FoothillFarming
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Hello everybody. Many know me from years past, and I hope to meet and know many more of my fellows growers over the period of this year. The legal climate is becoming more and more legit. Local ordinances in my area are becoming very reasonable. The growers I have been lucky enough to meet in person, have changed my life. It's a bright future for cannabis, if your willing to put everything you have into it.
Which brings me to this year. My overall goal this year is to grow the highest quality medicine, that medical patients can enjoy. Last season, I made the switch from the black market, to the legal medical market. I have always had a med card, and a collective, but most of my meds I would wager ended up on the street, instead of dispensaries. Now I refuse to allow even 1 gram on the street, and my goal is to work within the legal guidelines given out by the federal government, which has delegated to the states, which have now delegated to the local government. It's a new dawn.
I also grow mostly organic. I have used small amounts of sulfates during the soil amending/building process, but only on trace elements. My main cation and anions are from organic material, such as compost, kelp, feather, ext ext. I plan to register with the folks with Clean Green, let me know if anybody else out there has worked with them. I continue to also use Advancing Eco Agriculture's organic nutrients lines, with some other brands thrown in here and there like Pure Protein Dry. I also farm earth worms, so castings play a large roll in my nutrient applications as well.
I have also been working with a consultant this year, leadsled. So far, his help has been invaluable. We created this years soil with local compost/peat/(lava/perlite/rice hulls) I will post some soil results later in the thread. However, so far, knock on wood, it's some of the best soil I have ever tested.
Lets start out with my favorite part of the year shall we? Dirt Mixolgy baby! Who else mixes their own soil from scratch? I was tired of dealing with crappy soil mixes for extreme amounts of money. I have been working with coot's soil mix, this being my 3rd season. The soil mix I made with Lead, has started to test much better than coot's soil. Coot's cost about 360 a yard, I have been able to make mine for about 125$ a yard. So as a result, my yard looks like this ATM.
Trying to fill more of these: My full season plants are in 200gal smart pots, all the way up to 1000 gallon smart pots. My beds are 5 yards each.
Which brings me to this year. My overall goal this year is to grow the highest quality medicine, that medical patients can enjoy. Last season, I made the switch from the black market, to the legal medical market. I have always had a med card, and a collective, but most of my meds I would wager ended up on the street, instead of dispensaries. Now I refuse to allow even 1 gram on the street, and my goal is to work within the legal guidelines given out by the federal government, which has delegated to the states, which have now delegated to the local government. It's a new dawn.
I also grow mostly organic. I have used small amounts of sulfates during the soil amending/building process, but only on trace elements. My main cation and anions are from organic material, such as compost, kelp, feather, ext ext. I plan to register with the folks with Clean Green, let me know if anybody else out there has worked with them. I continue to also use Advancing Eco Agriculture's organic nutrients lines, with some other brands thrown in here and there like Pure Protein Dry. I also farm earth worms, so castings play a large roll in my nutrient applications as well.
I have also been working with a consultant this year, leadsled. So far, his help has been invaluable. We created this years soil with local compost/peat/(lava/perlite/rice hulls) I will post some soil results later in the thread. However, so far, knock on wood, it's some of the best soil I have ever tested.
Lets start out with my favorite part of the year shall we? Dirt Mixolgy baby! Who else mixes their own soil from scratch? I was tired of dealing with crappy soil mixes for extreme amounts of money. I have been working with coot's soil mix, this being my 3rd season. The soil mix I made with Lead, has started to test much better than coot's soil. Coot's cost about 360 a yard, I have been able to make mine for about 125$ a yard. So as a result, my yard looks like this ATM.
Trying to fill more of these: My full season plants are in 200gal smart pots, all the way up to 1000 gallon smart pots. My beds are 5 yards each.
If your looking for a consultant, consider Leadsled. 
. Hope you have a great year.
