My first time growing water only was Subcool’s super soil. Works great 
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Im yet another that started with the subcool soil. Back when, it was the only really solid resource I could find on a well amended soil. Nowadays I just keep it super simple and use promix(ideally with coco) and amend with pride lands veg. No compost in the mix, but lots of teas!
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Build a soil fermentation process…
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I use fox farm hf and fish emulsions.
Can’t get any easier for me at least.
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well I usually dig some soil out of the nearest forest, add some fish in it to rot then some old vegetables then let it sit in a composter for a while, and when use it plant some red clover near, does the trick for me
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I wish I could grab some soil from the forest and bring it indoors without needing to deal with pests. I get annoyed when I see a few fungus gnats flying around the tent.
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Fish as your main nutrient or to feed microbes, in combination with other nutrients? Fish emulsion is very acidic. What do you use to balance ph?
Nothing
I use the fish for bacteria.
I pour boiling hot water over all dirt that comes in my grow.
Broad mites are the worst
Anyway the fish emulsions builds bacteria back.
I rarely feed first time I grow with fox farm
Though I will use cha ching in flower.
I have used the same soil over many times.
When I have used a few times I use the ff
One for early flowering to that has N in it.
I use ph adjusted water as fox farm is neutral
My water is very acidic so I ph down to 6.6ish
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I took soil from outside thar sat all summer and half of winter and quarantined it in a tent and immediately watered in microbe lift bmc until run off and left it to dry then planted in it and no bugs thank god.
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So, new to the site and practice.
First grow: bought a bag of. Potting soil with coco coir as base. Sourced some seeds strain unknown. Picked up three 5 gallon buckets, Three peak cups, and dropped them in the dirt. As they say, learn as you grow. As I said, learn as you grow, I now have two fully mature. I believe to be sativa plants based on their growth pattern. Listen that I managed to flower but also accidentally pushed back into growth.
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