How to harvest in no-till pots?

Marq1340

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*Repeats the title*

I don't have any no till grows going at the moment, so I don't have any pictures, but I am interested in the method.

Is the no till method just used for a single harvest?
If that isn't the case then how do you go about preparing the pots for the next grow without disturbing the soil?

Thanks.
 

insomnia65

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I would look on the organic forums and there's a no till thread, I think the idea is just to plant in the soil and leave it, and leave stump of old plant in soil and so on
 
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Marq1340

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I would look on the organic forums and there's a no till thread, I think the idea is just to plant in the soil and leave it, and so on and on.
Thanks for the reply.

I figured that was the case. I might've over looked it but I lost my patience and became frustrated after using the search feature and getting the "how long till harvest" results for 10 pages.

Just trying to figure out what happens to the root ball and left over roots.
 

Wattzzup

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Thanks for the reply.

I figured that was the case. I might've over looked it but I lost my patience and became frustrated after using the search feature and getting the "how long till harvest" results for 10 pages.

Just trying to figure out what happens to the root ball and left over roots.
Hey thanks for always posting in the deals thread btw. I didn’t realize that was you at first.

I chop my plants and leave some stem sticking up. I leave them in a corner of the tent. After about a month you can pull that stem out no problem.
 

PadawanWarrior

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You just chop the stalk and let the microbes break down the roots. The remaining stalk piece will just fall off in a month or 2 depending on how lively the soil is.

You can kinda see here too if you look in the left bottom corner. It's a smaller stalk than some I've grown.

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Here's another couple pics I just took. The first picture was a few months ago and that plant has already been harvested. Same strain though. Still trying to figure out no-till.

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PadawanWarrior

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Then it will just fall off. This is the bottom left pots remaining stalk. I just pushed it back in to decompose and add more nutrients to the soil. But this is what it looks like after a month or so. The roots are probably fully decomposed and waiting to feed my next plant.

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PJ Diaz

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Then it will just fall off. This is the bottom left pots remaining stalk. I just pushed it back in to decompose and add more nutrients to the soil. But this is what it looks like after a month or so. The roots are probably fully decomposed and waiting to feed my next plant.

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Is that really no-till though? Maybe I'm just confused about what's considered no-till, but I thought that with no-till, you would be continually planting in the same bed after the initial harvest.
 

PadawanWarrior

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Is that really no-till though? Maybe I'm just confused about what's considered no-till, but I thought that with no-till, you would be continually planting in the same bed after the initial harvest.
Half Ass No-Till. I don't have a cover crop and I don't put all the plant scraps back in, but I don't till it or disturb the fungal hyphae network. I started with plain FFOF in Sep 2018. Then I added some extra stuff and have been trying to figure out how to just top dress and use plain water.

I've never tested my soil, so I'm just guessing what the plants want based on my limited no-till skills by looking at the plants.

@Northwood has a real no-till setup.
 

Marq1340

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Then it will just fall off. This is the bottom left pots remaining stalk. I just pushed it back in to decompose and add more nutrients to the soil. But this is what it looks like after a month or so. The roots are probably fully decomposed and waiting to feed my next plant.

View attachment 4907988
You just chop the stalk and let the microbes break down the roots. The remaining stalk piece will just fall off in a month or 2 depending on how lively the soil is.

You can kinda see here too if you look in the left bottom corner. It's a smaller stalk than some I've grown.

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Here's another couple pics I just took. The first picture was a few months ago and that plant has already been harvested. Same strain though. Still trying to figure out no-till.

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Ok that seems easy enough.

I'll assume you water the soil to keep it active right?
And from what I've read your no till has worms, is that correct? Is there anything extra you do to keep them happy during the decompose process?

Is that really no-till though? Maybe I'm just confused about what's considered no-till, but I thought that with no-till, you would be continually planting in the same bed after the initial harvest.
I thought that was the case too, which also confused me. But right wouldn't they end up having a pot full of roots at some point?
 

PadawanWarrior

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Is that really no-till though? Maybe I'm just confused about what's considered no-till, but I thought that with no-till, you would be continually planting in the same bed after the initial harvest.
But yes if that's what no-till is I'm doing it. I haven't tilled my soil in over 2 years. Just chop, and go again. I rotate the pots though, so they sit for a couple months before I plant another one in them, but you don't need to do that.

I also use 15 gal pots.
 

PadawanWarrior

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Ok that seems easy enough.

I'll assume you water the soil to keep it active right?
And from what I've read your no till has worms, is that correct? Is there anything extra you do to keep them happy during the decompose process?


I thought that was the case too, which also confused me. But right wouldn't they end up having a pot full of roots at some point?
You're right.

I try to keep my soil moist to keep the microbes and everyone happy. I do add some top dressing sometimes when the pots are empty to keep feeding the micro herd.

The roots decompose fast. It's crazy what the microbes can do. But you gotta see it to believe it.

I'm a BAS fan, so I use a lot of their stuff. I've got a link for $5 off, but I can't bring it up on this shitty IPad. If you want the link I could get on my Surface.
 

T macc

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Thanks for the reply.

I figured that was the case. I might've over looked it but I lost my patience and became frustrated after using the search feature and getting the "how long till harvest" results for 10 pages.

Just trying to figure out what happens to the root ball and left over roots.
Didnt read the thread past this point, but use google or something to search. I hate using this sites search function. 10 pages of the exact same thread lol
 

Marq1340

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You're right.

I try to keep my soil moist to keep the microbes and everyone happy. I do add some top dressing sometimes when the pots are empty to keep feeding the micro herd.

The roots decompose fast. It's crazy what the microbes can do. But you gotta see it to believe it.

I'm a BAS fan, so I use a lot of their stuff. I've got a link for $5 off, but I can't bring it up on this shitty IPad. If you want the link I could get on my Surface.
Nice. Definitely want to try no till at some point, maybe once I can keep a plant green longer than 4 weeks consistently.

A lot of your knowledge on no-till comes from the organics section here or is it other places you would like to recommend?

Sorry. BAS?
 

Marq1340

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Didnt read the thread past this point, but use google or something to search. I hate using this sites search function. 10 pages of the exact same thread lol
I thought I had the search engine figured out when I asked it to search by threads only, but you can imagine how many people come here and make post asking how many weeks "till harvest".

Edit: My keywords were "no till harvest", "planting in no till", and "no till". Each came back with 10 pages of people asking how many weeks and in most I can see people replying "about a pound".
 

PadawanWarrior

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Nice. Definitely want to try no till at some point, maybe once I can keep a plant green longer than 4 weeks consistently.

A lot of your knowledge on no-till comes from the organics section here or is it other places you would like to recommend?

Sorry. BAS?
I post all over if that's what you mean, but I'm no master. @Northwood is the one who comes to mind for no-till. He's not half assing anything.

BAS is my lazy way to say Build A Soil.
 
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