New Grower Is this Soil mix ok ??

[Waira]

...Sorry Otto, but I got to disagree with that... Soil experimentation from the get-go without any experience is a disaster in the making, no pun intended...If one is serious about their grow, avoiding mistakes, particularly fundamental ones, and learning what's right first is the goal, not the roll-of-the dice school of hard knocks! What would this person learn from frying their plants, even though they were warned ahead of time of the likely result?
Daneja- There are many fine choices out there, most readily available, that suite autos very well; recall, autos are very sensitive to nutrient concentrations, especially early in life... a mild starter mix, like Happy Frog, or some other similarly compounded brand, with lots of positive documentation here, is a great way to roll! Some folks tier the plants into richer, finishing soils, other just stay with the milder stuff and adjust their nute's accordingly... TLO is a fantastic, if you have the time and discipline, otherwise go with something that has a good rep' here! Ask around, look around, folks here will be happy to help you with choices..!

 

[Daneja]

Hey Goauto6, I hear you dude, was going to get cave bat guano with low nitrogen but high phosphorus, thought it would be perfect for flowering. Thanks guys, I think I will stick to just the canna terra and not add anything to it. I will do alot more reasearch until I start messing around, but might make a mix for one plant and see how she grows, a patient x if you will hahaha. Thanks for the advice guys

 

[Daneja]

Thanks waira, I will go to my local hydro store next week to get some medium, I will ask a few questions there too, say im looking for a nice light mix that will support me through the whole grow. For tomatoes of course,

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Don't ever throw experimentation completely out of the window though - we learn
stuff from mistakes - as I well know from my current grow!

I don't want to speak for Piggy, but I think what he's trying to say is that you need to get the basics down before trying to experiment. You don't try to reinvent the wheel until you know how the wheel works. You don't come into a new job and tell the boss you're going to work your way without learning his way first, know what I mean?

No one is discounting experimentation, but you really need to start with the basics and understand the what's and why's before moving on to advanced material.

"Ohmmm......."

 

[StickMan]

Daneja, Don't know if you have read through this thread yet TLO: For dummies, from a dummy in the Organics section .

https://www.autoflower.org/f89/tlo-dummies-dummy-17822.html

It helped me greatly in really understanding growing organically with TLO, and the importance of following a tried and true recipe to begin with.

I whole heartily agree with those that have stated the negative aspects of experimentation, before you have the fundamentals down.
Please don't experiment as one as suggested on this thread, before you do indeed understand/have the fundamentals down.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Great call StickMan! Looks like some great info in there! :smokebuds:

 

[Daneja]

Thanks guys, yeah i read through the TLO, some great information on there. Im going to keep it simple, gain some knowledge first before i start messing around with any old ingredient. Just going to stick with Canna terra and and canna nutrients. Keep reasearching for at least another three or four grows, then possibly start to consider making my own medium. Thanks for all the info guys

 

[Ottopilotti]

...Sorry Otto, but I got to disagree with that... Soil experimentation from the get-go without any experience is a disaster in the making, no pun intended...If one is serious about their grow, avoiding mistakes, particularly fundamental ones, and learning what's right first is the goal, not the roll-of-the dice school of hard knocks! What would this person learn from frying their plants, even though they were warned ahead of time of the likely result?

Agree completely waira - meant it as a more general thing - always double check everything you read - some of us newbies get over enthusiastic!