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I'm sure it's a good soil but I don't think side by side comparisons are fair for soil. There's so many similarities and differences that make or break a good soil.

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maryanne3087 said:
I'm sure it's a good soil but I don't think side by side comparisons are fair for soil. There's so many similarities and differences that make or break a good soil.

-Microbial activity
-Composted vs. Non composted ingredients
-Water retention
-Air porosity
-Available nutrients
-pH buffering capacity
-Humic content
-etc

Are you feeding each watering or just feeding water?

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I was using the fox farm chart for soil to feed em. I didn't want to use some home made mix cause that isn't what most people have access to.

Now what your mentioning changes from bag to bag let alone company to company so it should be more then fair. Using ten bags of each and treating like the average person would then posting which has the better results is fair enough for the needs of most people.

So before you give a answer to a question nobody asked yes I agree but for the average grower this is just fine. (Just busting your balls a little )

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Another problem I commonly hear with FFOF is that it's not pHed or doesn't have a good pH buffering capacity it won't work well if your nutrients aren't either pHing the substrate or if you're not using dolomite lime. This is quite possibly the most beneficial aspect of soil growing saving time not having to pH your nutrient solution, having the ability to feed pH 5 nutrients and have them buffered to an acceptable range.

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and this is exactly why I don't post unless I've used it myself. I've used Fox Farm products many many times and have never had these problems.