See the index at dirtdoctor,com (read about cornmeal, zeolite, seaweed, compost tea, earthworms, Epsom salt, Aloe Vera, Garrett Juice and all kinds of neat stuff.) and the pics at compostcaptainalabama.com
Whole Ground/Stone Ground Cornmeal (not that bleached/enriched shit) will kill bad bacteria in the soil & also add nutes. Greensand & Epsom salt adds minerals to your soil. Liquid seaweed if full of nutes, and will kill spider mites if sprayed every 7 to 10 days, plus foliar feed your plant. You will not have spider mite problems if the Ladies are healthy, but spray the seaweed anyway. During the full moon, your Ladies will sing "We Will Rock You !!" Tabasco sauce, sprayed will keep rabbits away. For a plant cleaner, a new safe product is out called "Plant Wash". It's safe for everything. 100% pure molasses/Back strap feeds the plants & microbes & speeds the bio-breakdown of the soil for better absorption for the roots. You can order 1 plus lbs. of red wiggler worms on-line. The worms, along with the help of the microbial life, the soil will be constantly cultivated & enriched. Worm Casting/shit is the highest nutrient material known to man. I highly recommend using worms. However, stay away from poultry manure, worms don't like it. A product called Rose Glow (not other shit that sounds like it) was found to make EVERYTHING bloom like crazy. Master Gardeners use Super Thrive as an IV for sick plants & root systems. But a little of that during the entire grow should do really well. Fish Emulsion is great for Vegg state, but I add a little throughout until 30 days prior to harvest. For ant control, mop floors & clean counter tops with orange oil & water- 2 ozs. per gal, then pour used mop water on ant beds. Or, use Green Light ant bait with conserve. It safe for pets & people. D.E. (Diatamatious (?) Earth is good to kill caterpillars & such. Spraying Beneficial Nematodes in your back yard will take care of all the eggs laid in ground, fleas, grasshoppers, termites, and helps with ants. Only buy the ones on a blue sponge, sealed in a zip lock bag, refrigerated. the "dry" ones are no good. 1 to 2 million for about $8.00. The Zeolite absorbs nutes & time releases them, plus will balance your soil. Aloe Vera will regenerate plant tissue (fucking amazing), For fun, check out "How to grow Grapes for wine", the different styles of trellis systems. "Air Layering" is really cool, also.
Pick up your cornmeal, Epsom salt & Molasses at the Local Grocery store. The soil mixture has to be really mixed well together. I do the dry mix first. I use 5' plastic Kiddie Pool(s) for worms & mixing. They probably won't be available this time of year. A cement slab will work. Don't know why, but peat moss kills the microbes in the soil, but with good cultivators working your soil, water retention won't be a problem.
Now you need a good base to start with. 60% of the mixture. If you can find grass fed cows in a pasture, get as much fresh or old cow manure as possible, or at least one 5 gal. bucket per plant. Not from a feed lot, that shit will grow 2 dicks on a very happy monkey. Check the local papers for people raising Rabbits. Rabbit manure is a goldmine. Worms do best in straight rabbit or cow manure. Go on-line for the nearest mushroom farm. If one is close enough, a full, near over loaded truck load can be had for $20. bucks. People have grown lots of vegetables straight in this material. It's free or cheap. But if you can't get it, not to worry. The excuse is top dressing for your yard. Look at the pics at the Compost Captains sight also, how healthy the plants are. That fucker knows what he's doing.
This is the South, there will be more than enough pure sunshine, so if there is some shade, don't worry. I LOVE dappled shade. When the temp says 100 degrees, Dude, that's in the shade. I ask, via on-line, the weather man how many lumen the full sun puts out. 72,000 to 90,000. Ask your local weather person. For cammo & masking the pot odor, get some nylon trot-line cord at Walmart or whatever to plant vines. Sweet Peas puts out good ordors. Ask the local Nursery person about highly odorous vines. For a "living Privacy Wall", plant Cucumbers, canalopes, blue mountain green beans(running, not bush), cherry tomatoes, the moon vine & bird house gourds. The shortest day was around Dec. 21. Determine where the sun will fall during the dog days. Morning sun is said to be better than evening sun. A black or dark green water hose left under pressure in full sun will "Steam". Not good. City water, not good. A plastic 55 gal. drum is good to let the water release BS in the water. There is a thing I ordered on line at some Nursery Supplies place called a "Dram". Don't know how to spell it, rhymes with Palm. All it is is a male/female waterhose adapter that connects to your outdoor facet, and has a ball valve in it, with a 1/4" tube running from it. It's worth it's weight in gold. Just set a 5 gal. bucket next to the facet, add any & all liquid nutes in the bucket, pre-measured of course, and fill with water. Your nutes can be sprayed as far as your hose will reach. The dilution depends upon the water pressure. I like to wet the soil prior to feeding, so the nutes will not stay on top. There is a feeding system called "air something" where a high pressured tube is stuck in the ground, the air pressure makes a small hole for air, rain, nutes and/water to get to the root system. With this concept in mind, force your root system to travel. Take a 3/8th" fiberglass stick/rod, & poke holes 3 inches outside the plants canopy. One every 6" inches or so. Fill them with nutes, especially on the high side where less water is available. What the goal is, is to allow your root system to grow twice as big as with normal ferting methods. If this shit isn't fun, get back in the damn closet. Also, in your mind, pull a root bound plant out of a pot. See the rooting system contoured to the pot, going in circles? So,... NEVER dig a round hole, always with conners to force the roots to dig in. That, with the nute holes, we just may have something to behold. Keep your plants top soil about 3" below natural grade. That serves as a mini water catcher. Plus, during a rain, the lightening puts pure, natural nitrogen in the rain water. Fucking cool. You'll want your plants to "Get Some". Plus, you can dump a gal. of water quick, without waste. The world largest tomato growing people ferts twice per week. So once per week , with that big healthy root system, Oh Shit ! Thus far, all we have is a few items from the store, and a place to mix up the Perfect Beast. Plus a few of this & that. Time to get started. A Diary is needed. See Part 2.