This was an existing bed that I’ve been growing veggies in. Would I still add lime? Everyone in the local garden groups uses sulfur instead of lime out here due to our high ph/alkalinity soil and water. It is mostly raised bed mix but in the past had tilled it in and mixed some of the native soil with it.
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That’s a great idea Shed! I haven’t used sulfur in it for awhile so will be curious to see what the current ph is.
I used to live in Tucson! The sun grew my first plant without me even messing with it one time! Lol. I planted a seed in my dad’s backyard and moved out. It was by a tree he just planted that had a dip system running to it. Well she grew! Ha ha
Yeah definitely no lack of sun out here! That’s crazy that it grew without any help. Did it produce anything?
It was probably about six foot tall and had two colas. It didn’t yield much cuz I had to chop it earlier than you should. But it probably dried up to a quarter bag if that. Maybe 5 grams... it was really pretty tho! It was from a bag of juicy fruit that was from Cali. It was some fire that I got a lot of cheap cuz it had a few seeds in it. Probably like 15-20 in an oz. it smelled just like the gum and tasted nice and sweet.
That’s awesome! Nice to be able to just walk away and have it produce some thing LOL
I wish I could of let it run the full course and gave it a little food. But it’s a cool story! Lol.
It would be Palm-tone, not Holly -tone. I didn’t use Palm-tone this time as I already had some 4-1-6 palm fertilizer on hand. I don’t plan on doing any more top dressing. I plan on using just Mega Crop (MC) from here on out unless I run into any sort of problems.
I would use the same stuff. I use just MC throughout the whole grow, I just use a different amount since you dose it by weight. The NPK ratio doesn’t change throughout the grow. The only time the ratio is different is you are adding something like CalMag that has any NPK or other stuff in it.
I don’t see any reason you couldn’t use the GeoFlora nutes schedule. The N & K aren’t that much different. The main difference would be the lower P, which IMHO, is a good thing. If you look at both the GF specs compared to the Espoma, they have a lot of the same trace element in almost the same percentages. They use some of the same stuff like alfalfa meal, feather meal, bone meal, etc. Heck even the beneficial bacteria are the same. What do you think Shed?
After seeing the results of your slurry test, I think that is probably good advice. Your soil is in a desert environment. Mine is in a humid, subtropical climate. I thinks Shed is in a Mediterranean climate. So our soils have different needs.
Just to be clear, you ran the slurry test with distilled, and the 8.0 is your tap water, yes?
Even 7 would be high as a start. I'd try to get it to 6.2-6.5 since it's only going up as you go.
I haven't done any research on Espoma but I can't see any reason not to go with Geoflora once you get the pH to settle where you want it. The key seems to be to make sure it's in there before you plant!
I don’t know where I got Holly lol
Yes, and yes.
Maybe do some of each. That way it would be kind of a science project and you could find out which works out better for you.
I like pots cuz you can move them if you need to. But the plant can get huge if you stick it in the ground. Yeah I agree with dude. Do a few each. Experiment.
I think I might do that! I added sulfur to my bed this morning, raked and watered it in, I’ll check in a couple weeks and see what it looks like. I plan on up potting a couple times so won’t go on the ground for a bit yet anyways.
Me too!
