FoxFarm Ocean Forest Potting Soil

[@teapotdome]

I have since moved on to building my own soil but I started growing with happy frog. It is a great base for building your soils to meet whatever custom requirements particular varieties have.

[@Allknowingkeith]

I just realized adding a mix vs additional bag of ocean forest what’s a good commercial potting mix for ocean forest or happy frog for outdoor

[@Air-vf6cn]

why don't any of your feeding charts reflect the no feeding with fox farm ocean forest soil?

[@levelzgrowroom]

Love your products

[@thinkrichb]

Fox farms has lots of nutrients in them I use them all the time I highly recommend fox farm to anyone and happy frog is perfect for anyone wondering

[@WattersGardenCenter]

Glad you are happy with the product. We do have a couple of local alternatives that are formulated specifically for our mountain landscape here in Prescott AZ.

[@chriss1436]

The ocean forest can be to much nutrients for my plants sometimes and gives me nutrient burn on my flowers leafs. I was told to do a mix, would Happy Frog be a good one? Or do you recommend anything else?

[@untiltheaxefalls7265]

Why wasn't strawberry fields mentioned in this video?

[@anaserales5555]

I use HF (Happy Frog) on top a mixture of OF (Ocean Forest) & SF (Strawberry Fields) on bottom. Incredible yields with my autoflowers!!

[@untiltheaxefalls7265]

@@anaserales5555 very similar mix that i do, i use a 50/50 mix of happy frog and ocean harvest for veg, when i transfer pots and get ready to flip to flower i use about 75% strawberry fields and 25% ocean harvest with an extra 2 cups of straight worm castings and a half cup of Epsom salt to the mix, it works wonderful for photo period plants, idk about auto's, i don't have much experience with auto's, i have been growing for going on 7 years and i think i have only grown 2 auto plants, i just prefer to have more control and more time to train my plants, i don't want to be a week into high stress training and have her flip to flower out of nowhere and my plant enters flower super stressed out!

[@gcw2007]

Because it's a terrible presentation.

[@jonnyogden7274]

So for an Autoflower in ocean forest you don’t need ANY additional supplements? Just ph the water? “My friend” has a couple flowers in 3 gal pots (air pots from Vivosun), fox farms ocean forest soil, and ph the water at about 6.0. That’s all “he” needs to do?

[@vinstinct]

3 months is probably a stretch. He might need to add nutrients after a month.

[@Contractor2338]

vinstinct what kind of nutrients might “he” need to add

[@vinstinct]

Probably not the best person to answer, but you might have enough for vegetation state. Might want to get some bloom and micro nutrients. If you want to stay with fox farm, they have big bloom (micro), grow big (veg) and tiger bloom (flower). They are pretty pricey. You may want to search for an organic one.

[@michaelteran3844]

pH 6.3 - 6.8! 6.5 is ideal. But I have had shit for luck with this crappy ass soil. I have put several clones in this soil and from different batches of soil at different times and every f@ckin time my plants suffer from deficiencies especially nitrogen. I have to add soil microbes and a fertilizer to get them back on track after I transplant them into fresh f.f.o.f soil. 🖕 Fox Farm shitty soil. I won't buy this shit ever again. There's soil farmers around and I will go to the farmers and buy from them from now on. I've wasted time and money f@ckin around with this trendy ass company. If this soil does have what it says it has in it I don't see it. People say it's a "Hot" soil. I say it's a "NOT" soil!

[@bbyjcky1]

@@michaelteran3844 what were you trying to grow in it?

[@jaydee1594]

mixing OF n HF with perlite is awesome sometimes I'll add a lol dolomite lime for ph buffer

[@timpage5021]

It is awesome. But dolomite isn't really needed as ph buffer for ffof. It'll help with calcium tho. Nothing wrong with adding it. I add bone meal as the calcium is really easy to uptake for the cannibis.

[@Dave-if5qj]

Is there a succulent formula

[@WattersGardenCenter]

Yes we sell a Cactus Mix

[@rickarnett8758]

Any need to add perlite?

[@QueefJuiceOverflow]

+Cerebral Nomad 30% perlite, 70% ff

[@genericsilverjunkie.]

