queensland growing

[big chornz]

does anybody have any experiance in growing outdoors in qld?i just want to no what soil to use.ive decided to plant from seeds straight into the soil.is there anything else i need to worry about apart from location, soil and water?

[Mr Putard]

you might want to take some soil samples for ph testing...you can get soil ph testers at bigw in the garden section..main thing is try to plant in a sunny position..

 

I've heard of ppl adding lime, dynamic lifter blood and bone..thrive..all kinds of stuff ... my favourite is fish emulsion..

 

when preparing site best to fill in holes with water and let soak before transplanting..never plant more than 2 or three plants in the same area... don't leave any rubbish behind...you should spread mulch or newspaper around the hole to prevent water eveporation..and do it in a stealthy way...

[white_cluster]

I wouldn't plant seed straight in the soil if they are bought seeds, if they are bagseed go for it though, but I'd sprout em in little pots with Seed raising mix in there.

 

Anyway, I haven't grown outdoors for a while, but I used to swear by blood and bone, worm castings, and tons of compost.

 

I dunno how your growing, in your backyard or guerilla style, but in your backyard the best fertilizer comes from buying a worm farm and making a compost heap as well, I put my food scraps in the worm farm, and make compost heaps all at once with lawn clippings, leaves and bark with a couple of bags of poo and a bottom layer of newspaper I also add my dirty kitty litter.

 

Anyhoo, if you can't do that and your growing away from your property, location is the important bit, don't plant around pine trees, Dig a big hole, 2ft x 2ft at least and add blood and bone, seaweed meal, and sum cow shit, it'll be easier to carry cow shit if you collect it in the catcher after running over it with your lawnmower. Then feed your plants when they need it.

 

Where I used to live (deep in granite mountains) rock wallabies and possums would eat tons of my plants. I had to plant the clones in a cage in pots, and grow them to about 4ft before I moved em, and after moving 1/4 of the plants would get eaten beyond repair, the rest grew faster than the wallabies ate, but it is their favourite food. especially after bushfires.

Most places aren't gonna be as bad as this though, I had to make a huge roofed chicken-pen cage for my vegie garden.

 

If you plant smart there is no need to worry about choppers, I once had a chopper fly over me while I was walking down my mountain with 2 watering cans. They looked at me and then scoured the area for an hour or so, real long time, and real slowly. I had 12 plants on the one mountain but the cops didn't see them, because they weren't at the top of the mountain they were down the side in a creek-valley.

Anyhoo, the brighter and higher the elevation the better yield, higher potency you will have, but the more risk and its not worth it.

I used to have to climb up a big mountain then crawl down a cliff-face to get to my crops. Its very hard when carrying 30ltrs of water!!

 

My neighbour used to have a tree on his property were he had a pulley system. He would go untie knots and these once invisible MJ plants would come out of the foliage. He'd water them etc, then pull them back up and tie the knot back up. Had been growing like that for like 10-20yrs.

 

long post eh?

[pipeman]

If you plant smart there is no need to worry about choppers, I once had a chopper fly over me while I was walking down my mountain with 2 watering cans. They looked at me and then scoured the area for an hour or so, real long time, and real slowly. I had 12 plants on the one mountain but the cops didn't see them

hey wc, just out of curiosity, if the cops could land near where you were walking and asked you where you were going with those watering cans, what would you have said?

[white_cluster]

Thinking back now I would have said I was watering the black-boys, cos it had just been bushfire, and hadn't rained much for a long time, the area were the plants we're wasn't burnt (I'm not that stupid), but we're I was was black as anything, I woulda stood out like nothing else, and I felt the chopper fly over me close. Very scary.

But back then I wouldn't have been clever enough to tell em I was watering foliage. I probably woulda just said "I found them" or something equally as stupid. I'm not good with cops or teachers, too arrogant.

 

I was going home with the watering cans, I'd already emptied them.

[Guest Wilderbud]

"Where are you going with all that water?"

 

BUSHWALKING!

 

I had my bag searched when I was young and on my way to plant - they found nothing but 4L of water. I could have probably complained about the search but I let them go since they gave me a ride to the parking area [500M from where my babies grew].

Edited August 16, 2003 by Wilderbud