Soil recommendations? Former Fox Farm User.

hopefully it opens the pic trying to show you why I was busy:) making brownies in the AM :slight_smile: lol 214g trimmings to 5 sticks butter oh yes enuff for one whole brownie have ya trippin lol

Good possibility that they came from the soil. Another decent possibility is that they are hitchhiking on your clothes from the store you went to. When everybody has sick plants they freak out and go to the store to find a solution, bringing their problems with them sometimes, especially so when the problems are so small and impossible to see with the naked eye. Years ago my remote grow got russet mites after a visitor showed up just after going to the local grow store. Believe me when i tell you there was no other possible source. His grow 30 miles away got them simultaneously. If i were you I’d make it common practice to sterilize your soil AND your clothes after going to the store.

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That’s good to know the other soil is a better option for efficient watering. It is good practice to water twice to avoid dry pockets in the soil. The Roots themselves will act as gutters to drain the water out of the pot, creating dry pockets. Watering a half hour after you water the first time will avoid these dry pockets. I also found Fox Farm mixed with my garden soil will become repellent when it is very dry and it’s at these times that I dunk the whole pot underwater for a couple minutes or until bubbles stop rising. Having a dish underneath your container also helps.

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Yep I’m familiar with that special South American soil. I’ve been trying to build it at my own place. Still haven’t added pottery. Or human feces lol. One thing at a time.

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I’ve done pottery once but moved before I was able to see any results but I’ve got like 60 of the small terracotta pots/red clay from an auction I’m gonna bust up and double dig a cpl rows see what happens edit lol I won’t use feces though but I will use urea

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I’ve been using a half and half of ocean forest and Happy frog but the price was starting to bother me.

I got a bag of groundswell and the first xplant I put in got burnt and nute locked for 2 weeks. was told it was not as hot as ocean Forest but I’ve never used straight ocean Forest. I’ve had great results with my mixture and I’m going to go back to what I know and what’s worked.

I’m assuming shipping it to you is not an option? I’ve bought mine online for the most part.

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out here justa lookin for Fragelrock :slight_smile: lol to edit compost it’ll cure what ales ya

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