napalisherpa
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Super exciting time of the year! The girls are going strong, and I'm working hard setting up my new spot. Last year I grew all Ganja Rebel Seeds Blue Dream BX in trenches and had an amazing season. Made a few mistakes, but learned a ton. Hoping for a even better season this year. Open to all suggestions and advice. I've been learning how to do things outside for some years now. But I still have a lot to learn, and benefit from knowing how others do things.
Heres the Blue Dream
This year I was lucky enough to score some 5g seeds after a long ride up to Humboldt. I've got blue, yellow, and reds started about 3 weeks ago. All I know about the 5g is what I've heard on here, and it sounds like a winner.
Heres a happy lady
Last year my spacing was horrible because of an ordinance limiting canopy size. Rows were 8 feet apart on center, and plants only 6 feet apart within the rows. Made for a real jungle.
This year all plants will be 14' on center for lots more room!
The plan as of now is to give each plant 2 to 3 yards of premium soil, and plant in individual mounds instead of trenches. I think I got pretty lucky with the native soil in the garden. Here are the results from the soil test I had done.
I was going to amend the native soil a bit, but it seems like its already pretty charged. I was just going to use limestone to adjust ph, and put some gypsum down now. There's plenty of drainage with all the rock in there.I figure I'm better off using most the amendment money on more premium soil instead. Any thoughts?
Also I've been debating making hardware cloth beds around my mounds to keep varmints out. There seems to be a lot of tunneling/dirt piles on the lower part of my property. I have the garden up high on a steep hill, where the soil is much rockier then down low. We jackhammered out allot of boulders and, there are still plenty left. It does not seem like gopher territory at all up top, and I haven't seen any evidence of them. My concern is that they find their way to the top of my hill, and feast within the mounds. I plan on lining the perimeter with sonar/scent repellent. What do you all think about lining the mounds with hardware cloth?
Thanks for checking things out. Excited to share the experience!
Heres the Blue Dream
This year I was lucky enough to score some 5g seeds after a long ride up to Humboldt. I've got blue, yellow, and reds started about 3 weeks ago. All I know about the 5g is what I've heard on here, and it sounds like a winner.
Heres a happy lady
Last year my spacing was horrible because of an ordinance limiting canopy size. Rows were 8 feet apart on center, and plants only 6 feet apart within the rows. Made for a real jungle.
This year all plants will be 14' on center for lots more room!
The plan as of now is to give each plant 2 to 3 yards of premium soil, and plant in individual mounds instead of trenches. I think I got pretty lucky with the native soil in the garden. Here are the results from the soil test I had done.
I was going to amend the native soil a bit, but it seems like its already pretty charged. I was just going to use limestone to adjust ph, and put some gypsum down now. There's plenty of drainage with all the rock in there.I figure I'm better off using most the amendment money on more premium soil instead. Any thoughts?
Also I've been debating making hardware cloth beds around my mounds to keep varmints out. There seems to be a lot of tunneling/dirt piles on the lower part of my property. I have the garden up high on a steep hill, where the soil is much rockier then down low. We jackhammered out allot of boulders and, there are still plenty left. It does not seem like gopher territory at all up top, and I haven't seen any evidence of them. My concern is that they find their way to the top of my hill, and feast within the mounds. I plan on lining the perimeter with sonar/scent repellent. What do you all think about lining the mounds with hardware cloth?
Thanks for checking things out. Excited to share the experience!
Good luck!
