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Dillonvale, Ohio

Do you dig a hole and fill it with your own secret dirt to grow your giant in? If so, how big? Or do you just till in your secret dirt and plant?
I have seen a lot of different ways and I'm curious what most people do. My dad always said 3'x3'x3', I'm doing 4'x4'xprobably 2' this time

10/25/2016 2:31:36 PM

Torrance, Ca.

I try and make the whole patch one big hole. I may put a little extra myco and worm castings directly under where I'm planting but the complete area is ameneded the same.

10/25/2016 3:44:28 PM

stoughton WI

I till in amendments and dig hole just big enough to bury the root ball of the plant

10/25/2016 4:04:30 PM

Hanson Ma

Same as what rick j does.

10/25/2016 5:06:23 PM

Rhode Island

agree with so. cal
no need of a pleasure pit --the entire garden is a pleasure pit.
besides that hole can be pretty much ineffective if you loose the base of the plant
treat the entire patch ( not just with growth products but insect and disease control as well)
pap

10/25/2016 6:07:05 PM

Dillonvale, Ohio

I am adding amendments to the whole patch, but I guess I will only dig 1 hole(already have it dug). I'll pay a little more attention to my other 2 places for my plants, but not take the time to actually dig a big hole. Thank you.

10/25/2016 9:25:04 PM

Home of happy lil plants

pap has me giggling on the floor

10/25/2016 9:52:14 PM

Deer Park WA

Lol pap "pleasure pit" our patch is still fairly new and is more like a money pit as we continue to improve the soil. Yea we have been digging massive stump pits to a few feet deep in a 10' circle. Figgure in a few years we wont have to...

10/25/2016 10:35:58 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Pap's suggestion makes sense...every leaf node puts down tap roots that get nutrients from your soil...why feed just the first set of roots? This info has been around for several years...thanks Pap!!! Peace, Wayne

10/25/2016 11:56:09 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I feed the entire patch to grow big. But because my patch is in a deep, cold valley and its too far to run power to heat cables, soil temps run a couple weeks behind the rest of the area. So I dig a hole to mix in some fluffy potting soil and a starter fertilizer to get the main root ball off to a faster start. Since I have a hole dug I till below it with a fork for better rooting. I also put a little bit of organic fertilizer with beneficial microbes and Pumpkin Pro in the trench when burying vines to get the roots going quicker. But the vast majority of fertility is all over the patch.

10/26/2016 10:05:45 PM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

My pits are currently 30 feet x 30 feet..... like pap says ...

10/28/2016 7:41:18 PM

Grittyville, WA

I dug out and down a few feet. I think it helped my plants. I grew two plants in a hill (both together in one gal. pot) they produced ten fruit 2400 lbs total. Secret mix of horse manure, bee caccoons, and aged goat manure. I put them in the ground around June 1 and did not pollinate anything until July 21. William Warnock grew in large shallow carefully prepared hills I think everything he did was correct. He was the top grower until new heavier genetics came along. I would do 12'x12'x2' and deeper under the main tap root maybe 3'x3'x3'... then put your secret aged manure or compost in. Fresh manure will become anaerobic but might be ok shallow or on the surface.

Can anyone back me up...? Am I correct??

11/6/2016 10:41:25 AM