I've been taking the time to watch some of the BAS videos - particularly those to do with Earthboxes - and wanted to incorporate as much of that wisdom as possible into my next run, so here we are. My last couple organic runs have gone just fine, but I wanted to try and take it to the next level this time. My goal is to finish these plants without deficiencies or gnats taking over at the very end. I'll attempt to do that by building a better soil and then refining my technique in handling an earthbox.
Key lessons learned from my last EB run:
The BAS schedule & method have given me a lot of guidance. Here's how I've gone about prepping each container:
The next morning (1/11), I dropped my seeds and covered back up with the mulch covers. I'm opting not to fool with a transplant this time around. I want to go as low till as possible since my containers aren't big enough for no till. Will update once both are sprouted.
Key lessons learned from my last EB run:
- Dry cycles in the EB res are good.
- Top watering excessively can create problems (i.e. Fungus gnats are dicks)
- I want to keep each EB limited to a single plant
- Go a little easier on the lights in later flower + train more aggressively to keep them short. I bleached most of the tops in my last run.
- Add to that: Don't sew cover crop over the spot I'm gonna plant a seed. lol
The BAS schedule & method have given me a lot of guidance. Here's how I've gone about prepping each container:
- Filled each with Coast of Maine Stonington Blend soil. (Taking care to wet each layer with some yucca water. Overall put about 1 gallon into each pot by the time it was full)
- Topped that with 1/4 cup BAS craft blend & 1/8 cup grokashi
- Topped that with 1/2" BAS BAF
- Topped that with a couple tbsp (sprinkled) of cover crop from BAS
- Topped that with a couple inches of barley straw
- Topped that with 1/2 cup of insect frass (Because I forgot I had it 'til the end)
- 1.5g Agisil
- 1 tsp Rootwise Mycrobe Complete
- 5ml Rootwise Enzyme Elixir
- 1/4 tsp BAS Big 6 Micros
- 4ml yucca extract
The next morning (1/11), I dropped my seeds and covered back up with the mulch covers. I'm opting not to fool with a transplant this time around. I want to go as low till as possible since my containers aren't big enough for no till. Will update once both are sprouted.
