I have just completed my first indoor grow and am going to start a new one. Do you experienced growers re-use your soil or do you use new soil? I use 3 gallon bags with Fox Farm Ocean Forest.
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Assuming you feed supplementary nutes…?
Some growers reuse their soil. I would think that it would create additional challenges managing pH and PPM.
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Agree with above…can be done…but we work so long and hard for our harvest…starting off with less than ideal growing medium is undue risk
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I do, very lightly. I use a ppm meter and try to keep at 1000ppm ind and out. But I found in the early stages of growth in FFOF, the ppm’s were high without nutes. Later that changed.
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Out of the bag OF usually doesn’t need feeding for the first ~6 weeks from the most recent transplant.
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I grow organic, and I do reuse my soil. I just amend it with dry organic nutrients before I plant my plant into it. Works for me.
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That won’t work for you, if you’re using synthetic nutrients. @Jmiller
If you’re using organics, then that’s what we do with re-amends
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I have reused mine for last couple years. Gets better and better. Living soil/dry ammendments.
I have to add epsom as that seems to be main nute depleted almost completely. The soil itself has turned dark and silky. Grows weed like a boss.
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Thanks Storm. Where do you suggest I can research the “living” soil preparations I keep hearing about? Thank you for your info, jm
What’s your setup in the picture… Looks like a combo of soil buckets and something else? Using SIPs or something for the soil?
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Couple rdwc and living soil
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