Ep 001: Welcome to the 10x10 Grow Tent Tour

0:00 — 1:52

Intro and BuildASoil Mission

Jeremy welcomes viewers into the BuildASoil 10x10 tent and explains the eight-year evolution of BuildASoil into a warehouse operation with an adjacent 30x144 greenhouse that supplies fresh produce to Colorado restaurants. He frames the series as a full-ecosystem teaching project, not snippets, emphasizing chemical-free organic growing for both cannabis and vegetables. He commits to transparent recipes viewers can build from scratch and asks for comments and engagement on every video.

1:53 — 2:35

Gorilla Grow Tent Walkthrough

Jeremy introduces the Gorilla Grow Tent 10x10 Heavy Duty as the core structure for the series. He points out the internal hanging poles for equipment, the vents for ducting, and the height extension system that uses a one-foot extension kit and a two-foot extension kit to raise the tent height depending on the lights and plants inside.

2:35 — 3:32

Grow Lights Overview

Jeremy puts on his Method Seven LED full-spectrum grow glasses and walks the four lights in the tent. He highlights the Cypress 8 (eight-bar LED strip fixture) over two quadrants, a 12-fixture 50W COB array totaling 600W (with mention of the fixtures running over 700W) from the Timber COB setup, and a DIY 100W Vero COB fixture he repurposed from his garage to light the food quadrant.

3:32 — 5:25

Quadrant 1 - EarthBox Comparison

Jeremy explains that Quadrant 1 will host two EarthBox self-watering containers under the Timber COB 600W setup. He shows a brand new EarthBox that will get wheels installed, explains the reservoir/wicking tray design, and describes how deep water roots drink pure water while feeder roots up top eat compost and organic amendments. He also shows a used EarthBox from the last round (which grew the Max Stomper cultivar) that is now regenerating with a cover crop chopped and dropped, mycelium from Kashi blend and Craft blend inoculation, and a light topdress of worm castings, being kept in the dark to decompose for reuse.

1. 1. Place the black self-watering tube into the EarthBox before adding soil
2. 2. Fill the box with the EarthBox soil tray, compost, and organic amendments
3. 3. Water only via the fill tube - wicking does the rest
4. 4. To regenerate used soil: sow a cover crop, chop and drop it, inoculate with Kashi blend and Craft blend, top dress with a little worm castings, and keep in the dark to decompose

5:25 — 6:32

Quadrant 2 - Grassroots 3x3 No-Till Bed

Jeremy describes Quadrant 2 under the Cypress 8 LED as the cannabis no-till living soil bed. He shows the young seedlings that need transplanting to one-gallon pots and need to be sexed, then introduces the 3x3 Grassroots fabric planter bed which is 1.5 feet deep and holds about 11 cubic feet of soil. He acknowledges that not everyone can commit that much non-movable soil to one spot (third-story apartments, renters) but presents it as the no-till end goal.

1. 1. Transplant the healthy seedlings from the carrier tray to one-gallon pots
2. 2. Sex the plants once they reveal sex
3. 3. Move the white table out of the way
4. 4. Unfold the 3x3 Grassroots fabric planter bed (1.5 ft deep, ~11 cu ft capacity)
5. 5. Place it under the Cypress 8 LED in Quadrant 2

6:32 — 7:17

Quadrant 3 - 10 Gallon Recipe Comparison

Jeremy explains that Quadrant 3 will host the smaller-container experiment he is most excited about: a 10-gallon container using only one 7.5 gallon bag of soil per plant, one for each of BuildASoil's soil recipes side-by-side. One female plant per container, brewing teas, top dressing, and using organic fertilizers to chase yield and quality out of a smaller footprint.

1. 1. Place one 7.5 gallon bag of a specific BuildASoil recipe into a 10 gallon container
2. 2. Repeat with each different recipe for direct comparison
3. 3. Transplant one female plant into each container
4. 4. Brew compost teas and apply
5. 5. Do top dressings and apply organic fertilizers during the cycle

7:17 — 8:45

Quadrant 4 - Indoor Food Growing

Jeremy shows Quadrant 4, the food-growing area under the DIY Vero COB 100W setup. He harvests a salad into a wood bowl, explaining how indoor living soil vegetables regenerate within a week or two after a slice harvest, allowing a family to eat from the tent seven days a week. He points out kale and miner's lettuce (which is struggling because it's a cold-weather crop in a warm tent) and previews sprouts, seed germination, and food propagation content.

1. 1. Harvest a slice of lettuce by taking a portion from the head
2. 2. Allow regrowth for about a week or two before harvesting again
3. 3. Rotate crops in and out of the racks to keep constant production

8:45 — 10:00

Automation and Series Preview

Jeremy points out the intelligent power strip at the top of the tent controlling lights, humidifier, and fans, and previews discussion of automation via regular timers, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi products, or fully manual. He recaps the four-quadrant layout and closes by asking for comments, likes, and shares, promising to document every step from seed to harvest across the coming months with good audio and video.