Good experiment but it's incomplete, leaving the best method off to the side. Enjoy folks. Don't be to sore about the science comment, I was kidding but clearly some people can't take a joke.. Have a great day.
@ BluejayOrganics Can you link us more info to a thread or talk? I recently subscribed to Kirsten Dirksen's YouTube channel. Do you mean like this?
Supersoil going on 5 generations with beneficial bacteria is pretty damn close to a no till unless you are talking a 5 year old established bed, which according to the science would be ideal for that method. I’m partial to coco as it blows any other method I’ve grown in out of the water but the 100% Perlite hempy has me interested, as does the DWC, since my tomato just hit full stride in her bucket experiment. I only have a 4x4 to do this comparison in so I’m making due. Maybe someday I’ll have more space to blow this experiment up.
Cool. You don't need 5 years to establish a no-till container. That's a rumor. By the 3rd run your containers will be humming and you'll only need plain tap water that's it. Again, I was just a little thrown back when No-Till was not in this experiment. I'm not really here to knock others methods but to open eyes to other possibilities. Good luck guys!
I hope you’ll stick around. I have a habit of getting bored and changing things up, that’s how I got into coco. Post some links and I’ll read up more in no till
I'm totally game to try new things too (well... there's a limit so don't mention giraffes please). I was going to try Mick Foster's coco method next try, I already ordered the Maxibloom, but I was going to try it side by side a late KoolBloom (using clones, same lights/environments,etc and automated feeding).
No-Till Gardening: Revisited Folks meet MOFO, he will change your life. Read his opening post, if that does not get your juices flowing for no-till IDK what will. I will support anyone here or on IG who wants to learn No-Till methods. Having said that my man Soil set up a nice post and I think it's great so I really did not want to obstruct his initiative.
Sounds awesome @Soil2Coco ! When you get it set up, tag me and i'll follow along as I too am curious about seeing the comparisons side by side
I'll follow this thread but I don't come on GC much any longer, favoring IG as the platform right now.
This is LOTUS bred by Mountain Organics - also No-Till method. This was watered with plain tap water and given botanical tinctures only.
Will do MOTR. My construction business is pretty busy right meow, so I’m gonna hold off until fall/winter so I can put forth my best effort.
This is the No-Till Soil: Equal Parts Sphagnum Peat Moss : Humus : Pumice/Lava Rock Per Cuf of above base mix: 8--12 cups volcanic rock dust or glacial granite, basalt microfine 10-12 cups of raw biochar (black owl) That's it! The key is the humus which is the compost. If you can make your own leaf mold compost, or find a quality one like Malibu BU it will get your buckets going faster. I use 30 gallon containers, you can use 15 or 20 gallon but I would not suggest anything smaller, in fact get the 30 gallon one and fill it 3/4 with the soil. You can buy dollies if you need to move them around. Next grow or buy mulching material to replenish the nutrients in your container. You can buy dried ones online like Comfrey, Yarrow, Horsetail, Borage, Neem Leaf and dandelion. These are to referred to as the "collective". Add about 20-30 worms to the container. Layer the top of the container with about 3inches of those collective herbs. Spread a cover crop over the mulch layer like clover and fenugreek. Make a spot to drop like 5 seeds in the container. All 5 should sprout. Cull the males. Water with plain tap water that sat out for 24 hours. If you want to push them, get the botanical tonics. The result of only using plain water is truly amazing.
You don't have to grow cannabis in the container when done, right. You can maintain the containers under very low light and just keep them watered until your ready to use them again. Or you can grow veggies inside during the winter. If it's spring just move them outside until your ready to use.
This plant doesn't look like hemp, are you sure this is a hemp plant? Also the plant is going to be root bound from now till the end of flower cycle causing you less yield.
I only grow once a year and it's in the winter. Maintaining containers of soil by keeping them under light and watered for 9 months out of the year. I'll pass and stick with hempy or coco thank you.