No till

I have been growing in potting soil using various nutes for years. I am switching to a "no till' like system indoors.

No till systems are advanced raised beds with serious quality soil that is not tilled once the bed ( big ass pot) has started. All you do is, whack down the plant, add a new layer of compost and plant the next plant.

I use Bushmaster and a couple of other things I don't want in the soil, so my plan is to cover the soil and foliar feed.

I plan on sticking worms in the pots and the whole outdoor enchillada. I will not bring pots outside once planted to reduce the risk of evil little things like symphalins getting into my grow.

I have used chems in the past due to the waste of putting things like bone meal in pots that will be dumped long before the majority of the meal is released for the plant.

Outdoor organic gardening relies on long term and short term feedings. Long term soil enhancers include things like bone meal, rock dust, agricultural lime, etc. Short term would be things like compost teas and seaweed based ferts.

In reading these posts, I have often thought that folks were wasting cash on long term additives which could a be great investment in a permanent soil.

In order to bring these nutes into play indoors, you have to build the life into the soil that thrives outdoors. Innoculants make that possible now where they really didn't when this old dude first started growin his own.

Anybody out there feelin me?

Anybody out there doing this now?

Anybody out there?

Hello, is this thing on? Is there a switch or something? When was the last time anyone changed the batteries?

I've got the dries. You work on this and call me when it's working.

Yes, you are correct, in part. Your goal & my goal, I think, is the same. I do the permenent soil deal, worms, all that shit. But I guess most can't do that. That is no excuse for adding chems to worm castings. Oh Well. Later Dude.

sounds like an awesome plan.

Check out the captaincompostalabama.com site. No Till big time. You really can't beat the raised bed, no-till method.... Unless, the entire garden was covered with 6 or more inches of good compost, then billions of microbes added. (To "grow billions, see Bruce Duely's web site- the Tea Maker.) Then feed them with liquid seaweed & molasses & Fish Emulsion. Green sand, Epsom salt, cotonseed meal, whole ground corn meal, and several LBS. of worms. That would be awesome.