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What soil is good for growing More specifically, you will need to
Cannabis? pick a soil suitable for your cannabis
The 3 key things you want from soil strain, as some auto-flowering
that will ensure you grow healthy strains will need a different soil.
plants are: decent texture; good What makes the best soil mix for
drainage; and water retention. weed?
Without a loose enough texture, your If you are growing auto-flowering
plants won’t be able to develop strains, then you will want soil that
strong roots. Without good drainage, is not heavily fertilized. It is also a
you will end up over watering your good idea to mix 50% soil with a
plants and starving them of oxygen, combination of 50% of coco–helps
causing them to wilt. And, conversely, with water retention) and a peat-
without good water retention, your based soil with plenty of perlites
roots will dry out quickly and (light and airy rocks–helps with
become damaged. drainage) to ensure good drainage.
You also want to take it steady with
A good soil will usually look nice and fertilizers in the early stages,
dark, like used coffee grounds and a whatever the strain, give your
loose but sandy texture that will help seedlings some time to grow first.
it keep enough water without
suffocating the plant of oxygen, as a
soil full of clay or packed mud balls
from the garden would do.
