Butte County Outdoor '11

Here are the babies in the tent before taken to the farm, a 4 x 4 Secret Jarden with an 8 light 4 foot T5

Here is the photo of the babies in the grow tent before going outside

Here is the water tank, 1550 gallons

This is the land when we first got it, lots of weeds and the soil from last year was just put on the land in mounds, we moved the dirt out, dug out new holes approx 8 feet wide and 3 feet deep

Here is the tractor work in progress, took him about 2 days to dig out the holes and refill with dirt

Here is the last day before everything got planted, most of the plants are about 2-3 feet tall and all have extensive roots.

The plants have mainly been getting General Organics BioThrive Grow, GO CalMag, GO Bio Root, and Liqued Karma

Going to start giving a light foliar feeding of Humboldt Nutrients Verde

Within the next 2 weeks going to start brewing my Compost Teas for both drenching and foliar feeding. Looking to get an atomizer in the next few weeks for foliar feeding.

The current lineup

nice start - should be epic

Where did you get all those white 'pots'? Or are they buckets? Why did you dig out 3' deep? Are you going to raise beds, use Smart Pots or just put them directly into the ground (which, if that's the plan, then the depth makes more sense)?

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Indeed! Epic!

Ya that a lot of plants, they look good ,to bad most of them wont finish before november!!And I was wondering the same thing as seamaiden?(are you going to use smart pots or plant them in the ground?)

Seamaiden said:

Where did you get all those white 'pots'? Or are they buckets? Why did you dig out 3' deep? Are you going to raise beds, use Smart Pots or just put them directly into the ground (which, if that's the plan, then the depth makes more sense)?

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The pots are the new white pots from Hydrofarm. I really like them, I had the plants start in the 7 x 7, then moved them to the 12 x 12. Since they are square they can stack into spaces well, they also have good drainage on the sides and bottoms. Here is the link to the pots.




The plants are going into the ground, the hole depths range from about 2.5 feet - 3 feet. I considered the smart pots but went with in ground, hopefully that was a wise choice

wow this is going to get big

looking great so far, man wish i needed a tractor/earth mover for my outdoor;@) mack , hope you get a good season.

Paul Nepal said:

The pots are the new white pots from Hydrofarm. I really like them, I had the plants start in the 7 x 7, then moved them to the 12 x 12. Since they are square they can stack into spaces well, they also have good drainage on the sides and bottoms. Here is the link to the pots.




The plants are going into the ground, the hole depths range from about 2.5 feet - 3 feet. I considered the smart pots but went with in ground, hopefully that was a wise choice

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I personally think it will work better for you, for a couple of reasons. First, and a very important one for me due to previous experiences (with black nursery pots) and how heat can kill, quickly, when the root zone gets too hot. Another reason is that the ground itself acts as a temperature regulator. Also, you'll need to water much less being directly in-ground. Then (I think I'm hitting the fourth reason here, so much for the ability to count) there's the fact that the roots can find their way into the earth and make use of the minerals, etcetera, that are right there. And on to a fifth reason! Soil live can VERY easily find its way into the growing zone.

Yep. I can haz numbers.

Here is a look at 1 in the ground, this is from approx 2 weeks ago

Here are some pictures of the Blackwater, across the board these are biggest plants so far, lots of structure and branching.

Blackwater