Well it's been a minute. The beds are still going very well and I couldn't be more pleased. I've further reduced my workload. It almost seems wrong that this is so easy. I'm digging a hole slightly larger than the plant's rootball is that im transplanting.
Throw a handful of worms/ewc into the hole. Throw my ammendments somewhere close to on top. Cover with the dirt. No dirt mixing at all. No foliar feeding. No tea making. All i do is go in there and make sure the drippers are dripping.
At this moment in time, I honestly cannot imagine a more effortless grow. But I am quite certain something will come along and remove another menial task from my readily dwindling list of 'things I need to do to grow good pot'.
Beautiful plants man, if you didn't tell me you were running a no-till grow I would've been able to tell just because of how healthy those really are. I love the waxy shine of leaves when they hit that last stage of health... that along with praying are my two favorite things about growing I think. I just transplanted into my 2nd cycle no-till so I have yet to see the simplicity before my own eyes, but it definitely does feel wrong starting a new run without mixing up/recycling a batch of soil
How many cycles have you been no-tilling?
Olliver Wendell once said (I'll never forget) "I could give a fig for simplicity on this side of complexity, but would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity."
I look at what we do in the same light - I could give a damn for simple and mindless gardening where all you have to do is read the shiny bottle and apply. I'd rather put in the years of trial and error to find the simplicity in logical gardening. It's so complex at first, but as you know it gets easier as time goes on and things begin lining up more clearly as far as how the entire soil system really works. Advancing into no-till is finding that simplicity on the other side of complexity I think.
Shhh. I dissolve it into denatured alcohol and foliar feed/drench. This technique is HIGHLY experimental and I wouldn't recommend ANYONE doing this to their plants. But it COULD account for the waxiness, i dunno.