C Cats 2012 Outdoor Grow~

**|B3RNY|** · 06-02-2012, 08:09 AM

Ashes (wood ash) is GREAT for soil, it will add small amounts of potassium (helping flowers bulk-up) and will also help to raise the pH of your soil (if needed) but there are other benefits as well... the ashes also repel many insects (including slugs & snails), but only before it gets washed into the soil by water- the ashes quickly dry the exoskeletons of insects, repelling or even killing them. It's a great soil amendment and can give a tiny boost to the flowering cycle.

**angryblackman** · 06-02-2012, 08:26 AM

Great info here! I credit Kaendar for getting the ball rolling. Nothing wrong with a healthy discussion!

We can all learn something new or hear it from a different perspective.

**C Cat** · 06-02-2012, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by |B3RNY|

You want to re-pot the least amount of times possible, while making sure that you do not become root-bound. You can grow very nice plants in 4/5 gal buckets and such, your yield will be relative to the size of your total root mass. You just aren't going to get monster sized plants out of a 1 gallon pale, if your pot is too small then you won't get to water much as each time your soil dries enough it will be time to feed again. There IS such thing as root bound, to argue against it is just silly. It doesn't matter how much $ you spend or how good of a grower you are- if your plants become too large for the pots they're in then they will show various signs of deficiencies and your yield will not be at it's full potential... assuming it makes it that far, plants that are very root-bound will quickly suffer and die off completely. Have you ever seen the way they grow giant plants around the Emerald Triangle outdoors? ...they have them in 20-25 gallon planters (per plant) or they are straight into the Earth, this is because your pot size=root mass size=total yield. Just be careful with your roots & the plants won't skip a beat. Good luck man.
Since you are growing outdoors why not plant them directly in the ground? Then you don't have to worry about it-they will grow as large as they have the potential for.

Hello B3RNY!

Im trying to repot only once or twice now MAX,The only reason I will not plant them in ground is because my home was built on an old junkyard

so when I dig holes I find old glass bottles(Sometimes Cool unbroken ones)Tinfoil,I was digging one day and discoverd a WHOLE Toilet

! Kinda foiled my plan in that spot(Only got top out).Crushing up ash sounds good then I need to wait for a hot day its been pouring all day today,supposed to keep raining all week

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~Thanks

Really do appreciate all the help from EVERYONE

~C That Cat?

**C Cat** · 06-02-2012, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by |B3RNY|

Ashes (wood ash) is GREAT for soil, it will add small amounts of potassium (helping flowers bulk-up) and will also help to raise the pH of your soil (if needed) but there are other benefits as well... the ashes also repel many insects (including slugs & snails), but only before it gets washed into the soil by water- the ashes quickly dry the exoskeletons of insects, repelling or even killing them. It's a great soil amendment and can give a tiny boost to the flowering cycle.

The ash will come inhand aswell for the insects too! Thats great cause I usally have lazy slugs that love to hangout on my plants

.Hey a boost is better than no boost right?

Originally Posted by angryblackman

Great info here! I credit Kaendar for getting the ball rolling. Nothing wrong with a healthy discussion!

We can all learn something new or hear it from a different perspective.

I Really appreciate help from everyone here I really do!

So many things being covered so fast!Kaendar Ill give ya some credit

I love me some healthy disscussion!

**C Cat** · 06-02-2012, 09:07 AM

Update

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Decided to upload some pictures I had taken the other day,garden 012.jpgI think they have an amazing color,what do you think?
garden 002.jpg~Reminds me of aliens for some reason

.this 007.jpg Say hello to my 19 year old cat! Shes beautiful

thinking positive 005.jpgLove the colors once again!smith flower show 2011 006.jpg