need some help

[MCFLAPPS]

first of all i am new to indoor growing i have been growing outdoors for some time now, I started growing indoors to extend my season and i have run it a few problems.

the first one is the soil is retaining to much water the soil will stay wet for weeks with out drying

the second one is i am getting verry little to no root growth

third is the plants don't grow

the soil i am using is miracle grow garden organic i mix it with perlite and sand,i am using a extended feed fertilizer in pebble form

i am using two 4 foot double bulb flourecents with one cool white and another one is dayllight bulb

any ideas?

i will post pics asap

 

[Duckslayer]

The soil you are using is not intended for containers. It is meant to be mixed with your native soil outdoors. I bought a bag of this by accident once and thought I could mix it with some coir fiber I had and perlite. Even at 40% coir and 20% perlite this soil simply retained too much moisture.
There are much better choices for soil than miracle grow, but if that is all that is available, make sure that it is their potting mix, or their organic potting mix.
Replace that soil, it will cause you nothing but grief and wasted grow space.

 

[sweeperman]

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The soil you are using is not intended for containers. It is meant to be mixed with your native soil outdoors. I bought a bag of this by accident once and thought I could mix it with some coir fiber I had and perlite. Even at 40% coir and 20% perlite this soil simply retained too much moisture.
There are much better choices for soil than miracle grow, but if that is all that is available, make sure that it is their potting mix, or their organic potting mix.
Replace that soil, it will cause you nothing but grief and wasted grow space.

true very ture you tell him duck!!! yea bro go with fox farm soil happyfrog. i use it and don't give any nutts for 45day's best shit EVER. i'm a nubie bro and i can say fox is the shit!!!!!!

 

[halitzor]

Soil is too messy and invites pests for indoor use in my opinion. You control all the nutrients yourself anyway so you don't need a "soil" to provide nutes. I would just use a soil substitute. B'cuzz hydro mix HP looks just like peat based soil and is easy to work with. One $35 bale is enough to fill 18 5 gallon buckets