First time grower with an organic soil question

[Yog Sothoth]

Hello everyone!

I'm planning on growing Heavyweight's 2 Fast 2 Vast auto for my first grow. Since there arent any journals on this I've been doing most of my research on the plant from it's parent Heavyweight's Fast and Vast.

I've seen two very important things from the F&V journals i've read, plant directly to the final pot and dont give nutes until it has 3 or 4 leaf nodes.

This is the soil i will be using http://drearth.net/products/organic-soils/home-grown-potting-soil/

I have just a few questions,

Would that soil be too hot to plant directly in?

If so how could I get around that, could I fill the pot up mostly with the Dr Earth then have like a coke can sized well of very plain, no or low nutes, potting soil for it to grow in at first?

Any help is appreciated!

 

[Duggy]

With ingredients like guano it would likely be too hot for seedlings so a pocket of lighter soil would help.. if you post a grow journal you should get some assistance along the way.. good luck..:Sharing One:

 

[Yog Sothoth]

Oh I definitely will be posting a journal once I get set up, right now I'm waiting on the money to buy my seeds and equipment, i should get that on monday and I'm hoping to have sprouts before march! What sized pocket of a light soil would be appropriate for the seedlings not to get burned

 

[Eekman]

I use DR. Earth.

I have a documented journal/review on this forum.

DR Earth Soil Review Link

It says it is complete, but it will need Nitrogen, Calcium, and Magnesium late into flower if your strain needs them (every plant is different)

However I was doing Photo's 12/12 from seed. You are doing auto's and I think this soil will work well with Auto strains.

I think it is too hot as well for seedlings though.

Make your soil into a pot. Use a solo cup with the bottom cut off and fill it with seed mix. Stick it into the soil about three inches so you will have a cup sitting about four inches above the soil. The seedling can grow in the seed mix, and when it is about to need nutes, it will be growing into the Dr. Earth soil.

It is a tiered cup method ( thank you FD )

Looky here ==> FD'd method link

 

[Yog Sothoth]

That is very helpful, thank you!

 

[Yog Sothoth]

With the tiered cup method, could I just cut the bottom off the cup before doing anything else, place the cup in the hot soil so that it's just used as a buffer between the hot and light soil with an open bottom, fill the empty cup up partially with soil, then germ in the lighter soil so that theres no risk of hurting the roots when cutting and no need to transplant? or will it hit the hot soil too fast

 

[1guy1plant]

That's what I do. I just dig a hole in the soil and cut about the bottom 1/3 off the solo cup and fill it up with jiffy starter soil. I mist it a few times a day and cover with plastic wrap until it sprouts.

 

[Eekman]

That's what I do. I just dig a hole in the soil and cut about the bottom 1/3 off the solo cup and fill it up with jiffy starter soil. I mist it a few times a day and cover with plastic wrap until it sprouts.

That will work


btw, I have gotten great results from Jiffy Seedling Mix




:Sharing One:

 

[Yog Sothoth]

I'll look for some Jiffy starter, thank you guys Hopefully the seeds dont take long through customs and i can get started soon! Anyone shipped herbies to the states?

 

[Yog Sothoth]

That's what I do. I just dig a hole in the soil and cut about the bottom 1/3 off the solo cup and fill it up with jiffy starter soil. I mist it a few times a day and cover with plastic wrap until it sprouts.

Are you actually filling the top 2/3rds up all the way or about how much do you fill it