Soil Help ...(Newbee)

Gmoney08

Gmoney08

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yeah there are 4 cups in a quart, and im pretty sure it depends on what you're measuring as to how many grams are in a cup.

im not 100% on this but i think for the soil/worm castings it will be about 225 grams/cup

for perlite/vermuculite it will be about 130grams/cup

again im definately not 100% sure about this, just tryin to give you an idea
 
Gmoney08

Gmoney08

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your're much better off just measuring using cups. recipe would look like this:

4 cup perlite
4 cup vermuculite
8 cup worm castings
4 cup potting soil(w/o any nutes)
1/2 cup blood meal
1/4 lime
 
carcass91

carcass91

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okay, i guess i found fox farm ocean fresh...
shd i go for potting soil or organic soil...
and how much soil wud i get ? :|

help asap, im going to buy soil now :)
 
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nigsus

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suggest that if you are going to go with organic soil i highly recomend that you you mix it with coca biscuits as it helps aeration thru medium as soil has tendancy to compress when watering also when using soil do not b tempted to over water as it retains it water once a week a couple of litres and wait till bucket feels light when you lift it b4 watering again let roots search for it i use batmix its strongest and purest but as its so potent . mixing it with coca makes it easier to manage as it only needs water for frst six weeks saves on nutrients also use greensensation bud booster its awesome 33%increase in crop weight and thc levels
 
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nigsus

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otherwise use a premixed coca medium and you wont go far wrong with a/b nutrients canna or plagron are good products and monster grow/bloom another excellent product but main one if you can acquire it is the plagron product green sensation you will not believe buds /colas could b so huge
 
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nigsus

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organic can u get biobitz try their coca mix you wont b dissappointed honestly its so easy to work with
 
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nigsus

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i use premixes under 600watt air cooled shade veg 2-3 weeks on 18-6 then switch to 12/12 for blooming and feed once or twice a week plants are in 15 litre buckets tho you can put two in a bucket i just stick to one and let her rip i just grow 2-3 in a growtent obviously depending on strain you grow crop weight is diffrnt with each strain so i mainly look for intermediate strains that can give you 4-5 crops a year growing indoors all year round
 
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nigsus

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use coca bricks you soak them in water one brick gives 3-5 litres of medium its a nuetral medium to grow in and you just use a coca A/B nutrient feed
 
Gmoney08

Gmoney08

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since its your first time start out with fox farm ocean forest potting soil, it'll make things alot easier for you as its already ph balanced and has plenty of N for the first few weeks.
 
Bugscreen

Bugscreen

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I am using Sunshine Mix #4. The Plants love it. Go for a soil-less medium so you know where you are with your nutes.
 
carcass91

carcass91

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Okay, i didnt get Foxfarms :(

I got soil mixed with manure.. is it any good?.. should i get anything else too or mix something in it?
What nutes shd i get now?...

What do i do about pH?.. i can get pH strips from my college chemistry lab :P
 
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