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Depends on how many bags you gotta fill. My buddy's have 5 gardens that each have twenty five 600 gallon smart pots. Gotta bring in some reinforcements or all you are gonna have is a bad backView attachment 597229 Ahh work! Keeps us young.
My bedz are full for the most part, just making room. The joys of a backhoe, concrete mixer,, ATV and yea some help.Depends on how many bags you gotta fill. My buddy's have 5 gardens that each have twenty five 600 gallon smart pots. Gotta bring in some reinforcements or all you are gonna have is a bad back
Thanks MendogiantZ. I rented a skid steer and thought I could have it done in a week. I'm in the second week now and still need it a few more days. The weather and a lot of backfill work is taking more time then I thought.Lemme hook you up brother. Buy a small roto tiller and go rent a tractor with a 5 foot bucket. Build a ring out of bamboo barrier with some handles so you can lift it out. The five foot bucket fits perfect in a 300 gallon and it takes about 1 min with a good tractor operator.
I'm from colorado but in humboldt now. Water at the same time every time if possible. You want your pots to dry out , but not to much, no drooping. Probably every other day , longer at times. Water In the morning when in flower, it helps keep mold down later in flower. Use yucca.
Your pots look pretty close for 300s . 12 ft spaced on centers is the CLOSEST I would go
14ft or more is desired.
We have 70 pots filled so far, with 29 more to go. We went through most of the 160 yards of mix and the 10 yards of added perlite. I double checked my calculations and they are accurate. I spoke with the owner of the soil company that I purchased from and he swore that you delivered all 160 yards. Really not much I can do about it, beside grin and smoke one.
Looks like I will be ordering 20 more yards. Overall, things are progressing as planned and the vibe is good.
For most of my amendments I purchased them in bulk from Roots Naturally in Denver. Since, I'm aiming for 100% organic, so they had many of the products in bulk. http://www.rootnaturally.com/store/
No worries. The reason for this blog is to help as many growers as possible, especially those in Colorado to find the resources they need. I have been helped greatly by in the past by those that came before me on THCfarmer and I hope to help others in return.Thank you for that info, been doing a bad job at finding such a store apparently.
Thanks Underthesun, that helps. I ordered another 20 yards and he only charged me for 15 yards. I don't really have a reliable way for knowing for sure and even if I did I would then have to 'prove' it to the supplier. I didn't want to fight on this one. peace.Soils density and volume can change. Insitu soil, soil in place or in the ground will have a different volume than soil that is dug up and hauled. I used to do math formulas as a construction estimator for soil volumes for this reason. We would be getting 1000s of CY of soil so it was important. I don't bother for my small garden, but in your case it may be worth researching soil compaction, the guys selling it may even have the data sheets on it. Not saying this is your issue, but maybe. Moisture plays a major roll. If you got dryish soil delivered, and then you watered it.
I just had a very similar experience with sequoia landscape who I have been using for a couple years now. They brought me 60 yards and it's supposed to fill 40 of my 300 gallon pots but it only filled 33. It's my word against there's. I really feel like the 300 gallon pots take a lot more dirt then my 200 gallons. Like twice as much. I know it should be 1/3 more but it seems like even more then that.Thanks Underthesun, that helps. I ordered another 20 yards and he only charged me for 15 yards. I don't really have a reliable way for knowing for sure and even if I did I would then have to 'prove' it to the supplier. I didn't want to fight on this one. peace.
I just had a very similar experience with sequoia landscape who I have been using for a couple years now. They brought me 60 yards and it's supposed to fill 40 of my 300 gallon pots but it only filled 33. It's my word against there's. I really feel like the 300 gallon pots take a lot more dirt then my 200 gallons. Like twice as much. I know it should be 1/3 more but it seems like even more then that.