[Better soil soiless beginner cannabis grower]I am kind of a beginner at growing marijuana. What’s better: soil or soilless mix? I thought maybe that soil provides more room for error. Can I use soil with the “sea of green” method? I’ve seen inexperienced marijuana growers prosper and fall flat on …

Thanks @garrigan62 for the info. I my self use the Fox farm liquid nutrients , but i am thinking about switching over to the all natural feeding chart.

@garrigan62 I’ll be growing in ProMix BX Ingredients: Canadian Sphagnum peat moss (75-85% by volume) Perlite. Vermiculite. Dolomitic & Calcitic limestone (pH adjuster) Wetting agent. Mycorrhizae. Biofungicide. To that I want add worm castings I’m growing in 5gal buckets How much worm ca…

You can aadd as much as you want. as a matter of fact as much as you want, plants love it and it will never hurt seedlings as a matter of fact they seek it out, Will

Hi @garrigan62 @latewood This topic is turning into an FAQ or some such. Maybe one of you can move it to a more appropriate section? :smiley:

@garrigan62 Thanks for the help

@garrigan62 , @hillbilly103, @Wishingilivedina420state , I’ve got a Jack Herer fem seed soaking in distilled water right now and I plan on doing soil-less for this one. My base is Roots Organics soilless mix and I’ll be using General Hydroponics Grow and Cal mag in, ultimately, air pots. What would y…

I can’t recommend anything at this point because we’re in the same boat here. I’ve been watering and feedingat ph 6.0 My plant is a GSCX clone , im just starting a full strength feeding using Fox farm nutes. Haven’t needed any adons yet but sure I’ll need calmag and silica soon. [image]

That’s what I was planning on. Thanks! I had thought about trying Hydro but I move my plants outside almost daily which makes techniques like SCROG and Hydro a p.i.t.a. haha.

@Myfriendis410 why do you bring them out side so much just curious?

Sunlight is free, and about 1/4 of their total life will be under natural light which is pretty much impossible to beat. I am in California and own my own home with a fairly discreet yard. Even so, they are only out when I’m home. Basically I’m saving electricity.

Soil or soilless for the beginner marijuana grower

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Thanks Will I’m just hillbilly
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