Would any soil work? Good Advice please

So I was getting ready for my first crop, iv researched alot about growing and watched many videos but the only thing im concered about it the soil I need. I was jsut going to put regular gardening or potting soil in a few cups and wait for them to pop up, also would regular soil from ground work by any chance?

What do you guys usully do for yours, thanks

 

Nope. using soil from your yard will only complicate your grow. Using such dirt can expose your crop to pests and disease.

 

get some soil from your local gardening store. any soil will do, but avoid anything with nutrients already in it (like Miracle Grow). nutrients are not good for cannabis seedlings. also add some perlite to the soil as well, helps with aeration and drainage. try to do 4 parts soil to 1 part perlite.

 

You said the MG word.. oh no.... No.. dont buy MG related products for growing MJ, Miracle Grow is intended for the use on plants little old ladies grow in the yard, and tomatos. While Ive used it to some good, you must compensate for to much shit for me to post about, to put it lightly. Not good for a beginner. Stick with organic soils. But I dont have a brand to recommend.

 

I always start with at least 6-8 large bags of high quality organic soil. The selection of your base soil is very important so don’t cut corners here. I can not begin to discuss all the different products but if you get stuck while making your product list just log on to my Organic Online forums(www.breedbay.co.uk) and drop me a message. A good Organic soil should cost between 8-10$ per 30# bag. I use a local soil with the following recipe to give you an idea of how important this main ingredient is:




So lets take a look at the ingredients of a product called Roots Organic

Lignite*, coca fiber, perlite, pumice, compost, peat moss, bone meal, bat guano, kelp meal, Green sand, soy bean meal, leonardite, k-mag, glacial rock dust, alfalfa meal, oyster shell flour, earth worm castings and Mycorrhizae.
I have always believed in giving my plants a wide range of soils and additives I figure it's like a buffet they get all they need



“Lignite, also known as leonardite, mined lignin, brown coal, and slack, is an important constituent to the oil well, drilling industry. Lignite, or leonardite as it will be referred as hereafter, is technically known as a low rank coal between peat and sub-bituminous. Leonardite was named for Dr. A.G. Leonard, North Dakota's first state geologist, who was a pioneer in the study of lignite deposits. Leonardite is applied to products having a high content of humic acid. Humic acid has been found to be very useful as a drilling

mud thinner.”



Another local product we are trying now is called Harvest Moon



Washed coco fibers, Alaskan peat moss, perlite, yucca, pumice, diatoms, worm castings, feather meal, fishmeal, kelp meal, limestone, gypsum, soybean meal, alfalfa meal, rock dust, yucca meal, and Mycorrhizae fungi.



If you have access to a good local mix like these then I highly recommend starting with these type products. We have had decent results using commercial brands as well but not as is. The best results we have seen from well known soil that is available nationwide is Fox Farms “Ocean Forrest” soil combined in a 2-1 ratio with Light Warrior. On it’s own the Ocean Forrest is known for burning plants and having the wrong ratio’s of nutrients but when cut down with Light Warrior it makes a pretty good mix.



You can also just use 2 bales of Sunshine mix #4 but this is my last choice and plants growing in this may not complete properly with this “Just add water” method of soil growing. The concept to this concentrated soil is to not have to worry with mixing up nutrients after the soil is made. The concentrate is placed in the bottom ¼ to ½ of the container and blended with base soil. This allows the plants to grow into the strong concentrated soil and in the right size container need nothing else but water throughout the full harvest cycle.





Here are the amounts

8- Large bags of High quality Organic potting soil with a coco and Mycorrhizae

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5# Steamed Bone meal
5# Bloom bat Guano
5# Blood meal

3# Rock Phoshate
¾ cup Epson salts
½ cup Sweet Lime ( Dolimite)
½ Cup Azomite ( Trace Elements)



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This is the same basic recipe I have used for 15 years the hardest ingredient to acquire is the worm castings most people don't even know what it is.

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