New Grower Soil Help

[d630752]

Gathering up stuff for my first grow and wondering if I need to get that expensive organic soil that I see everyone growing with here. Anyone ever used anything from like home depot/menards/lowes that works just the same? I would mix up my own but since im running one or two plants at a time I dont find it necessary to buy the full bags and mix it myself and have a bunch left over with nowhere to put it.

Any and all help is appreciated guys.

 

[namvet25]

Menards carries promix and promix ultamit organic whitch I use.Home depot and lowes also carry organic mixes just dont get miricle gro.You can add a little perlite to these and you'll be good to go.

 

[d630752]

Ok cool thanks, anyone else have any experiences or advice? Trying to get as much info as I can

 

[Chester]

I use an organic soil called Lamberts that I get at Home Depot ... I mix it 1/1 w/ Perlite and it works ... w/o the Perlite it is too heavy ...

 

[hereb4]

most of the ready mix soils are too low in ph right out of the bag...home depot let me stick my accurate 8 ph probe in several broken open bags of soil..I got ph values anywhere from 4.5 to
6.0 (the best was actually Miracle Grow, but it was dry...wet it drops like a rock.)...
I recommend you dampen whatever soil you choose and ph it first before you use it...
also. start your germs in non-fertilized seed starter soil...autos have no use for ferts their first couple of weeks..."hot" pre-fertilized soil will only stunt them or worse.

 

[Quate]

I have been looking at soil for awhile and I have come to realize that hereb4 is right, most soil PH is low. I just got Promix from Menards and I just added dolomite lime (1 tbsp per gallon).

 

[Muddy]

Which Pro Mix did you get? Pro Mix already has dolomite lime added and no additional is necessary. In fact, adding more could cause your pH to go too high.

I have been looking at soil for awhile and I have come to realize that hereb4 is right, most soil PH is low. I just got Promix from Menards and I just added dolomite lime (1 tbsp per gallon).

 

[d630752]

Thanks for the input everyone, Ill make a run to the store and do some research there, see what they have and pricing.