Planting in the ground, 2014. need advice...

[KrazyAnneBanks]

a friend of mine recently did a grow last year, where he dug a recessed growing chamber of about 100 plants, in an area that is about 2000 sq ft. he dug each hole at 3'x3'x3' which is a huge cube of dirt, luckily we have a little mini bulldozer from grainger, and each plant averaged about 20 lbs wet, 8 lbs dry buds. (how is this overlooked when ppl grow indoors?)

granted that it's not the BEST OF THE BEST, the genetics are there (romulan, grape ape, OG 1998 kush) we blew most of it into wax using CO2 (which is legal now considering the updates of prop 215, no solvents can be used to process hash)

my question is, do i really need to dig a huge hole to get those kinds of yields? a cubic yard of dirt is no easy task with a shovel...

 

[SenorBrownWater]

You could use smart pots...if you want high yields the roots need room.....800 pounds must of been fun to trim...also co2 is a solvent...

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

You could use smart pots...if you want high yields the roots need room.....800 pounds must of been fun to trim...also co2 is a solvent...

not a chemical solvent.

 

[doublejj]

What type of CO2 extraction system did you use?...

 

[FresnoFarmer]

Definition of chemical (adj)
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• chem·i·cal
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1. relating to chemistry: produced by or involved in the processes of chemistry
2. composed of chemical substances: composed of or involving the use of substances produced by the process of chemistry
3. substance used or made by chemistry: a substance used in or produced by the processes of chemistry.

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

Definition of chemical (adj)
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• chem·i·cal
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1. relating to chemistry: produced by or involved in the processes of chemistry
2. composed of chemical substances: composed of or involving the use of substances produced by the process of chemistry
3. substance used or made by chemistry: a substance used in or produced by the processes of chemistry.

let me be specific here, PETROLEUM BASED SOLVENTS.

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

What type of CO2 extraction system did you use?...

Boyfriend welded one together with a plasma torch. lol.

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

You could use smart pots...if you want high yields the roots need room.....800 pounds must of been fun to trim...also co2 is a solvent...

we hire a bunch of mexicans at 100 dollars a day or 1 oz dry buds per 2 lbs wet they trim (first trim, second, then final).

 

[doublejj]

Boyfriend welded one together with a plasma torch. lol.

Got any pics?.....here's my CO2 oil extractor...

 

[doublejj]

not a chemical solvent.

CO2 is not a petro-solvent. CO2 is non-flammable & organic. It's the bubbles in your beer.....

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

CO2 is not a petro-solvent. CO2 is non-flammable & organic. It's the bubbles in your beer.....

no it is not, but Butane is.

 

[TWS]

There's butane in my beer ?

 

[doublejj]

There's butane in my beer ?

Not in Colorado or Washington any longer! lol

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

Not in Colorado or Washington any longer! lol

lol

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

Got any pics?.....here's my CO2 oil extractor...
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i'm not sure sharing photos of rigs is a good idea.

 

[Colorado Old Guy]

You definitely don't need a hole that big in my view...I dig a little fertilizer ( two handfulls) and two inches deep of mulch into a circle about two feet in diameter down a foot. Then wet it thoroughly. When the fertilizer has been incorporated into the soil, plant right in the middle of the circle. Have used this procedure for years and have grown huge plants successfully without additional fertilizer until bloom time.

 

[KrazyAnneBanks]

You definitely don't need a hole that big in my view...I dig a little fertilizer ( two handfulls) and two inches deep of mulch into a circle about two feet in diameter down a foot. Then wet it thoroughly. When the fertilizer has been incorporated into the soil, plant right in the middle of the circle. Have used this procedure for years and have grown huge plants successfully without additional fertilizer until bloom time.

what kind of fertilizer do you use?

 

[Colorado Old Guy]

16/16/16 from Walmart ... Don't depend on that for your soil, it's probably different....test the soil or have it tested....if you send a sample for testing, they will want to know what you are growing....Tomatos is a good response...once you have figured out your soil, then it's pretty much the same old stuff every year after that...just keep adding the Miraclegro potting soil amendment along with the fertilizer..

 

[PurpleZombie]

Bigger the Hole BIGGER the plant. I love romulan and i love grape ape. i run both those strains but i never tried putting them together.