growing in the same hole?
- Thread starter victoryou
- Start date
OldMedUser
Well-Known Member
Depending on the amount of soil for the plant to grow in you will most likely need to amend the soil with some fresh compost etc as it will be at least partly used up from last year's growth.
blueberrymilkshake
Well-Known Member
There's a joke here about more holes more seed.
Hiphophippo
Well-Known Member
I agree with all the above I use the same holes for a few years at a time i till and amend the soil each year and add in fresh soil as I transplant and all is well unless mother nature decides differently
injinji
Well-Known Member
You can get a couple three years with only minor tree trimming. After that you have to move or cut trees. (the fuckers steal food and water from the holes and grow like hell)
Hiphophippo
Well-Known Member
We till up the holes and turn everything over when we pull the plants then I retreat the holes in the spring we use the same holes for about three years then I move over a few feet to new space lol been using the same area for going on 15 years and haven’t had any major issues to speak of i tilled up the top six inches of soil every few years and amend the area look up garden composting and it’ll give you detailed ways to keep large areas fresh and potent
injinji
Well-Known Member
I grow spring crop plants in most of my holes, so they don't get a long rest. I do start later in the spring with my so called full season plants. I have length of day and rainy season issues.
But I'm in Florida. I have to grow in the woods. Young planted pines are my favorite. That way when the trees are stealing food and water, at least you will make something off them one of these days.
buckaclark
Well-Known Member
No
DancesWithWeeds
Well-Known Member
Someone from TGA was talking about supper soil. He said you could reuse it but you would need to add some probiotics.
That makes me wonder if it would be good to put it in with your composted soil.
I use the same holes every year, but I dig out about 4 feet diameter hole a foot and a half deep. It gets refilled with compost and soil.
DancesWithWeeds
That makes me wonder if it would be good to put it in with your composted soil.
I use the same holes every year, but I dig out about 4 feet diameter hole a foot and a half deep. It gets refilled with compost and soil.
DancesWithWeeds
DrBuzzFarmer
Well-Known Member
If, when you come back to your grow spot and the stump from last years is gone, or decomposed at the surface of the soil, you are probably good to go, otherwise, amend several weeks before you plant.
Ideally, you would amend after harvest, to be ready for the next year.
Ideally, you would amend after harvest, to be ready for the next year.
thumper60
Well-Known Member
If legal back yard grow yes, If its not legal in the woods i wound not reuse unless you took the time to hide the hole well lots of folks in the woods after harvest is over could stumble over your holes an return next yr to check.
It s illegal in a verry stealth nature spot in my hood i live near a lake and a lot of nature
thumper60
Well-Known Member
Is hunting allowed in this stealth nature spot?
i don t think so, never saw someone hunt...but there are many pheasant birds, i ve seen a few rabbits, owls, rats, and the last summer i saw a family of foxes.i m glad i can go in nature whenever i want to
bam0813
Well-Known Member
It took me 61 yrs to learn to dig all my craters the previous fall just throw a couple kivie heads in and anyone who finds it thinks its pet cemetery and never go back. 13 ft yellow beauties every summer