daemos
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Saw this a few years back always wanted to try it. Seems like all the things needed for the recipe would be pretty viable here to get in Australia I would think?
Always wanted to do a decent outdoor grow and I have recently been given permission from a friend who has a bit of a large space outdoors to grow a couple of plants there.
Anyways here's a previous post from a member here at IC asking Tom about his recipe for large outdoor plants with his reply:
Hi Jenn,
I've played with a lot of different soil recipes over the years, 1rst year new soil mixes, as well as yearly additives. Here's a very simple mix that is well proven and I am comfortable recommending for those large outdoor containers. It gives about 50 cubic feet or just over 300 gallons (dry U.S), and fills a 6ft diameter container to a depth of about 18inches - perfectly.
25 bags black gold potting soil (1.5cf ea)
4 bags stutzman farms chicken manure (1 cf ea)
1 bag perlite (4 cf ea)
1 bag (50 lbs) bonemeal (steamed, not precipitated)
1/2 bag gypsum (aprox 1/2 cf) - Edit -> 1/2 of a 40 lb bag (20lbs).
Mix well, water thoroughly, let rest for 2-3 weeks minimum, transplant, and stand back
Best Regards,
Tom
Now I am thinking of getting this all together and as Tom has said let it rest for a couple of weeks and in the mean time get some seeds from the boo by the time I get them I will obviously sprout and find out the sex of the seedlings then transplant which should be just in time with the outdoor growing season here in Oz. What size pots would I need to grow outdoor semi decent outdoor trees in for this mix?
Another dilemma is what type of strain would be good to grow here in Australia. Super silver haze? some kind of Thai cross? Durban cross? any suggestions will be great appreciated and thanks for your time.
D.Mos
Always wanted to do a decent outdoor grow and I have recently been given permission from a friend who has a bit of a large space outdoors to grow a couple of plants there.
Anyways here's a previous post from a member here at IC asking Tom about his recipe for large outdoor plants with his reply:
Hi Jenn,
I've played with a lot of different soil recipes over the years, 1rst year new soil mixes, as well as yearly additives. Here's a very simple mix that is well proven and I am comfortable recommending for those large outdoor containers. It gives about 50 cubic feet or just over 300 gallons (dry U.S), and fills a 6ft diameter container to a depth of about 18inches - perfectly.
25 bags black gold potting soil (1.5cf ea)
4 bags stutzman farms chicken manure (1 cf ea)
1 bag perlite (4 cf ea)
1 bag (50 lbs) bonemeal (steamed, not precipitated)
1/2 bag gypsum (aprox 1/2 cf) - Edit -> 1/2 of a 40 lb bag (20lbs).
Mix well, water thoroughly, let rest for 2-3 weeks minimum, transplant, and stand back
Best Regards,
Tom
Now I am thinking of getting this all together and as Tom has said let it rest for a couple of weeks and in the mean time get some seeds from the boo by the time I get them I will obviously sprout and find out the sex of the seedlings then transplant which should be just in time with the outdoor growing season here in Oz. What size pots would I need to grow outdoor semi decent outdoor trees in for this mix?
Another dilemma is what type of strain would be good to grow here in Australia. Super silver haze? some kind of Thai cross? Durban cross? any suggestions will be great appreciated and thanks for your time.
D.Mos