I need 3 yards of soil . How ?

motocycoplumber

motocycoplumber

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I have 10 plants on bringing outside in April that lie now in veg . I have done this before and had great results in 50 gallon containers. This time I’m going with 65 gallon smart pots . But I need 3 yards of soil . Any ideas of what i should do this time to get the soil . Last time I had the soil given to me from a friend .so any advice like whAt to get in bulk to mAke my own or a place in Los Angeles that sells it . Or am I crazy trying to grow monsters ...
 
IIReignManII

IIReignManII

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Shitload of compost, castings, lava rocks, and coco/peat...load up on boxes of Down to Earth nutes, tons of recipes in the Organics forum to choose from...most of the recipes use about a half cup per cubic foot on average so you'd be looking at roughly around 41 cups each (2.5 gallons) for nutes that call for 1/2 cup per cuft? Man that sounds expensive lmao
 
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Hydrotech364

Hydrotech364

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I use MG Moisture control, perfect consistency and such a small amount of food in the mix that the plants don't even notice it. Cracked beans in it before and 0 burn.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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3 cubic yards of soil is quite a bit. That's 21 bales of Promix if you get the 3.8 cubic ft. Close to $1000. You can get a dump truck delivery of soil for half that but you're not going to know what you're getting for sure. If you go that route best to go to the source and inspect what you are buying. Even take a meter and do a slurry pH test.
 
dubekoms

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xtsho said:
3 cubic yards of soil is quite a bit. That's 21 bales of Promix if you get the 3.8 cubic ft. Close to $1000. You can get a dump truck delivery of soil for half that but you're not going to know what you're getting for sure. If you go that route best to go to the source and inspect what you are buying. Even take a meter and do a slurry pH test.
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It would be more about 12-13 bales I think because they each expand to 7 cu ft when you add water. I found this stuff called berger bm6 that's half the price of promix and just as good, you also get a full 8 cu ft from the bales which is nice.
 
dubekoms

dubekoms

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If you can get some good aged cow manure you can straight up use that as your soil. I got a guy in town that sells it for $40 a yard delivered. Super cheap.
 
eddy600

eddy600

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I payed $35 a cubic yard for three yards & $40 delivery. It's basic & i amend it with bag soil,worm castings & a few other things.
 
SchmoeJoe

SchmoeJoe

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motocycoplumber said:
I have 10 plants on bringing outside in April that lie now in veg . I have done this before and had great results in 50 gallon containers. This time I’m going with 65 gallon smart pots . But I need 3 yards of soil . Any ideas of what i should do this time to get the soil . Last time I had the soil given to me from a friend .so any advice like whAt to get in bulk to mAke my own or a place in Los Angeles that sells it . Or am I crazy trying to grow monsters ...
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The easiest, and probably cheapest, way would be to order a bulk soil from a landscape supply company and amend it with a premade complete organic soil amendment. I personally use Down to Earth's Bio-Live, All Purpose, and/or Fruit, Flower and Bulb.

If it's practical to dig at least a couple of feet where you're at you can also get better results using the "double digging" method. Basically you just dig out your beds and then mix your amended soil with the native soil before filling them back in. Mixing it will give you much more area for root mass and having it in ground will help buffer soil temps and cut back on evaporation. Not to mention that not buying the pots will also free up some cash for even more soil or whatever else you might want or need.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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SchmoeJoe said:
The easiest, and probably cheapest, way would be to order a bulk soil from a landscape supply company and amend it with a premade complete organic soil amendment. I personally use Down to Earth's Bio-Live, All Purpose, and/or Fruit, Flower and Bulb.

If it's practical to dig at least a couple of feet where you're at you can also get better results using the "double digging" method. Basically you just dig out your beds and then mix your amended soil with the native soil before filling them back in. Mixing it will give you much more area for root mass and having it in ground will help buffer soil temps and cut back on evaporation. Not to mention that not buying the pots will also free up some cash for even more soil or whatever else you might want or need.
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I'm using the double digging method to grow some auto Duckfoot in the backyard. We'll see if it hides itself or not.
 
SchmoeJoe

SchmoeJoe

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xtsho said:
I'm using the double digging method to grow some auto Duckfoot in the backyard. We'll see if it hides itself or not.
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This is the first season I planted in soil that was recycled from the indoor garden using the double digging method. That's a six foot fence for reference. The beds are raised a bit but that's still around 12'.2013-09-15_11-33-52_665.jpg
 
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