What kind of soil do you guys use? My local grow store sells , the dank, soil but it’s like 45 dollars a bag but it’s awesome and the plant love it, so was wondering if I should just stay with it or if something cheaper would still do the job just as good.
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Pro-Mix HP or BX is what I use inside which are commercial soil-less
mixes for the trade
what your grow store sells has a pretty picture and may or may not true soil
as in living
I bought 3.8 cu ft bales of Pro-Mix HP a few weeks ago they were 54 dollars
if you like real soil inside learn to build your own and recycle it if you
it can get spendy buying bags soil all the time
if you are a cash cropper it is just a cost of doing business 
buy it by the pallet
all the best and be safe
Dequilo
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I always stick to what I know, good soil, service.
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not a bad soil and the price you show is good also 
I have thought about building soil over the Summer to bring inside for
use
I have been building soil in my outside gardens since 1996 as I have have a mix
of hard pan, rock and clay here
when I started in the greenhouses back in 1982 we would make all our soil to
fill pots to grow in soil-less was just starting to get in
the growers back then all made their own soil which for a greenhouse is a lot of work
mixing all the required elements to build it
after that putting all it in a steam bed to pasteurize it, I worked for a grower that
bought soil from a farmer to make soil for Tulips for Easter it was full of round up or
what weed killer they used and stunted 90 thousand Tulip pots with 3 to 5
bulbs each
we were using Pro-Mix that spring after that
in the end you cannot really beat a truly well made soil as it has everything your
plants need to grow strong
all the best and be well
Dequilo
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I also use ProMix Hp an have started tuning Gia Green Nutrients , my girls absolutely LOVE It I’ve never been able to KEEP this vibrant green there was always something off , not now it’s completely GREEN but again it really depends on what you are doing 
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Happy frog 100% for me. I do use cocoa every now and then.
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I use happy frog, amended with worm castings, Azomite minerals, humic acid, mycorrhiza fungi, some mosquito bits, and often times a little coco coir (Canna bricks) and perlite, mixed with some of the used soil from the same aforementioned blend,
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I have tried a few different soils over the years. The premium soils are nice, but honestly you don’t always need to spend $45 a bag.I’ve been running The Seed Pharm genetics in Fox Farm Ocean Forest mixed with some perlite, and the plants have been doing really well. It’s way cheaper than the fancy soil and still gives good results if you feed properly
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I can get the big bag of happy fraud for $14 plus tax so maybe $17 total. And then there is another place that’s right around the corner that sells some for 18+ tax so it works out to be almost 20. But I reuse all my dirt. So it doesn’t get wasted. I do let it dry out 100% before I reuse it.
I don’t get the $14 bags anymore because they were from a feed store. Had problems with bugs and then I got an older bag and it actually had a mouse nest inside of it. I quit getting a dirt there and go to the place around the corner from my house. Hadn’t had any problems since. But yes, it is important to save on the soil. Try to use something that works for you. And happy growing.
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The 1st time used happyfrog i got a shit ton of fungus gnats. I went to my friend hydro shop to buy hydroponic supplies and rdwc bucket system. And the bastard sold me dirt and cloth pots and a hydro system!! What a salesman. And ontop of that igrew for 3 yrs before i even touched the hydro system. It literally collected dust for years! Then i used it and loved it. Then i built my own Rcdw system that kicks ass. But i grow in both soil and hydro. But i only use Promix-hp. Ive tried everything except living soil because i dont have time to mess with that or KNF growing also for that matter. I have tried happy frog, tepure gold, coco coir.
Now i have a simple recipe.
Promix-hp
Azomite
Dynamyco
Great white michorizae
So if you look i reslly only use 2 things. I add the other 2 to the hole the plant is going into. When i water its
R/o water
Dakine420
Roots organic surge - veg
Roots organic hp2 - flower.
I keep a big inventory of grow supplies. I dont reuse any grow soil. It goes out to my food garden. All my grow waste is shredded with a wood chipper and added to the garden. I have 3 wood chippers because i have a lot bushes and trees and weed plants. So I need the chippers. I keep the small electric one in the garage always ready. I use the hell out of it. I tried to take the blade out to flip it over to use the other side because its reversible and the F’n bolt is an allen head and it instantly stripped out and i dont know if i care enough to try and get it out or buy another new chipper?
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