One of our features this week is the story of East Fork Cultivars: using native soil to develop a new, sustainable business model.
http://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/oregon-farm-using-native-soil-develop-new-sustainability-standards/
They’re in southwest Oregon. But have other outdoor growers found success in their native/local soil? Any experiments?
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Here is my grow log for this year. Much cheaper than potting soil.
Over 40,000lbs have been seized in numerous states, along with cash being mailed to oregon. They’re cracking down, but the free market killed the black market organically. Of the nearly 2 dozen “medical” growers I know, one continues, but plans...
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I do disagree that it yields less. Maybe on a per plant basis, but not on a square foot basis.
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I think it just depends on where you’re at! In the desert of southern Colorado, the native soil is not very good to grow in (without a decent amount of amendments anyways). But back in Ohio, its black gold native soil.
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Those midwest soils are da bomb.
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