Getting ready for next year's season

[sonoma]

Well folks, it's been a long time since I've posted here.....I need to do a little research. As some of you may know, I've been growing inside for a long time. I do well indoors, but I'm going outdoors next year. I've done lots of small outdoor gardens, 10 plants or less, but not this time......

I would like to know a few things.

1. What is the best soil mix? soil or soil-less?
Best = available in bulk, and fairly simple to mix and attain, yet turbo.

2. Should I make giant holes or should I use containers?

3. Should I put them together for ease of gardening, or spread them over the 80 acres?

4. Greenhouses?

5. pig, deer, birds, fox, etc?

6. 99 or 1000?

All comments are helpful, and I have my own answers to most of these questions, but I want to know what everyone else thinks.....maybe I'm missing something....

Thanks,
Sonoma

 

[smokeymacpot]

giant holes or trenches, grow some big big plants! tie them to the side slightly as any grouped plants may grow close together.
groups or spread out, depends what you think you can get away with, id spread a few groups of 3 plants around.
greenhouses, nice easy way to grow, if you have one use it.
99 females in massive holes, grown full season will no doubt get you so much you wont know what to do with it! haha but its ALOT of work doing that many holes!! then amending them, you'll not want to dig many!
1lb per "bush" if you do a reasonable job, but yield depends on many things.

 

[hamstring]

What smokey said^^

All that I would add is a quote from SilverBack. I guess to paraphrase "Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill"

Tip .05 from Silverback

- visit your proposed site and make some observations and assements about the native soil. Assuming that you need to carry in lots of nutrients or additives may result in lots of work but little increase in production. Notice the vigor and density of native growth and root systems, do a PH test and check for soil character. All the hard work in the world won't substitute for comprehensive planning. You may end up carrying soil, but do it because you have to, not because youve assumed its necessary.

PEACE

 

[neongreen]

You've gotten some good advice already.

A few big plants are better than lots of small plants IMO.

Learn how to properly amend the soil. Dig big trenches/holes, and plant at least 12 feet apart. Something like a "green manure" is worth looking into, and could save you allot of work.

I may be a bit biased, but I would recommend using "layering" to help keep them low (but big at the same time). I tried it this year, and got pretty good results considering how little sun I had to work with. See my thread here: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=114970&page=5

 

[BlueIApachee]

Get to know where your pig fox and deer birds roam, and what they do. Plant where they dont go. Backcountry has alot of good stuff, its around. Pests are a big deal tho man, and insects.

a Good spot, varying trails to the spot , replaced soil or even native mix, regular watering and food and pest control are the main things. People. Thats part of getting to know your area. Plant numbers are based on that. and the spot. really get that spot in your brain so you can go back to it later iny our head. see it from all views and youll have a birds eye later.

a park ive been going to for about 15 years now is in my head in such a way, the main area i have in my head is over a mile long says the map, 200+ campsites, the roads to em, bathrooms, drainditches, trees are a little fuzzier of course, but the just of it is clear to me when i try to invision the area. kinda like a map on a videogame actually, i could create a park level from memory. anyway the use in this is the view from the sky aspect. with the proper input you should be able to piece together your idea of what a plane might see.

spread them out man for sure. diig holes for some of them, 20 holes is a feat, pot the rest i say. dont do greenhouses imo

dont underestimate moles and voles. or bugs that get inside your stems.
plants live thru the stem eating if you find the point of entry (pallpoint pen sized hole) into the merger between hollow and solid stem and flus it with some kinda thin wire.

 

[BACKCOUNTRY]

sonoma- Are you talking about a legal medical grow, or a large scale non-guerrilla grow?

If you are medical, take a look for threads by butte(a California medical grower) here is one of his threads- http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=58970&highlight=california+medical

 

[BlueIApachee]

Ahh i almost forgot about that dream butte's livin. Outdoor scrog seemed to do him well as i recall so keep that in search and in mind. buttes operation is the most free american grow i think ive ever seen, and i mean he grows with freedom