Soil Choice.

Again some changes have been made to my plan. This whole project is turning into a lot of fun as well as being a major learning experience. I think for now I am going to just wing it. If I have an idea I come across that looks like it may be good, I idea will just go for it.

At this point I have decided to go with a 100% organic soil and super soil combination. I will pretty much be taking Roots Original and enhancing it with other nutrient rich organics. At this point I will not be adding any extracted nutrients. What this means is I am growing as natural of a medicine as possible.

I am not going to post my super soil formula here, but I will come back at a later date and put a link to it. I will just kind of describe a little of the process used and why the soil works so well.

As we all know the marijuana plant can be extra sensitive to nutrients. Too much can be much worse than not enough. With the super soil method I am using it helps, in fact there are several growers who swear by it and don't even think about Ph levels. It is a pretty simple method really.

First thing you do is track down all your minerals and composts that you use to enrich the Roots Original. Mix your concoction well and add water. Give it a few days to settle in and mix again adding a bit more water. After it has cooked in real good, usually about 30 days then it is ready to use.

So with your pre mixed and aged super soil ready it is time to get going. Fill the transplant pot about 1/5 of the way up with super soil. Add enough of your uncut base soil to get your plant to the right level in the planter. Set your plant in and fill the remaining space with a 50/50 mix of super soil and base soil. As the roots grow and the plant matures, the roots will be growing into the enriched super soil. This will make sure the plant is always growing into fresh nutrient rich soil. At this stage I will be transplanting into a 1 gallon container. I will keep it in the 1 gallon pot until it gets close to being root bound. At this point I will switch to a 5 gallon pot and repeat the same process. The five gallon bucket should get me through until harvest.