Soil Advice Needed

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Hi just about to take advantage of the weather & start off some low ryder 2 & durban skunk in my cheap portable greenhouse. My mate always grows indoors & uses the soil from grow bags which he mixes 1:3 & puts 10/15 mm of perlite in bottom of pot. Is this ok for greenhouse? My other mate who has great soil in garden just throws that in pots & puts in greenhouse. If not Im open to any good ideas (I live in countryside so only have access to small garden centres etc not grow shops).

Thanks in advance

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Hi me again.... just reading through someone elses post....someone else suggested Westlands compost. I will try and get some of this.... I have easy access to Gems multi compost (halfopen bag in garden). Do I mix this compost or just use on its own?

Sorry to be so clueless about growing.....but we all start some where

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Westlands is the bee's knees, but any good compost will do - Levingtons etc ...

It's best left unadulterated in any way. Start in small pots and build up in 2 week steps to a decent size. You shouldn't need to feed in veg.

Bear in mind that you won't need many plants in a small greenhouse ...maybe even only 1.... and also that you can't control the size it gets to by switching the light over to 12/12.

Enthusiastic outdoor growers will often veg. indoors under lights, then put plants outside at a time of year when the daylength will immediately trigger flowering.

Edited April 15, 2007 by compostverte

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Thanks for quick reply... lowryder 2 auto flower at about 20 days & packet says should get no higher than 10-20 inches.... so I am hoping this is this case so I can have these on small side shelves & grow out 1 - 2 big durban skunks on greenhouse floor.

I will go for pure compost then...... going to add some biobloom once start flowering I think.....was going to put in 2 gallon pots as packet suggests to rather than transplant them

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2 gallon pots should do the business if the plants get big enough ... repotting steadily is the way to know for sure... repotting is usually counter-productive once flowering is underway.