Show Notes: How long does it take cuttings, choosing a location outdoors, odor concerns (gotta’ stank to be dank), jack the Ripper, sun intensity, building native soil, ground cover, container (battery) size, low-till soil farming, transitioning indoor plants to sunlight (hardening off) Related articles: Selecting an outdoor locationPreparing your soilTransitioning indoor plants to the great …
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Lit Farming: S01 Ep03
Show Notes: SR-71 & Morning Dew smoke reportsPreparing cuttings for outdoors, variations on timing the move to outdoors to account for changes in light cycle, pollination risk, root development, using supplemental lighting, ideas for using containers, watering, and more. Related articles: No related articles for this episode Want to find your purpose for cultivating this …
Transitioning Cannabis Outdoors
This week (May 17-21, 2020) should be a great week to move your cannabis plants under the sun. It can be nerve wracking to do this and frequently you will end up with burnt plants if you transition too quickly. However, the weather right now is nearly ideal to get this done. This week’s forecast …
Lit Farming: Episode 02
Show Notes: This special, extended episode finds Eric and BigV showing their passion for a number of topics related to living soils. Living soil topics include: benefits, costs, recipes, magical microbes, compost teas, amendments, and native soils. Given the time of year, they also cover outdoor enclosures, the risk of pollination by outdoor hemp, as …
Lit Farming: First Episode
Show Notes: This first episode introduces your hosts, Eric and Big V, what Lit Farming is all about and why we like to get our hands dirty. Want to find your purpose for cultivating this amazing plant? Tune-in! Have Questions? Reach us via email to KCGrowCoach@gmail.com or contact them through the website . They might read …
Lit Farming: 420 Outdoors 01
Join me for a short podcast exploring things you need to consider when growing outdoors. Let me know what you think. Want to know about something in particular? Want to tell me the audio sucks? Just leave a comment below or contact us. Good luck in the year of 4 20’s!The Lit Farmer
Doing It In The Dirt ~Root Zone Temp
We’ve all heard how important it is to keep our PHa measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution More in check when it comes to watering or feeding our plants and we know all about room temperature and humidity; but how many of you consider the Root Zone or the temperature you water …
Grow light coverage
I commonly see confusion where light coverage is concerned. Don’t worry, it can be an difficult concept. Advertising for lights are purposefully difficult to understand sometimes. Anything to get us to part with our money, right? Although we can apply these concepts to any light and any sized space, here I’ll break it down in …
Micronutrients; from sea to soil
For those growing outdoors there should be little concern about micronutrients, unless you are growing in a raised bed with manufactured soil. Otherwise, all native Missouri soils have enough trace elements (micronutrients) to sustain your medical cannabis garden. This is primarily due to our clay soils which are full of micronutrients. However, the peat and …
Biochar – the secret sauce
Biochar enriched soils, also known as terra preta, have been proven to increase microbial life and have also been proven to grow plants bigger and faster than soils without this amendment. I have seen similar, anecdotal results in my medical cannabis garden. The beds utilizing biochar not only grow bigger plants, but the soil seems …