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Hey everyone. I've just recently started using soil again for my current run. I have a Blueberry mother plant, and am going to pick a 2nd mother from a batch of Afghan Kush seeds that I'm vegging now, once I sex them. My mother's and clones are grown in Great Lakes Water Only soil.
I'd like to use the same soil for my veg cab, and my flower tent. Mother's are in 3gal containers, clones are rooted in solo cups, and I'd like to build a 3ft x 4ft x 6in bed in my flower tent using a 2x6 frame covered with a tarp to transplant clones into once rooted, and run a perpetual 12/12 from rooted clone sog setup. If more soil depth is needed, I could use 2x8, or 2x10 for the frame.
I've done some reading regarding living soil, no till, ect, but I'm still a little confused as there's so many different opinions and methods out there. I'm looking for a setup that will be the least amount of input, and that I will be able to harvest, and transplant the new batch of clones within a week of harvest.
Would I be able to fill the bed with the water only soil, add some worms, water with molasses from time to time, top dress with leaves and stems from defoliation/harvest, and be off to the races, or will I need to do more to maintain the soil? A cover crop maybe? What would be a good, easy to maintain cover crop to keep the soil fed?
I do not have a compost, or an area for one, but if needed I can get Coast of Maine Quoddy Blend Lobster Compost locally. While I know that there is no such thing as a set it and forget it system, I'm just looking for something that I can just water when needed, and have a minimum amount of interaction as far as the soil goes, while being able to fairly seamlessly transfer from one batch of clones to the next.
I'm not against holding off on the soil bed, and using separate containers for each plant, but from what I've read, a larger volume of soil is better in a living system, and I'd still like to beable to reuse the same soil as much as possible. Right now I take clones, root them in a bubble cloner, transfer them into solo cups until 6-8" tall, then transplant into 2.5L green soda bottles, then into the flower tent after a few more days to a week.
If what I'm asking isn't feasible, then I can stick to buying new soil each grow, but I'd still like some advice on how to properly keep the soil fed so that it will get me from start to finish without mixing nutes.
Still a fairly inexperienced grower. I've had a couple decent runs in soil and a decent one in hydro, followed by a number of bad ones lately, and I'm just trying to find an easy, mostly foolproof system that will work for me while I learn more about growing, and not having to worry about nutes. Any input is appreciated.
I'd like to use the same soil for my veg cab, and my flower tent. Mother's are in 3gal containers, clones are rooted in solo cups, and I'd like to build a 3ft x 4ft x 6in bed in my flower tent using a 2x6 frame covered with a tarp to transplant clones into once rooted, and run a perpetual 12/12 from rooted clone sog setup. If more soil depth is needed, I could use 2x8, or 2x10 for the frame.
I've done some reading regarding living soil, no till, ect, but I'm still a little confused as there's so many different opinions and methods out there. I'm looking for a setup that will be the least amount of input, and that I will be able to harvest, and transplant the new batch of clones within a week of harvest.
Would I be able to fill the bed with the water only soil, add some worms, water with molasses from time to time, top dress with leaves and stems from defoliation/harvest, and be off to the races, or will I need to do more to maintain the soil? A cover crop maybe? What would be a good, easy to maintain cover crop to keep the soil fed?
I do not have a compost, or an area for one, but if needed I can get Coast of Maine Quoddy Blend Lobster Compost locally. While I know that there is no such thing as a set it and forget it system, I'm just looking for something that I can just water when needed, and have a minimum amount of interaction as far as the soil goes, while being able to fairly seamlessly transfer from one batch of clones to the next.
I'm not against holding off on the soil bed, and using separate containers for each plant, but from what I've read, a larger volume of soil is better in a living system, and I'd still like to beable to reuse the same soil as much as possible. Right now I take clones, root them in a bubble cloner, transfer them into solo cups until 6-8" tall, then transplant into 2.5L green soda bottles, then into the flower tent after a few more days to a week.
If what I'm asking isn't feasible, then I can stick to buying new soil each grow, but I'd still like some advice on how to properly keep the soil fed so that it will get me from start to finish without mixing nutes.
Still a fairly inexperienced grower. I've had a couple decent runs in soil and a decent one in hydro, followed by a number of bad ones lately, and I'm just trying to find an easy, mostly foolproof system that will work for me while I learn more about growing, and not having to worry about nutes. Any input is appreciated.
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