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Old 03-12-2009, 05:09 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheGrandPuba View Post
Thanks for the replies guys, I'm interested to see what Dan thinks of this mix... Where are ya Danny boy?
Hi, how are ya?

Well, Bog was a pretty popular guy because of his massive plants.
I remember one he did that harvested over 11 oz indoors so he knew what he was about.
Long veg times and big pots?

We used to use a mixture quite close to that one, then I dropped the blood meal, the bone meal and raised the perlite mix by quite a bit to lighten the soil.
That way the mix can be used for both flower and veg.
if what you are looking for is to match numbers leave out everything but the perlite n peat and do it by adding nutes.
Might be easier to control.

Sam's choice "continuous feeding formula" (can be found at Wal-Mart) <-- huh? why not just use a premixed soil?

I always suggest that people try exactly what they want to. Then they will know what works for them.
Some mixes work for some people and not for others. I believe it comes down to what you plan on using later in the grow nutrient-wise.
Are you going to be watching them carefully or letting them kind of do their thing?

There have been about 5 mixes we have tried because of what others think we should be running, but we have always come back to the peat, perlite n castings.
Not all strains have the same nutrient needs no matter how we would like to say they all have the same basic nutrient requirements.
And once it's in the soil you have lost control of what you can change later should it prove to be too hot.

Not sure I am an expert by any means, but you asked what I thought.
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