Shade-grown 2020

Well here we go! The big pots 45gal/170L) are filled with my custom mix. My custom mix this year wasn’t exactly what I wanted but in the day and age of Covid-19 you get what you get. If I had a chance to change it the one and only change I would make is to use Roots Organic Greenfields or even FF Ocean Forest, but neither were available so I went with a mix of two soils the guy at the store was very ready to tell me where every bit as good...well they aren't bad by any means but not a true substitute but together I think they will do great. ~Push by Earth Juice~ This is a soilless medium of Coco, perlite, and Biochar. I think this is some pretty good media for an indoor soil(less) with Liquid-nutrient program. It is a nice blank slate, although too heavy for multiple daily feedings. ~Terracraft by Mother Earth~ Definitely not as refined as I had expected for the price. It has a decent, slightly overly spoungy texture but not bad. I think what throws me off is how much undigested forest compost and peat moss I can see in the media, granted this may be of benefit for my mycorrhizae. This stuff is surprisingly light for a more outdoor type grow but would work just like most soils. After the soils I added plenty of amendments in the form of Worm Castings, Alaska Humus, perlite, composted mulch, and brewers spent grain. This was then complimented by the Uprising 3-part dry nutrients at a rate of Grow 15ml, Bloom 30ml, and Foundation 90ml per 45gal(170L) pot. This what then watered in with liberal amounts of HMO2 from my local area, commercial mycorrhizae, Humic Acid, and Flow by NPK nutrients which is Malt Extract and Yucca extract, a great foliar surfactant and feed. Once all of that was mixed in 3 layers I topped each pot with more spent grain, a layer of 1.5 year old mycorrhizae rich mulch compost, and finally with 1 year old citrus mulch. It was finished with 2 gallons of Fish Amino acids in water. The goal is to allow that system to get started and ready as a “super-soil” and then use a small concentration of the Terp Teas once per week as a mild booster along with my SSTs. Also due to the fact that it will be attached to the same fertigation tank as my entire garden it will also receive some Fish Amino Acids, Micro Nutrients, and Humic Acid on a rotational basis. For the next few weeks the plants will stay in their 2gal(8L) homes as they are exception happy right now I see no reason to rush them into the new home until it is properly “cooked”. One other thing I will be doing this year is not Pruining, I’m going with Masanobu Fukuoka and the do nothing approach this year(unless I feel the need to change this at some point).