Greetings! I'm back for another journal, this time documenting my first time trying EarthBoxes (or more specifically, a cheaper raised SIP from an Amazon competitor). While I prefer to work with autopots since I've been learning to grow on those, my current setup doesn't leave me room for a res outside the tent, and this seems like a similar "easy" solution where at least the watering is on demand.
I've been going through old grow journals the last few days/weeks, and hope a few of you will follow along for this one. @WildBill please tag along for sure! I'll tag some others once I go back and pull their threads/names.
Here's where I am as of now. I used the Build a Soil Water-Only mix, wet through with Root Pack, Nutes Pack from OG Biowar/Capulator, with a bit of Dragonfly Earth Medicine's Root Zone (essentially Recharge) and mycos mixed in. About a full big bag went into each planter, with two autos in seeded in each. My biggest question at this point is when to add the dry amendments to the top. I know the soil needs some "lead time" for the nutes to become available, but am not sure how much time they need. The plan for now is to top amend in about 2-3 weeks, knowing they'll start needing more nutes around day 30 or so. I won't start filling the res for another couple weeks at least, and my lightly water in the dry amendments then, just before filling it the first time.
Am I missing anything? I'm really trying to stay true to the KISS model and not overcomplicate this one. Thanks in advance for following along!
I've been going through old grow journals the last few days/weeks, and hope a few of you will follow along for this one. @WildBill please tag along for sure! I'll tag some others once I go back and pull their threads/names.
Here's where I am as of now. I used the Build a Soil Water-Only mix, wet through with Root Pack, Nutes Pack from OG Biowar/Capulator, with a bit of Dragonfly Earth Medicine's Root Zone (essentially Recharge) and mycos mixed in. About a full big bag went into each planter, with two autos in seeded in each. My biggest question at this point is when to add the dry amendments to the top. I know the soil needs some "lead time" for the nutes to become available, but am not sure how much time they need. The plan for now is to top amend in about 2-3 weeks, knowing they'll start needing more nutes around day 30 or so. I won't start filling the res for another couple weeks at least, and my lightly water in the dry amendments then, just before filling it the first time.
Am I missing anything? I'm really trying to stay true to the KISS model and not overcomplicate this one. Thanks in advance for following along!