Tips/Help with my outdoor guerrilla soil mix please!

[Sweet_green]

I'm getting ready for my first outdoor grow this summer, guerrilla style. I'm totally overwhelmed with all the soil mixes I read on here, not knowing what is best for my conditions. So I thought I'd see what you guys have to say about it.

I'm going to be growing in the Cariboo region of BC, near my cabin, 5hrs from my home. The weather can go either way up there, but generally it's pretty dry during the summer, with intense thunderstorm downpours(and hail) some days. But there have also been years when it's been cold and wet the whole time. Hard to say what this summer will be like.

But seeing as it's 5hrs away(and I can't spend the whole summer up there), I need to be able to leave it for up to 2 weeks. I'll be watching the weather reports and asking other family members who might be up there what it's like.

So I think I should make my mix on the better water holding ability side vs good drainage?? Is it better to have over watered or under watered plants? Remember they need to be able to go up to 2 weeks before I can potentially tend to them.

My local dump gives away a free cubic metre of compost every May, and I can get Promix BX from a Hydro shop, as well as a good selection of top soils and potting soils from my local nursery(both organic and some with synthetic nutes added). Any other amendments like guano and meals I can order online. Will I also need lime?

My strain is going to be Texada Timewarp, which is 70/30% Sativa/Indica. I think they a light feeders, according to what I'm seeing with the moms in my hydro setup.

So given my situation, what is a good recipe I should be going with? Or any general tips you can give me?

Thanks a bunch

 

[GuerrillaDidgi]

my suggestion is get water polymer crystals and some osmicote 14-14-14 and mix all that into the natural soil and add some manure n cover the base of the plants with mulch or cardboard pinned down n call it a day just my opinion

 

[Sweet_green]

my suggestion is get water polymer crystals and some osmicote 14-14-14 and mix all that into the natural soil and add some manure n cover the base of the plants with mulch or cardboard pinned down n call it a day just my opinion

Hey thanks for the tips!

So do you mean put the mulch on top of the soil at the base of the stem? or put it at the base like the bottom of the roots? Same with the cardboard? What does the cardboard do?

Thanks

 

[GuerrillaDidgi]

base of stem...... this helps rain drain in and not evaporate out for example: ever flip a log over in the summer.... the forest ground is dry but under the log there is moisture..... same idea and also put plant at lower elevation than all the rest of the ground so water can drain into the hole collect and run straight to the roots

 

[ijim]

Ive buried a piece of perforated drain pipe in some holes. With a plug in the bottom and cotton rags through the holes in the bottom half. And stones from the hole around the top half. With the top about a quarter inch above the ground. When it rains the pipe fills and the cotton rags wick it back into the soil as it dries.

 

[slartibartfast4]

What is the soil like in the area your planting? for the most part the addition of organic matter will help both retaining water and adding nutes, personally after planting i like to mulch heavily but remeber to keep the mulch away from the stem as you can develop rot if your mulch is piled up against the lower parts of the stem.
Basically add whatever is easily available, in some of my more remote spots i like to get out there in early spring and make compost piles out of the sod and leaves from last year and mix this into any of my planting holes.
Describe the native soil and i will try to be more specific.
Slart