So. Oregon true living organics marijuana garden 4 lb. per plant

Discussion in 'Outdoor Grow Journals' started by jeffersonstate, Mar 18, 2013.

  1. In the great state of Oregon, we are allowed 6 mature/18 immature plants per patient. This is the story of my garden last year which I will describe in depth and ask for any feedback possible. I'm expanding and trying to improve yield, quality and sustainability this year. I bought a house and Started off with the old homeowners scatterbrained grow setup. We used a bobcat and demolished and leveled to grade. Then built 48 cedar beds 6'x6'x1.5', each holding 400 gallons of soil. We then had about 10 dump trucks truck in 100 yards of premium soilless organic mix, which we then used a loader to fill beds. Soil has compost perlite, pumice coco bokashi myccorhizea earthworm castings, multiple guanos, greensand, dolomite lime and a couple other amendments who's names are slipping my mind right now. It was about a $100/yard delivered.. I used an aerated compost tea method for this nutes. With true living organics aact is simply the only way to go. You introduce billions of species of bacciluss, trichoderma, nematodes and other microscopic beneficial bacteria or fungi that otherwise live in rather small populations in your soil. Once you start on a properly aerated compost tea regimen you can literally see the microlife in your soil on the top 2" of your bed. It will look like your beds are infested with bugs. Scared the shit out of me actually. What these little guys are doing (and I'm not an expert but have read my shit and recommend the book "teaming with microbes") are activating a complete soil food web where nematodes and Protozoa act as the nutrient processer for the soil. Basically they take in nutrients and shit them out, making every nutrient more quickly available; similar to the way earthworm castings work, just on a more broad spectrum. Final weight was about 200 lbs off 48 plants . Roughly 4 lbs per. I think I can manage 7-8 per this year, getting them out there smaller, earlier, and with a more proactive approach on topdressing to ensure proper nutrient delivery scheduling. 100% organic True Living Organics
     

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  2. Looks good brutha on the right path i did 7 pounds out of my 200 gallon last year and 4 to 5 pounds out of 100 gallon smart pots. This year imdoing 36 200 gallons which should each do 10 pounds apiece on the space I have em onthis year direct sun sunrise to sunset. My yard at home doing 2 400 gallonsmart pots to smash my 7 pound record this year. 400 u shoud be doing 10 to 15 pounds about per plant.
     
  3. Here she is in September last year, Blackberry planted may 9th yielded 7 pounds harvested first weekofoct.[​IMG] was 14ft wide and 7 ft tall.:-D
     
  4. Yeah put those out at the end of June, with some of the shittiest mite and powdery mildew ridden clones I have ever seen. Had to start somewhere though. This year we have awesome looking mother plants that are specific to our region. I'm still convinced that the smaller the plant is when you get transplant outdoors the larger the plant it will finish. That was the case across the board last year. This year we'll root in an ez-cloner then to a 1 gallon airpot for a few week before they head outside.
     
  5. That's looking freaking awesome.. Hopefully after this year I'll be able to do something similiar
     
  6. Jesus Christ, I'll be pleased as piss to pull off 1lb per plant this year. Next year I'll have to step up my game to this level.
     
  7. When did you start planting outdoors last season? Thats awesome that you have better mothers this season. I try to improve at least on thing every season and so far it's been working great.
     

  8. To a point I have seen small clones planted at the same time as bigger plants get same size or bigger but then other strains benefit from being large from the get go, my blackberry beingone of em.
     
  9. I planted late June last year, but I had other problems with the plants from before i got them that stunted their growth before the transplant shock, so they really got rooted into their beds around early mid July. This year they will start in the ez-cloner the first of April, then moved to 1 gallon airpots in a small greenhouse around April 14th to get them used to sunlight then into their 400 gallon beds the beginning of may.… With a shitload of myccorhizea in the root zone. Myccorhizea with every watering at least the first month.
     
  10. ^^^ will this thread serve as your journal for the upcoming season? :smoking: ohhh I hope so...sub'n


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  11. Just got done mulching and laying cover seed for this year. layed down crimson clover seed, which actually pulls nitrogen (the most abundant element on earth) out of the air making it available in the soil.
    In the picture half the beds are green and half are yellow like hay. That's because I only got half the beds done one day, and finished the other half the next. it faded in color that much in one day. The alfalfa mulch helps as a food source for Protozoa, nematodes, earthworms, etc, to start a good soil food web before planting.
    Ill top dress with Roots organics Foundation, mycorrhizae, bokashi, oyster shells, nitro bat guano, and powdered kelp meal a month before planting.
    As well I feed the empty beds all offseason a monthly dose of aerated compost tea to keep microbiology active in the soil.
     
  12. Sorry here's that photo I don't think it uploaded. Shows some of the tractor work we did to add more beds and in the near future build a house up behind to the left of the camera.
     

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  13. Did pound and a half out of my 25 gallon smart pots planted early june;)
     
  14. Jeff good luck man doing 36 200 gallons myself on my farm space this year shooting for 10 pounds a plant. Running 2 400s in my yard this year u will see those u got balls posting a biggrow like this med mj or not. Im not comfy posting that stuff. Keep the large grows to myself for now better safe then sorry.
     
  15. Just a word ofcaution those beds seem extremely close. Best bet is 15 to 20 feet in between each 400. They get huge man 2 to 3 feet beyond the pot or bed. My 200 gallon blackberry was 14ft wide and 7 ft tall and 7 pounds out of a 200.
     
  16. This is my first big outdoor grow, so I feel like I'm learning all over again, plus my funds are quite limited as far as what I can invest this year. Next year the sky's the limit though. Words don't express my excitement for where things are going.
     

  17. Check my 2012 outdoor journal did that grow in my yard for about 10 g in expenses and pulled 55 pounds from that 30x50 foot space.
     
  18. We spent 10k on that whole setup for all 48 beds and got a 200 lb return
     
  19. Will do! Also following your journal from this year, and obviously this journal too.
    Looking forward to see you guys do big things, and learn very much from both of you. I'm thankful there are people like you around who help us small fries learn to become masters.
     

  20. Thats my goal this year with 20 200 gallon smart potz. Easy peasy with my farm spot gets direct sun all day.
     

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