Anyone ever use these?
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pizzapuffer
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i dont really understand how they work but if your planing of having that swamp water your plants it will slowly kill them. when i was a kid i tried transplanting plants in a swamp and they slowly turned yellow and died. this is because it suffocates the roots. your plants need to take in oxygen with the water and swamps have very low levels of it. the plants that do grow in swamps like cat tails, those picky flower things, and swamp grass are evolved to survive in low oxygen medium.
now if that swamp water isnt getting inside and you just water with the swamp water and give your medium a chance to dry out, you might be ok. i prefer highly aerated water myself though when growing.
d4n
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True but this is a little different, they're called swamp tubes. You just lay down about 10 pounds of lime, put a large tote/bin with the bottom cut out - on top of a scraped off swampy area and the medium wicks the water for no hassle watering, use slow release ferts and come back a few months later for your harvest if it isn't eaten, stolen or busted. These bags would save money and lugging, hauling x amount of huge rubbermaids is a pain in the ass (i'm assuming, this will be my first outdoor grow).
pizzapuffer
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you know being a wick system it might just work. it should survive as long as your plant isnt sitting in still water and the roots are getting enough oxygen.
i'll tell you one thing about swamps that is a huge advantage. years ago when i was a kid after failed to grow plants in mucky swamps alone mixed with a bag of dirt LOL, i started just growing in pots outdoors. deer would get to them so i put the pots on top of the swamps int he middle. the deer for some reason would not go to it. they had tracks near by but would no go in the swamp.
another huge problem with swampy areas is slugs. for me they kept crawling across blades of swamp grass to my pots and would devour fan leaves. putting rings of sand helps. also remove nearby grass blades touching your pot or that can touch your pot from wind i also heard big ring of copper around the pot stops them but i never tried it myself so i cant say for sure on that one.
im not trying to deter you from trying it and think it would be a cool experiment to try out though. good luck bro!
i'll tell you one thing about swamps that is a huge advantage. years ago when i was a kid after failed to grow plants in mucky swamps alone mixed with a bag of dirt LOL, i started just growing in pots outdoors. deer would get to them so i put the pots on top of the swamps int he middle. the deer for some reason would not go to it. they had tracks near by but would no go in the swamp.
another huge problem with swampy areas is slugs. for me they kept crawling across blades of swamp grass to my pots and would devour fan leaves. putting rings of sand helps. also remove nearby grass blades touching your pot or that can touch your pot from wind i also heard big ring of copper around the pot stops them but i never tried it myself so i cant say for sure on that one.
im not trying to deter you from trying it and think it would be a cool experiment to try out though. good luck bro!
angryblackman
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It's like a Topsy Truvy. A greenhouse for your roots. 