Preparing for next Spring

[nugs420]

I am looking for any good advice about growing outdoors. Any of you successful growers out there, PLEASE HELP! I have grown before, but I want to have huge monster plants next year just for my personal use. I found this recipe for a good soil mix:

1 bale Sunshine mix or Promix (3.8 cubic feet)
8 cups bonemeal
4 cups bloodmeal
1-1/3 cup epsom salts
3-4 cups dolomitic lime
1 tsp fritted trace elements
4 cups kelp meal
25 lbs pure worm castings

Has anyone ever used this mix and what were your results? How many gallons of mix will this make. I need about 50 gallons of mix when I´m finished. I have found all of these ingredients at my local organic supply store. Should I grow in large containers or just in the ground? I´m looking to get at least a 1/2 lb minimum from each plant. I´ve heard of people yielding 2 lbs from one plant. How is that possible? My growing season lasts from early April until harvest at the end of October and I will be starting my plants from seeds indoors in March. Is there any way to train the plants so they will yield more? I have tried topping them before, but that just seems to make the plant small and yield less big buds. Any good advice will be greatly appreciated. PEACE and happy toking.

[NadicusMaximus]

I did all that and had a bad experience. Here's what happenned:
I dug out a 2 x 2 hole in natural clay soil we have around here and filled it with the mix, in winter to let it mellow and blend. Well come spring I put my plants in and the rains came and water just sat in the holes. I guess the clay soil surrounding the hole retained the water in the hole. My plants drowned in the water. Otherwise the mix is good because I had great results with it in different surround soiltypes. Just put it in a place that wont retain water in the holes!

[nugs420]

I am thinking about using this mix, but I am going to grow in containers. I´ve heard some people say that they are OK with 5-gallon buckets. Where I live we have a long growing season, about 8 months or more. I will propably use 20-gallon containers above the ground or maybe burried, if I can dig a hole big enough. This should be plenty of space to grow monster plants. I will drill holes in the bottom and put a few inches of large gravel in the bottom for good drainage and increased air for the roots. On top of the gravel, I will fill the rest of the container with the soil recipe mentioned above, unless someone knows a better soil mix. When they sart to flower (July or August) I will feed them with a good flower food like Monster Bloom or Budswel. Does anyone out there recomment a good organic, bud-boosting fertilizer?