Outdoor raised beds and soil recipes?

alright, thats sounds good.

at this point, the only problem I see is getting all the soil and what not the the area without someone driving/walking by at the sametime (maybe to it during the rain?) and clearing out the area of thorn bush

Nothing beats a night lit by a waxing moon. After a 20 minute light adjustment , you'll see just fine.

another few problems I have come across.

Cost of soil and such. I went to a farm/garden supply place today, and they have shit called "PRO-MIX", 3.8 cubic feet for like $22! And Black Cow is like $5 a bag there! Peat moss is $11 for 3.8 cub ft!!!

But that was this particular place, it might be cheaper in a different store. If not, I will have to get a job to pay for all of this! (I planned on getting a job anyways, but still!!!)

And, I dont have a truck to move all this shit!!! I just have my car. Its a pretty big car on the inside, with a big ass trunk. But if a friend would lend me a truck for a night or 2, that would be optimum.

The last problem (this would be a way in the future problem) is that, as of right now, I have nowhere to dry the buds. I am looking for places, but wtf would I do if I couldnt find a place to dry by harvest?

Yes, if you are on a budget ... nothing beats composting. You'll just have to shop around. Look in the yellow pages for "loose" topsoil, perhaps a commercial plant nursery might also sell bulk. You'll need a tarp and truck....

A cost cutting procedure may be to scale back the depth of the new soil by 1 foot. This would halve your soil cost. You might break up the native soil underneath, and sparingly mix in some black cow as you do it. Then put the final foot of new soil on top of the overturned soil.

CrackerJax said:

Yes, if you are on a budget ... nothing beats composting. You'll just have to shop around. Look in the yellow pages for "loose" topsoil, perhaps a commercial plant nursery might also sell bulk. You'll need a tarp and truck....

A cost cutting procedure may be to scale back the depth of the new soil by 1 foot. This would halve your soil cost. You might break up the native soil underneath, and sparingly mix in some black cow as you do it. Then put the final foot of new soil on top of the overturned soil.

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OK, so look in yellow pages for "loose top soil" or commercial nursery for cheap soil.


So you're saying to mix a little composted manure in the "native soil" (which is just shitty clay) for the bottom foot, and the top foot be the good soil?

Yep, if you keep the bottom 1 foot native... turn it over with a shovel and lightly mix in some compost...maybe 20%. That'll save you some dough.

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Yep, if you keep the bottom 1 foot native... turn it over with a shovel and lightly mix in some compost...maybe 20%. That'll save you some dough.

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I was clearing out more of the thorn brush today, and got to looking at the soil better. The ground has a lot of dead/composting vegetation and the soil seems to have more drainage than I thought. So your idea of mixing some Black Cow, and maybe throw in some perlite for a lil extra aeration/water retention , and this native soil may actually be good. Then throw some half and half mix of subcool's super soil mixed with regular potting soil, and I got some grade A soil.

Yep, that's the idea.... less cost and you won't notice the difference in the grow.

aight.

I cant thank you enough for all your help Cracker. You have been a serious contributer.

Happy to help....always.