stonerfromthesouth
Active Member
do you really need cannabis specific soil to grow weed? it's way more expensive than ANY other soil. seems like bullshit marketing to me. why would i pay double or tiple, when literally any other plant specific soil costs way less? (for vegetables, for flowers, for succulent plants etc etc etc.
what's the best soil that isn't specific for weed and doesn't cost double compared to other soil? spending more than 11 euro for 50L of soil is madness to me. no matter how good it is. my granparents grow all kinds of shit, and have never had problems. all kind of vegetables, and they are using soil from the fields... and every year they just throw a bunch of cow and pig shit in there, mix it up with the tractor, and the soil is as good as new.
is cannabis really so damn needy? or is it all marketing? cannabis grows in india afganistan etc, and their soil doesn't exacly strike me as being super fertile or special....
will soil for vegetables, that has a good ammount of nutrients ( also considering i'll add nutrients myself as the grow goes on) will it do?
and what's the difference between cannabis specific soil and just the other stuff? will i really get WAY higher yields as some people claim?
i've had so many people telling me that i need specific soil, i'm on my second grow. my first grow was a purple queen outdoors. i used some soil my dad gave me, he just mixed a bunch of soils, (store soil for vegetables, soil for grass, and some soil from the garden (high in clay)
at the end of the grow, i had a 180cm high plant, with FAT buds, a strong base,big Leaves, and it was looking very healthy, exepct when i up-potted it in some soil for grass. it was showing a bit of magnesium deficency, so i just started feeding it from the bottle....
i'm NOT blaming anyone for using expensive soil, it's just that not everyone has 2k to spend on cannabis supplys, and saving up here and there is necessary... i know for some of you US guys, 30 euros for soil is not a big deal, considering life in the US is cheap, and y'all earn a lot per month, but here in my country we earn around 1k euro/month and life is very expensive...
so for example: grow tent 60-80EUR. i build my own for 20
branded grow light:150 eur. i get one from not a very well know brand, but with good reviews: 100 eur
soil: 30eur= i get one for 8 eur
you guys get the hang of it, save 10 euro here and there, and you have an extra 150 euro at the end of the month...
i'm just making this post because i've had many people telling me that i'm wrong for not buying expensive lights or soil. and telling me my girls are not gonna grow well. when that's not true.
what's the best soil that isn't specific for weed and doesn't cost double compared to other soil? spending more than 11 euro for 50L of soil is madness to me. no matter how good it is. my granparents grow all kinds of shit, and have never had problems. all kind of vegetables, and they are using soil from the fields... and every year they just throw a bunch of cow and pig shit in there, mix it up with the tractor, and the soil is as good as new.
is cannabis really so damn needy? or is it all marketing? cannabis grows in india afganistan etc, and their soil doesn't exacly strike me as being super fertile or special....
will soil for vegetables, that has a good ammount of nutrients ( also considering i'll add nutrients myself as the grow goes on) will it do?
and what's the difference between cannabis specific soil and just the other stuff? will i really get WAY higher yields as some people claim?
i've had so many people telling me that i need specific soil, i'm on my second grow. my first grow was a purple queen outdoors. i used some soil my dad gave me, he just mixed a bunch of soils, (store soil for vegetables, soil for grass, and some soil from the garden (high in clay)
at the end of the grow, i had a 180cm high plant, with FAT buds, a strong base,big Leaves, and it was looking very healthy, exepct when i up-potted it in some soil for grass. it was showing a bit of magnesium deficency, so i just started feeding it from the bottle....
i'm NOT blaming anyone for using expensive soil, it's just that not everyone has 2k to spend on cannabis supplys, and saving up here and there is necessary... i know for some of you US guys, 30 euros for soil is not a big deal, considering life in the US is cheap, and y'all earn a lot per month, but here in my country we earn around 1k euro/month and life is very expensive...
so for example: grow tent 60-80EUR. i build my own for 20
branded grow light:150 eur. i get one from not a very well know brand, but with good reviews: 100 eur
soil: 30eur= i get one for 8 eur
you guys get the hang of it, save 10 euro here and there, and you have an extra 150 euro at the end of the month...
i'm just making this post because i've had many people telling me that i'm wrong for not buying expensive lights or soil. and telling me my girls are not gonna grow well. when that's not true.