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And also, out of curiosity, you never really see people doing ROLS with airpots, only with fabric pots, is there a reason for this? Are airpots not ideal for living soil or are they just not ideal for the recycled part. Or am I way of base here and they would be a great choice for recycling your living soil?
Also do people use cover crops on their first round of doing living soil or is that something to be done starting the 2nd or 3rd round kinda to rejuvinate the soil?
Lastly, if it is your first round doing a living organic soil should you even worry about any mulch?
Woah! Thanks for the info!!Smart pots are preferred over plastic by preference of the farmer. I have airpots and fabric. The fabric is my preference but I use both.
Cover crops should be used in the beginning because they establish a community of microbes to build a mycorrhizal network. They also till the soil, retain moisture, provide green manure, house beneficials and I've noticed act as a canary in a gold mine. They'll so nitrogen issues first and this will probably scare you but mites like them. They show mite damage right away and will signal you faster than cannabis because our canna leaves don't show damage as quick. Besides, it's purdy. Lol
Mulch is your saving grace. It provides moisture that your microbes need to not fall dormant. I use SIPs of perlite and bottom feed my containers so the mulch keeps my soil evenly moist which is what you need to have vigorous plants. I've not used it the past at all, used just dead mulch like leaves and living mulch. Living mulch is where it's at and dead mulch works well too but no mulch and I had all sorts of issues by the wet dry cycles.
Smart pots are preferred over plastic by preference of the farmer. I have airpots and fabric. The fabric is my preference but I use both.
Cover crops should be used in the beginning because they establish a community of microbes to build a mycorrhizal network. They also till the soil, retain moisture, provide green manure, house beneficials and I've noticed act as a canary in a gold mine. They'll so nitrogen issues first and this will probably scare you but mites like them. They show mite damage right away and will signal you faster than cannabis because our canna leaves don't show damage as quick. Besides, it's purdy. Lol
Mulch is your saving grace. It provides moisture that your microbes need to not fall dormant. I use SIPs of perlite and bottom feed my containers so the mulch keeps my soil evenly moist which is what you need to have vigorous plants. I've not used it the past at all, used just dead mulch like leaves and living mulch. Living mulch is where it's at and dead mulch works well too but no mulch and I had all sorts of issues by the wet dry cycles.
I hate fabric pots.... never before have I felt like such a molester than trying to unroll that cock sock off my roots...
I just got the clover mix from buildasoil...it will be my first time trying it now in a week or so when i pop some beansI personally use a mix of 2 mixes... I have a lot of clover varieties...
http://www.groworganic.com/subterranean-clover-mix-rhizocoated-lb.html
http://www.groworganic.com/pv-easy-care-cover-crop-mix-nitroctd-lb.html
you wouldnt be bad off to add
http://www.groworganic.com/organic-soil-builder-mix-raw-lb.html
considering the price per pound....
*you'd have to continuously chop and drop the last one...
my plants seem to do best with the clover added. i'm not a fan of TP with the smarties thats for sure. the longer they grow in there, the harder it is to remove them. for this new set up I have, i'm planning on just one or two TPs max. the new plastic pots i have are doing really well. the drainage is great.I hate fabric pots.... never before have I felt like such a molester than trying to unroll that cock sock off my roots...
I'll add that a green mulch like chia and clover add small flowers...
pollen is a food source for predators in the absence of prey...
the clover in particular is very similar to cannabis in terms of its root exudes and its preferred ph in the rhizosphere, so rhizosphere interactions between clovers actually strengthen and increase the size of the rizosphere of the cannabis plant
Nice! Thank you so much for breaking it down! Im using the airpot prop cells to start my beans out then im switching to the 3gal airpot as the final container and thats the pot i will put down the cover crop...i just need to find some place with hay or straw like you got!my plants seem to do best with the clover added. i'm not a fan of TP with the smarties thats for sure. the longer they grow in there, the harder it is to remove them. for this new set up I have, i'm planning on just one or two TPs max. the new plastic pots i have are doing really well. the drainage is great.
@Lazerus00
i just planted seeds of pot and clover all at the same time and they grew up all together. worked just fine. i leave a three inch area around the cannabis seed free of clover seed but most folks take fresh rooted clones and plant them straight into the final container with or without an established mulch. normally, before i tried that, i've been sprouting seeds in plug trays and TP into a container like this:
then i top dress with 1:1:1 ratio worm poo, compost, and pumice with some kelp, neem and crustacean meal. then i add straw. the layer above the seed can not be more than a inch or you won't get germination of the clover.
so now it looks like this:
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Nice! Thank you so much for breaking it down! Im using the airpot prop cells to start my beans out then im switching to the 3gal airpot as the final container and thats the pot i will put down the cover crop...i just need to find some place with hay or straw like you got!
Also if thaat is your final pot, how much do you usually yield dry>? Just curios bc it looks like a 1 or 2 gal pot
if you're using a small container like a 3 gallon, you shouldn't add clover or at least i wouldn't because theres such a snug fit for roots in that. what i read was that you need at LEAST a 5 gallon and really they don't suggest anything less than 10 gallons.
my final pot for this is going to be a 20 gallon. i used to grow in 100 gallon beds. i started growing that way last september. my first round i brought home broad mites. second round was better but i was still learning, third round went great and i'm guessing i got a 1/4 pound in a 100 gallon. i don't have a scale. can you believe that?? i told myself that when i harvested last i would buy one for the next time but then i got the mites which i have been battling since late december. so i haven't been able to harvest something that wasn't attacked by BM and major newb errors.
i can veg like a mutha Fer tho. LOL
sorry i can't tell ya. i've just been stuck in veg for most of the year. :( things are picking up and plants are growing great so using this whole no till BAS system has given me the easiest time growing. the other rounds were different soil recipes. this one i think is better.
oh and you should use straw over hay because straw has a higher C:N ratio. :)
I just got the clover mix from buildasoil...it will be my first time trying it now in a week or so when i pop some beans
my plants seem to do best with the clover added. i'm not a fan of TP with the smarties thats for sure. the longer they grow in there, the harder it is to remove them. for this new set up I have, i'm planning on just one or two TPs max. the new plastic pots i have are doing really well. the drainage is great.
@Lazerus00
i just planted seeds of pot and clover all at the same time and they grew up all together. worked just fine. i leave a three inch area around the cannabis seed free of clover seed but most folks take fresh rooted clones and plant them straight into the final container with or without an established mulch. normally, before i tried that, i've been sprouting seeds in plug trays and TP into a container like this:
then i top dress with 1:1:1 ratio worm poo, compost, and pumice with some kelp, neem and crustacean meal. then i add straw. the layer above the seed can not be more than a inch or you won't get germination of the clover.
so now it looks like this:
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