Layers and spikes. Suggestions!!

Morning all,
I finished filling my 200 gallon raised bed and now want to put a layer under the root ball and a few spikes around it.

Was thinking of mixing up a few materials. Equal parts, half gallon of each, fresh ewc, alpaca manure, composted steer manure, regular compost and leaf mold.

Then adding 1/2 cup Gaia power bloom 2-8-4 and some fresh chopped comfrey.

What do you guys think? Any suggestions?

Have a doobie day!!

mix it all really well and let it sit for a week or so if possible. adding water and stirring it up a lot. that will get it all balanced out before sticking your lady in there but even if you just use it as is , you will do great! EDIT: i just seen it was just a layer....so yes , that layer will help a LOT. sprinkle some myco on the roots , you cant go wrong.

Thanks getogrow.

I ended up doing a layer that consisted of about 2 1/2 gallons of the mentioned mixture. I did add 1/2 cup kelp meal. That went about 20” deep.

I then did 8 spikes. 4 larger, and 4 smaller. The larger ones went approx 12” to 14”, and the smaller ones around 8” deep. These were filled with a 10 gallon mixture of the same ingredients.

The 200 gallon bed has a month before the girl goes in!!

I’m pretty stoked to see what transpires!!!

im here!!. thats going to be a fucking awsome grow !!

You can see where I put my spikes around the Red Haired Beauty and Maui!!

It’s gonna be a fun year!!!

what else ya got in there with the beaut ?

The soil for the RHB consists of:
-72 g original soil
-18 g leaf mold
-36 g composted steer manure
-18 g compost
-29 g perlite
-36 g promix hp
-5 heaping shovels rotted wood

To this I added these amendments:
-5 cups dlime
-5 cups gypsum
-5 cups osf
-25 cups Gaia 4-4-4
-25 cups Gaia kelp meal 1-0-3
-2.5 cups Gaia rock phos 0-3-0
-5 cups Gaia power bloom 2-8-4
-10 tbsp fish bone meal 6-12-0
-2.5 cups epsom salt
-2.5 cups neem meal 4-3-2

The soil for the Maui consists of:
-72 g original soil
-9 g leaf mold
-27 g compost
-36 g composted steer manure
-29 g perlite
-36 g promix hp
-5 heaping shovels rotted wood

To this I added these amendments:
-5 cups gypsum
-5 cups osf
-25 cups Gaia 4-4-4
-25 cups Gaia kelp meal 1-0-3
-2.5 cups Gaia rock phos 0-3-0
-5 cups Gaia power bloom 2-8-4
-2.5 cups epsom salt
-2.5 cups neem meal 4-3-2

Here the girls are today. Doing extremely well, looking extremely happy.

Well the scrog didn’t go quite as planned. Should have chopped a few more branches off the Maui. So it’s gonna be a sloped scrog. Should be interesting.

The RHB is doing very well and she’s very happy!!

Happy growing everyone!!

Wow your plants are lookin nice green and bushy; off to a great start!
Spikes work great for long term feeding especially through flowering. I have mixed up my own with amendments like this in the past but find its even easier to use pre-made organic spikes from Jobes. I use the all purpose garden vegetable formula which is mostly made of blood and bone meal. They are like little dried cat turds you just plug in the soil...Ez breezy
I also used to try and layer my containers with various amendments like a German chocolate cake but it seemed like a lot of effort for seemingly no difference in how the plants grow. Seems to work the same just adding the amendments in the mix and letting it sit for awhile.
I do however begin with a high N layer in the bottoms when I build up my final flowering pots. I mix in a handful of dried chicken and cow manure to my recycled amended soil and then sprinkle some crushed oyster shell on top of that to help buffer ph. Then a bit more soil and mycorrhizae in contact with the root ball for the win. Keeps em green through to harvest.

Girls are loving the heat and lookin awesome!!

Looking good

Thanks GG!! You were the inspiration for me to try my 200 g beds.

kkt3 said:

Thanks GG!! You were the inspiration for me to try my 200 g beds.

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Lol well they look awesome...and good plans to try to keep them warm and dry!

Girls are loving the warm Kootenay weather!!

RHB has some nice nugs growin!!

Wow...just beautiful

Did not expect that threes you will need a chain saw haha look perfect !!!

Your plants going perfect in growth. They will give you growth as per expectations.

What a year!! Ended up getting 3+ pounds from each plant. Had to take my RHB down about 3 weeks early because of bud rot. It was a very damp cool fall in the Kootenays this year which resulted in everyone getting rot issues.

Took my Maui as far as I could. With a propane heater she did well in the -3 nights.
Running a couple Jack Herer plants in my tent right now under an led light. Growth is very aggressive. Going to monster crop a couple Jack clones and compare the results to my T5 Jack monster crop. I’m thinkin the leds are gonna far out do the T5’s.

Happy growing everyone!!!

can we get some main stem porn?
great work!!!

oh man i realized u took them down.
well how about some skeleton porn?

This is the Maui stock. RHB is behind it.