[the Munster]

You can use ocean forest.

You can also you espoma potting mix. Which would be a better option for autos

What I did in the past: 6 parts espoma mix; 3 parts perlite (buy a big bag from hd for ~$17) 2 parts compost (earthworm castings, I actually use a product that is half cow manure half chicken manure). Then add calmag. Doesn’t matter if you use espoma calmag or the big bag from hd or Lowe’s for $5, although the big bag is definitely more cost efficient if you decide to continue.

Then add your dry ferts. Personally I would layer it. Nothing for the first gallon. Then 4-4-4 for the next gal or so. Then the 3-9-4 for the bottom gal or two. Then all you would have to do is water with tap water/dechlorinator and add compost tea after about four weeks or so. You would do the compost tea once a week say Monday, then water weds and fri

And don’t overwater. water a party cup full or water each time the seedling needs water, gradually increasing the amount of cups you give it as it gets bigger and fills pot. Using this method I incorporate whatever else I would want to give my tomatoes on Monday’s. And I have some phenomenal recipes that I will not be sharing in open discussions I can pm you once you get to that point

If you use ocean forest use one tablespoon of dry ferts per gal. If you use espoma use two. For my last run I used espoma and two tablespoons per of nature’s care 9-2-6 for veg and switched to half espoma with a mixture of garden tone 3-4-4 and bulb tone 3-5-3. The other half is using soil king big rootz instead of espoma but that’s only because the gardening place ran out of espoma soil so I had to go elsewhere. I also have a bag of ocean forest just in case I ran out but I didn’t do everything is perfect and I will use that bag on the next run for a side by side beside big rootz.


If you aren’t making a tea then you can just add fish tank dechlorinator to water instead using pump. Really even when I use pump I still use that stuff, it works instantly