If your feeding with osmocote, your soil mix is mostly about texture vs your environment.
Hot and sunny will require something that holds more water without pooling vs wet environment will require something with extra drainage. Etc.
If your climate is anything like mine, we go through it all lol⊠so I do light mix, some water gel, osmocote and clover and can practically plant and only come back to harvest, not recommended but doable.
Itâs a pretty mixed bag at the lake. Sometimes itâs dry as hell for some time while others it pours rain for half the summer. We are in a strange weather corridor, lol.
Never used osmocote, but I know people use it successfully in all perlite hempies and have success, so it really must be a well rounded feed.
Also, I frequent a botanical garden, and I have been watching this bag slowly shrink over the months in a greenhouse with citrus trees, cacti, and tropical plants including birds of paradise and coffee trees. Iâm sure itâs not all they use, but it is the only thing I have ever seen there.
Yeah for sure is the same climate hehe
12c nights, 40c days, when it rains it pours, if itâs sunny itâs an oven đ«
Yeah, last summer was quite hot and dry. The clones I put outside did pretty good considering I didnât do anything with them other then dig 4 holes, fill with Happy Frog and dropped them in. Then I added some Osmocote on my next visit. This year I am going the Auto route to ensure a harvest mid Aug. Sept is always so iffy there and the temps usually drop quick at that time of the year.
I have had great success using Osmocote on both indoor and outdoor plants. I highly recommend its use.
We bought it by the pallet at a vineyard down the road. Me and 3 other guys planted 12,000 vinifera benchgrafts (grafted grapevines). Tossed a handful at the newly planted vine and moved onto the next spot.
Another product you should innoculate your faves with in outdoor grows is VAM @DougDawson. I have both VAM and have used MicroApply for decades. https://mycorrhizae.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IAPS1-Endo-AppSpec-Sheet-v2.2-Web.pdf
Itâs all about the roots.
Mycorrhizal Fungi for Cannabis
Rhizophagus irregularis aka Glomus intraradices is a species of mycorrhizal fungus. It is a beneficial fungus that is specific to and the very best for cannabis. Both hemp and marijuana profit from its use. The fungal hyphae attach themselves to the roots of the cannabis plant. This can effectively triple the root mass of the plant. The fungal hyphae extend out and basically extend the root system of the cannabis plant. Itâs a win-win situation! The plants get access to more minerals and nutrients than it would have gotten without the fungus. The fungus gets more carbohydrates that it wants and needs to grow. So both the roots and fungus will grow larger, and larger roots means bigger, more robust plants with better yields.
@Mithridate, whatâs up with the clover? Cover crop?
Iâve planted acres at my place in legumes and green manure crops - specifically Madrid yellow sweet clover (vs white Hubam), Hairy Vetch and elbon rye.
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Correct. Mostly to slow evaporation in spots where irrigation lines are unreliable or impossible.
Curious as to why you plant clover all over? Itâs nitrogen fixing properties?
what size container would you recommend, or does it matter? Could I use this to pheno hunt in 1gals or should I use something bigger.
Was a prep, and yes for the N fixing. Former owner did the usual plow, fertilize, plant, harvest drill. Resulted in a hard soil pan situation with my clay loam. The clover acted as a bio soil plow due to its invasive, branching root system. Volunteers would invade my sand stockpile, greenhouse pots, etc. I hit this with my tractorâs bucket while getting a load of washed builders sand. It had a tall bunch of leaves and a deep root system.
They reseed ya know. Been going on 18 years now.
Use this food for any situation.
Would you know how the osmocote would be mixed in this type of setup. layered, homogeneous mix?
Mix it into the top. IOW words add after youâve upcanned to a new pot and mix and just scratch it into the top inch with your finger. Water, done.
yes, i get that on a normal type container. iâm trying to find out for a hempy bucket/autopot/octopot type setup, wher the water is on the bottom of the pot.
Sorry, I donât do abnormal. 
Youâre on your own.
Hereâs a guy who does exactly that, @wattsaver at RIU
This is exactly what I was talking about. 
Nelson Lindsey aka âpoetry of plantsâ was repping this stuff as an improvement over osmocote and cannabis specific. https://beanstalkcrf.com/
