Old Reviews Fox Farm Ocean Forest Storage?

[ducky098]

Hello all,

I just bought a big bag of Fox Farm Ocean Forest, but I am currently in the process of building my grow kit.
My question is, how can I store my soil? I have searched around and it says not to store in hot temperatures, but how about for cold(er) temperatures? Will that kill the living organisms currently living in the soil?

 

[namvet25]

Colder temps won't hurt the mix but try and keep it off the ground so rodents don't get in it.

 

[AndyBotwin]

Yeah, those microbes just go dormant until the conditions become optimal. Not a problem in really cold weather, but beware of storing it openly where gnats, flies, and other bugs can lay eggs in the soil. I keep mine in a bucket with a lid on it and give it a stir with a shovel every now and then.

 

[ducky098]

Ah, thank you guys for the information. The soil bag is currently in the trunk of my car. I had no idea where and how to store it, so I just left it in the trunk. lol.

For storing in a bucket, is it safe to store it inside a 5 gallon and just put a cap on it?

 

[AndyBotwin]

Ah, thank you guys for the information. The soil bag is currently in the trunk of my car. I had no idea where and how to store it, so I just left it in the trunk. lol.

For storing in a bucket, is it safe to store it inside a 5 gallon and just put a cap on it?

That's what I did back when I used soils & had no issues with it. Prior to that I had just left the unused portion in the bag and rolled the top closed. After a nasty case of fungus gnats, I started sealing it up. Since there are living organisms in the soil, I always left an air space at the top of the bucket and opened it up & gave it a stir whenever I remembered to do it.

 

[Guerrilla]

Less humidity the better! Mine has molded before and had all these little white balls and gnats in it!