Been a while in the making but I decided its time to post and to be a part of this community that has been very inviting and informative!
Long backstory short I started growing on Jan 1st of 2021 after AZ went legal. Kind of my New years resolution to cultivate my own and ditch the dispos. I originally started like I know quite a few of us have, on youtube, trying to figure out what looked the most accomplishable. I ended up going with dry amendments in coco and it worked fairly well. I stuck with it for a full year with the same strain from @greenpointseeds “periwinkle pie”. Loved it so much it made me learn to clone and experiment. I honestly didn’t know what passion was until I found growing. Even with the trial and error I just fell in love with it though I didn’t deviate to far from the path. By the end of that first year I decided it was time to take it to another level and covert the ol’ garage I hardly used into a space to cultivate. The space has come a long way since the beginning of the year but is still not complete and under construction and caused me to stop growing for the last few months.
Which brings me to the now. Decided to jump back into the game in a small setup just to pass the time and keep me growing. Currently in a 2x4 and 2x2. Also, decided I would up the ante and jump into SOIL. I’ve done some research and asked more than my fair share of question to more experienced growers than I… @DefNSmokn@other_barry@vaportrail and @Oheeeoh who are great dudes! With all that said I guess I’ll just get into it.
The the video I’m linking was shot by me having fun with editing and the soil was made by my lady who graciously set it up for me! She enjoys getting down in the garden with me and I love it that we can share this. This soil batch we made was a bit of an experiment testing what we can get locally and had laying around as well as adding a few things we had to source elsewhere. Bit of a coots/build a soil/Mr. Canucks grow idea coming all together as one. Check it out and watch in 1080p!
Once that soil was setup it sat for a few weeks. I was given a cut by @DefNSmokn of @greenpointseeds PebblePusher which I was super thankful for as well as started up a seed that was gifted to me by my lady of my favorite Strain Maui Wowie by Pacific Seed bank which I don’t know much about but again thankful for
Currently the plants seem happy and are on the up and come
I’ll pull up a chair if that’s cool… anxious to see the garage!
Glad you made the switch to soil, careful though, there are a plethora of rabbit holes to fall down!
I will absolutely do it once its finished… I have pictures for days on the progress but I would like it to be one solid post for later on down the road!
I used a base of a local mix I can get by Dr. Q’s “organic soil” which I was wary of but options were low and tried to get a list of what they use specifically for their “compost” but of course I got a run around but shipping soil gets expensive so i gave it a whirl. The base soil is a bag mix (2CF) of CSPM, Coir, compost, and composted softwood bark. I Added another 7 gallons for aeration… split between par boiled rice hulls and 3/8 pumice. I also low dosed some 4-4-4 by Down to earths at 1 TBS per gallon of soil and same with the Oyster Shell. I also added 10% volume of the 21 gallons of worm castings and then watered in all with the kelp help and let it sit for a couple of weeks. total batch added up to roughly 23 gallons total. Cost wise I couldn’t tell you because I had quite a bit of it sitting at home and only a few things I had to purchase. hope this helps.
Do tell… I have seen if you’re not ahead of the game you can run into problems since it takes the Microbes some time to breakdown those amendments. May have to get my Tea game strong but I have a solid team in my discord group. The ways are strong with them!
Maybe mix in a bucket of kitchenscraps?
Feed those fungi, they like their carbohydrates!
Welcome here, glad you’re joining and choosing soil!
It is also whispered that covercrops are pretty cool around these parts.
I actually want to start up a worm bin but I never though about that in my pots? What kind of scraps are preferable. I’ve seen most of what can be added to a worm bin does the same apply to your pots? Also much love to the covercrops I have a 10g right now that is setup with some red crimsom clover and its doing well and decided to add another plant that @DefNSmokn gifted. Its in a bit of recovery from derps on my part but its coming along! Thanks for all the imput! glad to be here!
Any fruit, veg and mushroom bits!
I just throw them on top of the soil.
But not everyone is ready for that.
Check out my grow journal if you wanna have a peek at what that looks like.
I do all kinds of experiments, it’s great fun keeping it as simple as I am lazy!
Always down for experiments. I actually have a bad habbit with experimenting! its gotten me in trouble a few times … I will check out those journals! going there now! All the knowledge I can absorb will be welcomed by my freshies!
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