Alright, I have a bit of experience but not a whole lot. I used to do small plots back when I lived in florida out in some swampy woods near where I grew up. I managed a couple havests in my time, but mostly teenagers hunted down and usualy ripped up my plants (trying to transplant without even a shovel!) because one year after harvest my buddy/grow partner told a couple people how we got so much pot.
Anyways I moved to tenessee and I have a buddy up here that owns a few acres of wooded land, and we decided that in the spring we are going to go and make a nice plot, grow some bag seeds (We don't want to risk ordering premium seeds online for a few reasons, one of which being this is our first grow in the area so practicing on cheap seeds seems the best way. plus legal issues)
So here is the sitch: The ground is rather compacted and hard, and covered in pine needles, which means the ground SHOULD be on the acidic side of the PH scale. I was thinking to get a soil conditioner, The Happy Frog soil conditioner from Fox Farms is available down here, and is in our budget range. I was thinking Soil conditioner might be the best way to save money and get good growing soil. Plus since weed likes slightly acidic soil, it seems like a good idea.
But what sort of nutes should we use? I was thinking of a water soluble tomato fertalizer for the veg stage, due to the high NPK rating they tend to have. (I found one that's 18-18-25) which SHOULD be perfect for the veg stage, if I understand things correctly. Since it has all the nitrogen it needs for growing, and phosphorus and potasium for good root growing and photosenthesis. But what about the flowering stage? I understand that you get better bud growth if you do a couple plain watererings without nutes, and then switch to nutes with no nitrogen, and high phosphorus and potasium. Do I understand that correct? I also hear putting a bit of epsom salt or molasis in with the nutes in the flowering stage helps increase the growth, due to the high magnesium content.
What do you guys think? Do you have any suggestions? Would pictures of the spot, and soil condition help?
Sould I do a square plot, or should I do rows? In my experience they both tend to work but due to past situations, it is hard to tell which is best. Rows seem like they are more cost productive though. And does putting a small layer of gravel actually help? Seems counter productive since the roots would have to go through the gravel, right?
Anyways I moved to tenessee and I have a buddy up here that owns a few acres of wooded land, and we decided that in the spring we are going to go and make a nice plot, grow some bag seeds (We don't want to risk ordering premium seeds online for a few reasons, one of which being this is our first grow in the area so practicing on cheap seeds seems the best way. plus legal issues)
So here is the sitch: The ground is rather compacted and hard, and covered in pine needles, which means the ground SHOULD be on the acidic side of the PH scale. I was thinking to get a soil conditioner, The Happy Frog soil conditioner from Fox Farms is available down here, and is in our budget range. I was thinking Soil conditioner might be the best way to save money and get good growing soil. Plus since weed likes slightly acidic soil, it seems like a good idea.
But what sort of nutes should we use? I was thinking of a water soluble tomato fertalizer for the veg stage, due to the high NPK rating they tend to have. (I found one that's 18-18-25) which SHOULD be perfect for the veg stage, if I understand things correctly. Since it has all the nitrogen it needs for growing, and phosphorus and potasium for good root growing and photosenthesis. But what about the flowering stage? I understand that you get better bud growth if you do a couple plain watererings without nutes, and then switch to nutes with no nitrogen, and high phosphorus and potasium. Do I understand that correct? I also hear putting a bit of epsom salt or molasis in with the nutes in the flowering stage helps increase the growth, due to the high magnesium content.
What do you guys think? Do you have any suggestions? Would pictures of the spot, and soil condition help?
Sould I do a square plot, or should I do rows? In my experience they both tend to work but due to past situations, it is hard to tell which is best. Rows seem like they are more cost productive though. And does putting a small layer of gravel actually help? Seems counter productive since the roots would have to go through the gravel, right?
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