Geez, you grow pretty trees Tead. Nice, bushy structure, just the way I like them.
I can't believe both of you have no inkling about no-till. My primary pot just finished up its fourth run as a no-till, although the White Widow I grew in it this last run was the first to be transplanted in.
No-till is just what the name implies, no tilling of the soil. You plant the seed directly into the finish pot and let it run its life in that same pot without disturbing the soil at all. Then, when it's time to harvest you clip her right at the soil line, redress the surface with good quality vermicompost and possibly some additives and plant the next seed off to the side of the stalk. The previous root ball is left right where it was to naturally decompose and feed the soil.
My soil is a fabulous Clackamas Coot-style living organic soil mix that eliminates any worries of deficiency. It would do nicely as a water-only grow, but since I plan to run as a no-till indefinitely, I add regular drenches meant to slowly replenish the food sources for the micro herd.
My drenches are loaded with things like malted barley grain, aloe vera juice, coconut water, kelp meal, FulPower fulvic acid, humid acid, potassium silicate and lactobacillus serum.
There's a schedule, loosely followed, of drenches and possibly foliars, if I'm so inclined (I rarely am - mighty lazy here
) and a community of worms that do the actual tilling for me. Did I mention I'm a lazy gardener? Those drenches pull together in a blink and zap! I'm done. Measurements don't have to be precise and drenches missed are of no real concern. It's all about relaxed gardening.
The real beauty of the system is that the longer you run them the stronger the soil becomes and the better the harvest. I can tell you that's held up as true in my own grows. Every harvest better than the last.
You wouldn't think it could be so easy, and yet that's exactly the way it's turning out. Start out with good soil, surround the plant with light, give her good water and harvest incredible buds. Minimal input of time and energy for maximum harvest.
Sit them on a SWICK after they have their roots under them and watch them take off.
Any questions?
It took me forever to type this because I'm so tired my fingers keep hitting the wrong letters and I have to clean up my sloppy communications. Lol! I need to go to sleep here before I simply pass out at the iPad.
I'm glad I stopped though. I go a couple days without stopping and I feel like I'm seriously neglecting you. I just don't have the capacity to swing through without talking your ear off.
I'll stop here first thing tomorrow morning to see how the conversation went after I passed out. Can't wait to get back to my sativas that are curing in the cabinet while I'm here in Phoenix playing. They keep me awake longer. Less than two weeks now.
