My 2nd season trying NEW IDEA's

hey tbr, regarding the soil, lime is used to adjust the pH of your soil and perlite aids in drainage. get yourself a nice pH meter to see how much lime you need/ if you need any. lime will raise the pH so if you're too high, just add more neutral soil.

-indi-

yo, the drip system is a great idea for outdoor growing, expecially if your trying to cuts down on the number of trips you make to your site. I would use a small fish hose or i guess any small hose will work as long as you camoflauge it. Try to get the hose so its drips like every 3-4 seconds depending on how well your soil drains and the temp, and size of your plant. The bigger she is the more water she is going to want. Its kinda like a guessing game. So pretty much hang your resivior above the soil and just like gravity do the work, no need for pumps. Also you dont really need any kind of sprinkler, some people like to run the hose around the pot in a circle pokeing little holes in it do evenly water the soil. Some people just put the end of the hose right at the base of their plant. Regardless of the technique just be sure ur plants are getting enough but not flooding them. peace.

Thanks Indigo, I believe that the Happy Frog soil has a ph of 6.7 or 6.8, so I'll see.

Northernlights4, yes after last season I realized the way to do it is using a drip system, takes a lot of time in your garden with out one. I've see people use something similar to what you were talking about, its a small circle around the stem with the tubing and it squirts out in a little circle. If I'm to put my reservoir above the soil, which is ground level, is it really going to have enough pressure to evenly distribute to all my plants?

Anyone else tackle any of my questions?

i went from seedling into big pots. i put the top half of a coke bottle over the plant to help protect it from wind until the plant got too big for it. from 4 plants they all did fine. Mine were from seed, not clone though

I'm not to worried about my clones not starting a good root structure in the 5 gallon pots, cause the clones root structure is going to be screaming to be put into a nice big pot. I'm going to take some pictures this weekend of the grow spot with the holes dug and the buckets in place. IF anyone could help answering any of my watering questions around the reservoir and stuff, I'd greatly appreciate it.