More like 50/50

[@dougiethoresen]

mostly used for cannabis growing Yeh perlite is normally to be mixed through the fox farm I'm a horticulturalist so I mix in horti gravel 4mm perlite is just to messy n floats to top when watering it's more annoying than anything

[@RikMartin661]

Farm ocean Forest works good I don't know about the Happy Frog because I'm trying it right now!

[@Kyle987x]

Which is better?

[@timpage5021]

@@Kyle987x they are both good. I use a 50% ffof 30 percent happy frog 20% coco coir and add more perlite. Thd coco coir and perlite helps to lighten it up for better drainage. I been growing 22 years and used just about everything and have had tremendous results with ease of use with this mix. I dont add any extra fertilizer until I'm about a week before flower. Then I use the fox farms big bloom and tiger bloom in 1/4 strength of suggested amount. And in mid flower I start with fox farm beastie bloom for a few week then I switch to fox farm cha ching with grandma's unsulfured molasses for the last few weeks. Flush the last week to 10 days befige harvest. I grow photoperiod cannibis tho. I dont fuck with autos.

[@Krazykal]

Just tried Happy Frog myself and it worked great until I was about to throw plant in flower when the soil PH dropped to 4 and it resulted in a serious magnesium deficiency that I am currently trying to fix.

[@timpage5021]

@@Krazykal yea you gotta add cal-mag and even 1/4 strength nutrients to start with after about 4 weeks in veg. And much much more Phosphorus and potassium in flower. I use a combo of happy frog and ocean forest with added perlite once I am past seedling stage and in proper veg. Additionally I do add a some coco coir to lighten up all the peat. My flowering formulary is tiger bloom early flowering. Beastie bloom in mid to late flower and cha ching with grandma's unsulfured molasses late flowering to a week before harvesting. I water to get about 20% of the volume I an useing to waste 1 time a week to help rinse out built up salts and so I dont have to flush multiple times causing undo stress. Do you got a decent ph pen and 1 to test the soil as well and ppm meter?

[@Krazykal]

@@timpage5021 yeah I have the PH meters Electronics ,a soil one and also chemical. my electronic one I think I need to get a new bulb for it I think it's off cuz it's not calibrating correctly in regards to the soil yeah I was giving it its nutrients and everything like that it was just weird just out of the blue because I was using it as a mother plant but I didn't need it as a mom anymore and it was really healthy and just out of the blue I was like okay I think I'm going to throw this in flour and then I started noticing lower Leaf problems checked it out thing with the soil was just pH to hell I tried to add lime to fix it and that's kind of where I'm at right now.

[@cd123atd4e]

why is there no videos with any usable information in them. this is sadthere's more information on Scotts soil than there is on ff

[@WattersGardenCenter]

Sorry, you didn't find this video useful. We actually have our own environmently friendly products and don't promote Scotts (Or Miricle Grow, or Roundup)

[@johnmartin5153]

Very cool

[@9614superman]

If I mix both soils will I still follow the schedule for feeding from the bottles and will help with it not getting bacteria and other stuff from messing up the roots and soil??

[@cd123atd4e]

Ganja Rico first off bacterias are good for soil

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

IS IT ORGANIC?? im having the hardest time figuring out if fox farms soil are organic or not...

[@bbyjcky1]

Yes it is

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

@@bbyjcky1 haha thx I eventually figured that out and they are now my go to/favorite brand for gardening products!😜

[@RAREDRAGONFRUIT]

Dragon fruit love this soil!

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

Good to know! I want to grow that beautiful cacti SO BAD😄

[@RAREDRAGONFRUIT]

@@plantgurugangsta7299 I hope you achieve your goal :) You can cut Fox Farms with 30%-50% perlite to help them grow even better!

[@splitshot71]

How insulting to assume people “woman” by soil cause of what the package looks like rather than what works for them. What a tool.

[@AB1B1]

Is it 3 months of fertilizer or 6 months of fertilizer for Fox Farm? I just saw another guy say 6 months.

[@WattersGardenCenter]

We recommend fertilizing 3 times a year with our All Purpose Plant Food. Spring = Easter Summer = 4th of July (or just before the Monsoon Season hers in Prescott AZ) and Fall = Halloween

[@irondiver292]

Wow. He really gives a lot of credit to the discernment of women...

[@vinstinct]

Yeah.. cringy.

