help need some in ground grow advice

Im thinking of making a garden bed for an outdoor autoflower grow. I have put a plant in the ground before but it got flooded out when it rained a lot. The soil around the grow area was too hard and the water drained off into the hole filled with the lighter mj growing soil and flooded it with the rain. how would i prevent that this time?

im also wondering if i could take existing soil from an area that had normal veggies growing at one point, its native soil amended with manures and peatmoss but it would still be denser so it would flood less or something?
please tell me what you think id appreciate it very much.

use containers, or smartpots.

Grow on a hillside or sloped grade in an area not prone to flooding. Dig trenches away from the grow holes with easy draining backfill. Add lots of perlite and sand to your mix.

I kind of wanted to try try something different than using pots and i want to try something that wouldnt make them rootbound though hasnt been a problem nesessarily.

What should i use for a back fill? how would it sound if i dug it out and raise and slope the edges away from the hole? any input on that?

try digging a hole and putting a big black garbage bag in the hole. cut holes in the bottom for drainage , fill with your soil mix and you should be good to go. now you will have 10-15 gallons for root space which will make sure you can yield a big plant. i think the garbage bag would keep out most of the water, you might get some at the very bottom of the bag by the drainage holes but it should be fine. this work best with non auto flowering strains sure to the abundance of soil but you could fit atleast 3-4 plants per bag. dig trenches around your plants too if needed.

sounds good. maybe i can put rocks at the bottom cover line the area with a tarp which i already have both and fill with the soil mix.

any other suggestions anyone?

clay soils are the hardest to amend. try to find a sloped area like ragnor said. the tarp idea might work if your hole is mounded up good. Rocks will just hold just as much water .But IMO you can try something different or you could do the best with what you've got, which involves using containers. It's the best option for what you are working with especially if your area gets a good amount of rain.

Have you thought of building a raised garden bed - to me that would be the perfect solution for you.

Allows you good drainage and perfect soil - because you fill it with whatever you want... and you'll have it year round with little maintenance... I would think that would beat f-ing around with a hole and a garbage bag.

Above post is assuming this is a backyard grow and not a guerilla....

Mr. M said:

sounds good. maybe i can put rocks at the bottom cover line the area with a tarp which i already have both and fill with the soil mix.

any other suggestions anyone?

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I grow outdoors in several different locations (different soil, etc.) Mainly, to avoid your problem, I just look for another spot, one that's not so wet. But I have had spots with excellent cover, but a tad too wet, and I just built the plants up out of the ground, if you know what I mean, like when I transplanted to ground, half of the root ball was above ground level, and I just added some more soil, so roots weren't exposed, and built around it with stones, so it went _/ \_, hope that makes sense