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Every no-till grow in begins with a soil test, so I know exactly what the plants need. Anything else is guess work. My Soil Savvy soiil test gives me a recommended amount per 100sqft, but I only have 9sqft (3x3ft soil bed). So I simply divide by 10. I find that doubling the recommendation works well because cannabis is a hungry plant. I went with 100g Seabird Guano, 30g Neem Seed Meal, and 20g Kelp Meal. Then 2 cups of basalt for micronutrients.
The great part of no-till is that I only have to fertilize once per grow!
I move the mulch aside, and top-dress the amendments onto the soil, along with some cover crop seeds. I gently stir the top 1 inch of soil just to help the seeds get in there, careful not to disturb the deeper fungal networks in the soil. Then I water with my reverse-osmosis filtered drinking water. I cover the soil to help the cover crop germinate while the cannabis germinates.
For this grow I will only germinate one seed of Limon Blanco V3 by Khalifa genetics. I sprinkle a little mycorrhizal fungi powder onto the seed to inoculate the roots from an early age.
I see the seedling's root through the paper towel. I do just one layer of paper towel, so I can see if there's a root without disturbing the seed.
My seedling soil mix is 2:1 peat moss:perlite. I prepare it in a bowl with water to get it to "field capacity". Field capacity is the ideal level of soil moisture. If you take a handful of soil, squeeze it hard, and only a few drops of water come out, that's field capacity.
The moist soil goes into the starter tray, and I leave some water under the tray to maintain humidity. I VERY CAREFULLY bury the seed 0.5~1 inch (1~2 cm) deep with the tap root pointed down. Lightly cover with soil and apply about 1-2 tsp (5~10 ml) of water.
Now we wait a few days for it to sprout up.
My light is just a screw-in LED lightbulb. There's no need for a fancy grow light, that's in the grow tent.
The seed has sprouted! So I dig a hole in the garden bed, sprinkle some N fertilizer amendment (neem seed meal), and use tongs to put to cube in the soil. Pat the soil flat.
The cover crop got a lil tall, so I chopped it! This will add coverage (act as mulch) to the soil to help retain moisture, as well as break down and become additional N fertilizer for future crops.
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