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

Funny how virtue signaling often comes off more discrimitory isn't it? Lol..JUST BE AUTHENTIC PEOPLE.🤦‍♀️🙄😅

[@bbyjcky1]

Lmao right. Possibly could have mentioned the prices? Perhaps the happy frog is purchased more often because it’s cheaper?

[@GDBAKED81]

Why do they put wholes in the bag, Doesn't that dry the soil out? This is still going on now.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Creates airflow to prevent mold. The holes aren't big enough to dry out a huge bag of soil

[@bennybenz.]

Remember folks this was 7 yrs ago when Ocean Forrest was the shit and now idk what they've done to it but if you dont dilute it, it'll burn the hell out of your plants just by itself. I like to add some HF or others that aren't loaded with a bunch of stuff, preferably something loaded with a lot of microbial life. I also really like to add peat moss, vermiculite, and a little perlite for better drainage and more of an airy type soil. Ratios vary obviously depending on amount and what soils your using and dont see myself ever buying anymore OF in the future. I'll go with Roots 707 before I use that "Hot" garbage again.

[@casterakabadman805]

Good advice, i fear vermiculite and other water retention additives tho haha i just threw some seedlings out due to being in some sungro black gold seedling mix that had Yucca extract, vermiculite and even silica or something in it and it stayed wet for 10 days after initially planting, definitely going to mix some happy frog and OF with 30% perlite next time. RESPECT

[@abcdefghijklmnop2492]

what should we do after the 4 weeks or 3 months?

[@QueefJuiceOverflow]

add more fertilcer liquid

[@lonniestilley8382]

If your getting something based on a picture wow. But look add the micros to the happy & bam save people money. Don't say it would be more expensive and turn around and say buy both bags and mice them come on. Add it to the ocean bring the price up a bit if you want, and bam win win

[@bbyjcky1]

Or just buy ocean forest then add your own micronutrients haha it’s that easy. They sell all kinds online (and from several other company brands)

[@jerrywaters4814]

Fox-farm and happy-frog they make it sound like they're not complete. It's almost like they're saying you got to buy Fox Farms and Happy Frog and mixing together to have a full complete balanced. And one more thing I don't like is I'm saying that you do not add nothing to it until 30 days or whatever it may have been. The whole point is to add in what ain't in the soil to make the perfect soil. I think they need to rethink their strategies and their amendments and and make it full body and complete balanced. Sounds like a marketing Ponzi almost.

[@bowandarrowindian3704]

jerry waters I heard that I'm new to the game what soil would you recommend. So 30 days down the road you're not having to go buy more amendments I'm looking for a soul don't mind paying for it that's got everything in it that will last at least a couple of months if they make any thanks in advance they cool peace out

[@thegoldenboy294]

You can add you fertilizer, he said, you just would get even better results. But if you dont wanna add fertilizers, this soil has u covered for a month or so...

[@cd123atd4e]

jerry waters u just bitched bout not having to add some thing to make it perfect.. its perfect out the bag

[@timpage5021]

They are a business and cater to all types of gardening needs. Not just cannabis. And some people dont want all the nutes that are in ffof so happy frog is good alternative so one can add thier own from jump.

[@timpage5021]

@THE ORIGINAL PROFESSOR CHAOS you're testing is flawed. If anything it fox farms would closer on the acidic side being it's made with peat moss. No way its 9 outta the bag. I've been useing nothing but fox farms for the past 8 years of my 22 years I've been growing.

[@MrRayray1371]

it's not 3 months of food for the plant it's olny about a month worth u were bullshiting those ppl

[@Grassy_Gnoll]

Ray RiZz0 Really? Do you think all plants require the same amount of food? Hint: they don't. Try growing lettuce in this soil. When it comes out all burned, you'll truly see how much food is in there. If it's a heavy feeder, then yes, you'll need fertilizer within a month.

[@timbrowers4094]

Welcome to gnats and nute burn !

[@RealDannySlim]

They don't have the much nutrients in them...

[@alexobenful]

That’s what you call a hot daddy!

[@jasonharrold6686]

sound quality is terrible, especially since the guy mumbles constantly

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Well seeing as it was recorded in a store and not a studio, probably on a phone, you're really expecting a lot

[@SWAGGER4us]

He said virtually he meant realistically, cause they don't have this in V.R.