well im thinking about these totes and pots i got in back of house,they are about 18in deep,so i was thinking about 6in in the bottom of pots and totes of soil,then add about 2inchs of course sand,then top all off with soil,reason for this is to stop water and feed from going straight threw and hold up on the sand to pressure makes it go threw and there for forcing water to sides and watering the pots more even if you dig,im going to also set up some arrangment for keeping side of them as you mentioned to keep them cool in direct sunlight,topped off with mulch of even maybe a cover of sort ,were i can still get into water them,sun just bakes the side of containers,i water a little then have to come back and get a good watering in once the sides have absorded enough to hold it ,down in the big garden my topsoil layer is only about 6in deep and i hit sediment,so i was thinking there of taking 4ft at a time and pulling topsoil off and to the side,putting in a layer of course sand,replacing top soil,after all done,building a frame around the whole damn thing and then coming in with some real good topsoil to level it out,starting over again,ya,lol,living on a rock has disadvantages for sure,but i will getrdone if you dig,im almost to the point of giving up,but i got a real hard head lmao,raised bed might be great for cooler weathers warming the soil,but aint good for shit when the heat is on,i cant keep that fine line of moisture in the beds to maintain just moist ,instead it more like water right then and striaght threw,it goes.
by the way got out and collected some fresh deer shit,got about 30 lbs of wheat bran,need to get some molasses,and a few other things,how much kamino and media pro would you add to that much wheat bran?