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miracle gro organic potting mix
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chron conoiseur
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Oh Yes, I used this for my most recent grow and it worked great... I just added a bunch of perlite and some Holy-Tone from Espoma (contains kelp meal, crab meal, seabird guano, all types of goodies) and it was like i had created my own version of Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil... which is great because I've always wanted to use that soil but there are no distributers near me and I'm not desperate enough to order a bag of soil off the internet.
The MG made a great light and airy soil mix that my plants seemed to love... even with the addition of all the goodies in the Espoma dry mix the plants didn't burn at all and I started them in the mix. Seems like a good alternative to buying all the individual manure's and what not if you want to make ur own organic mix. I think from now on I will be sticking with this MG organic soil as a base for my own mixes until I get some Fox Farm. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a cheap organic base
The MG made a great light and airy soil mix that my plants seemed to love... even with the addition of all the goodies in the Espoma dry mix the plants didn't burn at all and I started them in the mix. Seems like a good alternative to buying all the individual manure's and what not if you want to make ur own organic mix. I think from now on I will be sticking with this MG organic soil as a base for my own mixes until I get some Fox Farm. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a cheap organic base
nomoreschwag
Member
I'm giving this stuff a shot on my outdoor crop. I didn't feel like taking the time to mix up my normal soil and this stuff looked interesting. I just added some perlite and threw it in the holes.
Heres a shot of my outdoor from this year. So far so good with the soil. I haven't fed yet and I'm not seeing any deficiencies or any signs of burning.
Heres a shot of my outdoor from this year. So far so good with the soil. I haven't fed yet and I'm not seeing any deficiencies or any signs of burning.
nomoreschwag
Member
squid
No, I'm not really planning on doing a grow thread for this one. I'll post updates in the midwest outdoors thread throughout the grow though. http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=20648
That one is from seed, my own cross. (Kush x Black Domina) x Papaya. Just a tad over 3ft and starting to show female preflowers, so if all goes well I'll be able to see what kind of bud this "organic" mg can make.
No, I'm not really planning on doing a grow thread for this one. I'll post updates in the midwest outdoors thread throughout the grow though. http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=20648
That one is from seed, my own cross. (Kush x Black Domina) x Papaya. Just a tad over 3ft and starting to show female preflowers, so if all goes well I'll be able to see what kind of bud this "organic" mg can make.
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I am using the MG organic this time. I added about 40% perlite to it. My plants look good so far.
G
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Miracle grow Garden soil is different than MG potting mix or MG potting soil. peace
chron conoiseur
Member
well it works good and its cheaper than buying ur own chicken manure and other components
Tirs
Member
BurnOne is right its chicken shit, some feathers and wood shavings for the most part. I am not sure how comfortable I am with that as theres no way to know the quality from batch to batch, ie. different types of poultry, different feed, different bedding. Poultry litter also usually carries alot of nasties so MG pausterizes it but that unforunately kills all the organic goodies in there too.
BTW- only difference between MG garden or potting soil is they mix perlite into their potting soil.
BTW- only difference between MG garden or potting soil is they mix perlite into their potting soil.
leaddraft
Active member
Instead of the M~grow soil,, try that "other" brand Wally world carries..
It's called "Pro-Mix" in a kinda orange colored bag, Says it feeds up too 9 months....
Thats what I'm using and it works great!.....(better than M-grow, and I tried both).
Check out the "NC grow" in the outdoor forum.
Peace LD
It's called "Pro-Mix" in a kinda orange colored bag, Says it feeds up too 9 months....
Thats what I'm using and it works great!.....(better than M-grow, and I tried both).
Check out the "NC grow" in the outdoor forum.
Peace LD
nomoreschwag
Member
I tried the Pro-Mix once before and my shit all died... Can't truthfully blame it on the soil, but I switched after that and have had really good results since. What can I say, I'm a grudge holder lol. Damn that soil! 
Heres an update on the MG "organic". My plants seem to like it well enough. I think they grow better in my own mixed soil, but this was a lazy way to get some plants outside. So far this soil has been very good at retaining moisture in the 90+ weather weve been having.
Heres an update on the MG "organic". My plants seem to like it well enough. I think they grow better in my own mixed soil, but this was a lazy way to get some plants outside. So far this soil has been very good at retaining moisture in the 90+ weather weve been having.
