Is it ok to prepare the soil to a outdoor garden and let it set over the winter

codman2545

codman2545

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Me and a buddy of mine recently dug about a 5x10x1 foot hole in the ground and replaced the soil that was there with a peice of plastic w. holes for drainage, organic soil, manure, humus, and perlite. Is there anything else that would be good for the soil and do u think that is is ok to leave out for the winter?
 
weezer

weezer

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it is great to prepare now than you wont have to do it in spring
i dont think tyhe organics will wear out
you should dig 2 foot x 2foot holes
 
codman2545

codman2545

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Well me and my buddy are going to have more than that. We where deffinatly put a few more out around the country side where we live. How many plants do u think i can put in that one garden there?
 
weezer

weezer

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when you are throw with your can you come and do/help me with mine? haha
good luck and stay safe out there
 
weezer

weezer

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depends on strain
anywhere from august to november
you have lots of time do some reserch
 
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restlesswynd

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harvest when the plant is ready, or to beat the frost.

by all means prepare your soil for next year and let it sit all winter. that's what i do. as soon as fall harvest is done i pull the stalks, till the hole and add my ammendments. come spring, i till the soil to break it up and plant :)

i say 5' deep and 5' diameter. that's how we roll in norcal. or get a backhoe and dig out a 3-5' deep by however long trench and backfill it with your soil recipe :)
 
smalltownDill

smalltownDill

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i reuse my holes which are 2foot x2foot for about 5 years then replace the dirt the hole seem toget better year after year
 
weezer

weezer

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the frost wont help it
at a certain temp
cant just remember what it is but it will be around 43 degrees
the plant shuts down and does not start up again untill the days get back to 70 or so
heavy frost may kill bud then rot may become a problem
light frost some people say it is good for them.
i have had about 3 inches of snow on them one year
 
codman2545

codman2545

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Yea thats what we plan on doing.
I dont think that it will frost until mid or late october.
We plan on pulling them at the end of October.
 
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