I can't speak for anyone else but I'm totally pumped up for this season! Please remember I'm in accordance with California laws and fallow them to a "T!" Ok for the size it's 19 feet wide and 43 feet long. Each plant will have 2.5 feet in each direction to spread out and all are surrounded with watering motes, these motes are leveled out to drain at the lowest end of field, to prevent water saturation, stagnant water, and root drowning. Leveling it out was a hard and tedious task.
The soil, is composed of 3 10 lb bags of small pearl lite & 1 15 lb. bag of large, 4 20 lbs bags of chicken manure, 7 20 lbs. bags of steer manure, 5 40 lbs bags of non-nutrient potting soil, 1 40 lb bag of rose bloom soil rich with bone meal, and shredded news paper to attract worms and their castings. This sounds like a large amount of additives but for the area used it may even be light. It smelled great too " sarcasm" anyways after spreading it all even over grow area I rototilled it with 2 separate laps of 2 thoroughly mix all making a kickass soil mix!
The field itself is aligned for maximum sunlight and out of the public eye and will be fenced off to keep out children, thieves, and animals. I would like to thank you for your time and any ideas you might have!View attachment 660826 View attachment 660827
Great to see someone else pumped to have an awesome grow this season. I admire the work you have already put into it. My garden area had snow on it until it just got rained off.
With the attention that your are obviously willing to commit to this season here in Northern California your plants are going to be really crowded together.
If I understand, your rototilled improved soil is spread evenly across your 800 square feet, then trenches into 4-4 square. You plan on irrigating by filling the trench with water. That is going to adversely affect your ability to weed the inner plants, take off dead leaves, check for insects, etc. etc. except when the irrigation trench is dry enough to walk through.
A well maintained outdoor garden in NorCal can easily demand 8 feet between plants. Last year my garden was planted only 6 feet across. Still too close together to get maximum light to all the buds, too close to walk between and too close to individually net each plant once they outgrow their 3 foot wide cages.
It seems early enough and easy enough to reconfigure your planting area and you may want to consider modifying it a bit.
i guess it could depend on the strain.
Either way, I hope you a tremendous success in your grow this year.