@Sebring do you have your creek, stream bed picked out already? … great podcast, Iv been tossing around the idea of getting a little clay incorporated to pots as well think what I have going on in the raised beds is happening something similar with all the worms constantly churning the mix and all.
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There are a ton of alluvial deposit sites around me. Going to try gathering some this weekend.
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Thanks for posting this shaping fire episode Sebring, its exactly the problem I have fucking my soil up. I have hydrophobic on top and compaction at the bottom, I see my water run down the pot and then exit the sides 4 inches up. My roots on the last 2 plants I chopped are not developed past 6 inches down. Time to re build my pots I think.
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I was able to gather up the stuff I was missing; pebbles, sand, silt from the bottom of a stream bed.
Tomorrow I’ll start assembling it all.
Frame with stapled 6mil plastic lining, double layered,
A layer of rocks,
A layer of sand, to complete the E layer
A little visual arrangement of components to allow us to better understand our components in the A layer.
With the A layer placed, we’ve filled the container about 1/3rd of the way.
Then I added used living organic soil to fill the container within an inch of the top.
Then I add Dynamyc mycorrhizal inoculant (the best myco product I’ve EVER used), and some Miniclover (or microclover, it’s the same stuff).
Finally, I covered everything in about 1/2-1 inch of mulch.
Now I just need to figure out which autos to plant.
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Looks good, is the silt anaerobic? He says to pump lots of air through the silt to make it aerobic. I was wondering if just letting it dry out would achieve the same results, as he said he collects it from places that are being dug up and no longer under water.
I have a quite heavy clay soil in my backyard, Nova Scotia was very glacial, a lot of iron in it as it’s a very red colour. What are you mixing your clay with?
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My whole back yard is mostly clay, so I’ll dig some up and mix it into the middle soil.
The silt is anaerobic, so I’m probably going to dry it out, which will make it aerobic.
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Are you planning to add a pipe on the side, like an earth box, for bottom feeding?
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I’m thinking about it. I was thinking I might also be able to use one to pump air through the soil to oxygenate the the silt in situ, so it goes aerobic.
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Apologies for my ignorance:
Is actively oxygenating soil a thing?
Also, I thought some anaerobic bacteria are good for plants in soil.
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A lot of anaerobes are bad, but a few is normal. I need to oxygenate the silt, because it’s too anaerobic, but I want to do it after I’ve mixed and poured it into place. Aerating soil is absolutely a thing! 
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I see the lowrider are these autos?
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How are you going to do that to achieve even dispersal?
An air manifold in the alluvial layer?
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I’m actually going to use the rock layer to spread the air, then it’ll perch through the sand layer, evening out the spread, then up through the soil. I’ll have to get a high volume of air to make it work, but I think I have a pump that will do it.
And… We’re ready to plant!!
(Some of the autos are crossed with lowryder.)
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Dude I don’t have any likes but I need to tell you how much I like this post! 
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Interesting info on the soil podcast you posted Sebring ! Signed up for the newsletter on the site they mentioned your part of . I’d sent a couple DM messages your mail box might be full inquiring what’s available right now . Thanks shiska
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We’re still getting the domains moved over, but this is what will be available shortly.
https://diygreenlife.com/seed-shop/
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Nice. I like the prices on your web-store 
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I am very glad to hear the shop will be open soon. My mom, bro’s, and sister are all wanting more of the CBD cream. My bro bought a large jar a while back, which everyone tried, and its about gone.
I see some M99 seeds from @Howard.Crane. It looks like the M99 is based on C99? Maybe Howard can fill in some details.
I really like the photo FEM C99 I grew last time around. I have been looking for some C99 autos, but have not found any yet, so these M99 have my interest.
Do they have a similar effect to t he C99? How big do they get and how long from seed to harvest?
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Care Bearz and gorilla slippers both sound pretty dam good too ! Liking the new site Sebring
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They’re not autos, they are photoperiod regulars. M99 is just shorthand for “mix of C99 hybrids open pollinated (with some stray Apollo hybrid pollen thrown in for good measure)”, which is a bit long-winded, lol.
It’s a stereotypical pollen chuck, where you have a bunch of outstanding plants that you think will make great offspring, so you just go for it without any other goal in mind.
I figured they’d mostly appeal to people like medical users who wanted a taste of the C99 family that was easy to grow and had a lot of vigor, but weren’t necessary looking for the long lost pheno they had “back in the day”, basically. There’s some pretty great genetics in there, but it’s a grab bag.
I would expect very fast, very branchy plants, on the sweet citrus/tropical side, with a heady buzz, on average.
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