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Promix
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Royal Nugs
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Hey Sonny, welcome aboard. I'm not the best with soil, but did you cut your promix with something like perlite? I think you're going to have compaction problems if you don't.
I believe most promix blends have ph stabilizers in them but you might want to check. I think peat based soils have a tendency to go acidic.
Soil requires more room for the roots I believe than coco.
Nutrients are going to be different usually between peat based soils vs coco.
Maybe someone else can chime in...
I believe most promix blends have ph stabilizers in them but you might want to check. I think peat based soils have a tendency to go acidic.
Soil requires more room for the roots I believe than coco.
Nutrients are going to be different usually between peat based soils vs coco.
Maybe someone else can chime in...
DirtyNerd
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Hey Guy's,
Yes I agree, add perlite. I usually go about 30% perlite to 70% soilless media. I use Schuttz or Fafard potting mix, they both contain added nutrients, something like 008-012-008. The reason I use these two mixes is that they do not contain any time release prills(the little round balls). They can definitely through a curve ball into your feeding regiment. I looked everywhere for Foxfarm products and the only place in my neck of the woods to get this is on Amazon. I will not pay to have a bag of dirt shipped to my house! And yes, if I'm not careful my P.H. can get quite low 5.5, 5.8. I adjust accordingly when I prepare my water. Let's say your P.H. is at 5.8(run off), and your water is at say 7.4 and you need to be at 6.2. P.H. your water at 6.6. and this should get somewhere around 6.2.(I hope I'm right with this calculation but you get the drift). Also, yes most good potting media is neutral. Usually the nutrients in the soil will carry you through for two-three weeks. Look at your plant carefully, she'll let you know when she needs to eat.
Hope this helps,
DirtyNerd
Yes I agree, add perlite. I usually go about 30% perlite to 70% soilless media. I use Schuttz or Fafard potting mix, they both contain added nutrients, something like 008-012-008. The reason I use these two mixes is that they do not contain any time release prills(the little round balls). They can definitely through a curve ball into your feeding regiment. I looked everywhere for Foxfarm products and the only place in my neck of the woods to get this is on Amazon. I will not pay to have a bag of dirt shipped to my house! And yes, if I'm not careful my P.H. can get quite low 5.5, 5.8. I adjust accordingly when I prepare my water. Let's say your P.H. is at 5.8(run off), and your water is at say 7.4 and you need to be at 6.2. P.H. your water at 6.6. and this should get somewhere around 6.2.(I hope I'm right with this calculation but you get the drift). Also, yes most good potting media is neutral. Usually the nutrients in the soil will carry you through for two-three weeks. Look at your plant carefully, she'll let you know when she needs to eat.
Hope this helps,
DirtyNerd
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