Desert Sativa's 2011 Garden

Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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DesertSativa said:
Sounds good. Yeah, it should be a nice, long season and I am lucky enough that I am able to start so early. Those plants should love the Fox Farm. Will you have them on a drip system or hand water them? I am using three different soils (four if you count the planting beds) this year and all are behaving differently. Some plants are potted in re-used Miracle Grow potting soil from the last few years, some are planted in Miracle Grow In ground soil, and a few are in Fox Farm. The reason I am going in to all this is that they all have different moisture retention. Honestly, for the upcoming summer here, I like the Miracle Grow for In ground use the best so far because it has the highest moisture retention. It still drains well, but doesn't dry out too quickly. What is strange is the Potting Mix Miracle grow drys out the fastest. So for my climate's needs, I would rank them Miracle Grow in ground first, Fox Farm Second, and Miracle Grow Potting mix third. The planting beds are filled with organic compost that has awesome moisture retention but isn't water logged. The only problem with it is that it literally has no nutrients in it so I have to hand feed every couple of weeks but that is turning out to be fun. Sorry for the rambling, but it is my thread damn it!
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I dig the rambling ;) haha :)


I'm going to hand water! The water out of the hose is SHIT I think, full of minerals - hard water..... sand :lol:

So I'm filling up gallon jugs off of the FILTER on the tap, then balancing the pH to where it should be.... then adding small rooting additives, and superthrive. Using that on all my veggies. Just to help them along. Probably going to use my left over Technaflora nutes too.


I'm the same for water retention/drainage, but I added about a handful or two of perlite down at the bottom.... I also put some small river rocks at the bottom of the pots to assist in drainage. i'm using big clay pots and they only have one large drain hole at the bottom!

I'm in the desert over here in Ayzee

Temps will get hot, but the area the plants are in probably gets FULL on direct sunlight for 6-10 hours, then very bright indirect sunlight for the rest of the day. Pretty much all year slightly changing with the seasons. I feel like full on sunlight 12 hours a day in 110F weather would probably KILL my plants. But 8 hours a day of full sun, and 80F-100F they should survive!


I'm putting the tomatos in rather large pots. I'm not sure if they will even fill them out by the end of the season but it will be an experiment!
 
mellokitty

mellokitty

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*sigh*
lookit all that nice *dry* ground.... (been pissing here for weeks and i'm worried my garden might drown).

i got some nice goodies this weekend too. if the weather lets up i'll take some pics ;)
 
DesertSativa

DesertSativa

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mellokitty said:
*sigh*
lookit all that nice *dry* ground.... (been pissing here for weeks and i'm worried my garden might drown).

i got some nice goodies this weekend too. if the weather lets up i'll take some pics ;)
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Well hopefully the weather improves for you. Actually, we might get some rain this week which will be a pleasant surprise for my garden!
 
DesertSativa

DesertSativa

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Here are some pictures of the plants in the organic bed. The rough tomatoes are looking better and better everyday. Any questions, let me know.
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