one I have is closest to the BX mix, just a cheaper/non-professional version. Got it at Canadian Tire
 
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yeldarb said:
Yeah man is this the soil you were looking for?



I heard some good things about them at the gc forums. I just started using it and it seems to be working well, no added slow release nutes and lime to manage pH. Feels and smells really nice. I added an extra 20% perlite to the mix.

[EDIT] haha I just noticed that you had some links set up for showing the soils you were looking for. Yeah I guess the one I have is closest to the BX mix, just a cheaper/non-professional version. Got it at Canadian Tire
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Ya i plan to pick that one up for my seedlings than transplant them into the promix once they get about 5 or 6 inches tall
 
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