There’s no questioning the benefits of keeping healthy soil. Currently my grow space comsists of a compost that’s been built over the last 10 or so years. Unfortunately lots of plastic peices have made their way into it. For next year I’m going to aim to rid it of as much as I can but it will be an uphill battle for sure. Any ideas or suggestions for me regarding that?
Sound advice thanks brother, for the previous grows I will admit I did not put nearly as much time and care into them as did my indoor grows. Of course that’s all up to me. This year is going to be different though which is why I’m asking for some tips!
Forgive my lack of knowledge on organics but what is AACT? And also the garden I grow in is probably a 20x10 foot space of composted grass clippings and other greens and veggies. Unfortunately bc of the grass clippings there is quite a bit of plastics in the compost. Just from being picked up by the lawnmower. Does this make the compost unfit for brewing? Even more so for growing cannabis?
Thanks for commenting! Can you explain how you deprive them of light? Especially in the ground? And also what would be a good starting point to convert all of my growing to organic? This time around I have half my plants in 10G pots sitting in Coast of Maine Stonington Blend. Ideally I would like to make a super soil and grow with that. But for now I think brewing Teas would be a good start. Should I be amending the COM? Or just brew with teas and water/feed like I do indoors with coco and nutes?
Cool thanks bro appreciated will be going down the rabbit hole at some point
Yeah that was/is my primary concern every so often TruGreen comes and sprays whatever the fick on the front lawn. So far only once this year in early April. How long would that exist in the compost? This year we’re going to see how it goes in the containers and in the garden. Then next year we’ll go with whatever worked out best. I would love to make use of the garden and its compost though. All of my grandfathers veggies come out great!
I used to get the used hay from the Expo center after cattle and horse shows, until an Ag professor from the university told me that some of the chemicals/drugs used in the animals took years to break down in compost. One advantage of being in the ground is that plants don't dry out as fast and it is easy to keep the roots cooler using mulch. I live in Oklahoma where heat is a big concern. It is hard to beat healthy living soil!
That makes a lot of sense, the more research I do, and the more ppl I talk to regarding super soils & organics. The more I feel like moving away from the mediums I’ve used outdoors and indoors. So the plan I’ve formulated for outdoor this year is to run the Coast of Maine SB and do a mix of top dressing and Teas. And build a super soil for the future grows. Not really made of money so I planned on purchasing one or two components to the super soil weekly and have it cooking for September. Currently going off of google searches and following the SC recipe. Although instead of bone and blood meal I’ll be using Fishbone meal and something else, still a little confusing. But I’ll definitely be asking questions here, and the guys at the Hydro store near me are super cool and knowledgeable so I know I can get the guidance I need.
Urea!
Ya it’s legal here, not so much worried about the guys themselves. As they mainly spray out front lawn more than what’s in the spray that’s on the clippings that goes into the garden.
The south shore, especially by Buzzards Bay is an amazing microclimate.
I fish that area FREQUENTLY, great freshwater fishing all over that area. I’m Bristol county, definitely should’ve gotten them more mature before putting them out. What do you mean by hardening? Currently having trouble with capsids. Last nights storm didn’t help either.
You basically want to titrate their exposure to the sunlight and general outdoor conditions. I have a window awning with a table under it where I put my seedlings, after transplanting from my starter tray to a paper cup or small pot, for a week. The first day or two will get six hours, the next 8 and so on and so forth until they get nearly a full day's sunlight under that awning, which provides partial shade. After that week they can be put out until they fill your small container, usually 1 to 2 weeks, then transplant to their final destination.
no it’s some sort of bug, pictured here. IPM is going to be a mountain this year. Idk what’s different from the previous years other than all the rain. But I only really had to deal with caterpillars, and some minor spider mites on one plant. Might be the last year I plant directly into the ground depending on how the container plants do outside this year.
