M4S73R's Perpetual Organic LED Grow.
Hollatchaboy
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What do you use to reamend?
m4s73r
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Just craft blend from BAS, watered in with Saponin extract and Mikrobs from amazon. Make sure to mulch everything back into the top layer.
Hollatchaboy
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Ok good, I'm glad you said that. How much do you add when reamending? I can't find any conclusive info on that.
Hollatchaboy
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Nevermind.i just found it. Lol
I don't know why I never seen that before.
m4s73r
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Proly not. All these organic growers just throw scoops on stuff. Like for my bed, i throw 1 scoop post harvest. Scoop is about 5 cups. I only do this once every other harvest. Honestly the mulch breaking down from harvest provides everything the plants need. I just help it along with the Mikrobs and the Saponin is to make sure there are not dry spots in the bed. Nutrients to keeps micro/macro nutrients at the proper levels. Truthfully this reamend i did 6 months ago is still breaking down.
Hollatchaboy
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I believe it. That's a good amount of soil and organic matter to be run thru by microbes, worms, bugs. I've noticed some feedings take a lil longer than others to break down.
green_machine_two9er
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Good stuff. Exactly how I look at it. But some stuff its 6years! and still provides nourishment.
m4s73r
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Yep, some minerals even longer than that.
Hollatchaboy
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Some inputs probably take longer than that.
Hollatchaboy
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I hit post reply at the same time damn near. Lol
m4s73r
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The bed watering system has been changed over to a water drip system. The C sprayers were causing tent humidity to skyrocket. So we moved over to this. The last run killed off the cover crop and I have been under watering. Got to checking with the moisture meter and yep its pretty dry. So I have covered it over with plastic, added a couple min to the water timer and its gonna rest for a bit.
Here is the bed right after processing and all mulch/trim thrown back on bed.
And here is the bed 2 weeks later.
Coming soon, we will be picking the beds up off the floor onto dollies so i can move them around. It is my objective to create a 10x11 grow room and get out the tents. I may even insulate the whole thing to R10 and cool it down to 60F. The nice thing is there is 2 windows in the room and I can use winter to cool the room way down for hash making.
Here is the bed right after processing and all mulch/trim thrown back on bed.
And here is the bed 2 weeks later.
Coming soon, we will be picking the beds up off the floor onto dollies so i can move them around. It is my objective to create a 10x11 grow room and get out the tents. I may even insulate the whole thing to R10 and cool it down to 60F. The nice thing is there is 2 windows in the room and I can use winter to cool the room way down for hash making.
Can I put a barrier in the middle of this tote and plant two plants? I have been looking at putting these in my 4x4 and doing 2 plants in each one. So 8 plants with around 13gallons of soil to work with in their own spaces. Sound viable?
kratos015
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Very incredible work. I don't know why I never saw this thread.
You look like you're only a few cycles off of having yourself a fully self-sustaining closed loop system. Your results and photos certainly reflect that, you can practically feel and smell the life just from the photos.
How does the decaying wood interact with the roots? Does the wood just decompose so quickly that it doesn't hinder root growth? Do the roots grow into the decaying wood? What a very fascinating process, I'd like to learn more about the how and the why as to how all of that works. Any resources for study that you recommend?
Definitely seems like its nothing but benefits. It is less soil you need to make/buy to fill a hole or bed, and that entire rotting log likely turns into compost within a year or so?
My town woodchip pile has plenty of branches and stumps around too, definitely want to incorporate that into any future holes/beds.
Great thread.
You look like you're only a few cycles off of having yourself a fully self-sustaining closed loop system. Your results and photos certainly reflect that, you can practically feel and smell the life just from the photos.
How does the decaying wood interact with the roots? Does the wood just decompose so quickly that it doesn't hinder root growth? Do the roots grow into the decaying wood? What a very fascinating process, I'd like to learn more about the how and the why as to how all of that works. Any resources for study that you recommend?
Definitely seems like its nothing but benefits. It is less soil you need to make/buy to fill a hole or bed, and that entire rotting log likely turns into compost within a year or so?
My town woodchip pile has plenty of branches and stumps around too, definitely want to incorporate that into any future holes/beds.
Great thread.
m4s73r
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Thanks.
Yeah I am considering doing nothing to it but mulch and see how many times i can grow till i seem some deficiancy or something. If I ever do.
The roots grow right into it. After while that wood turns into a giant sponge. It breaks down really slow once this happens.
For resources on this look up Hugel Kulture. Or hill culture. This is used in place that are heavily wooded to make farm land. True Hugel Culture take a year to start if you use fresh wood. I got a jump on that part by using year old decomposing wood. Now if you go with a harder wood that is aged a year more like firewood, that shit could take years to fully break down. The smaller stuff goes pretty quick but that log will take a hot minute. Here is a link to my other thread that goes over how i built this style of bed.
Indoor HugelKultur Bed Gorrilla Cookies ChilLed Growcraft x5
I wanted to share my experiment I have going on with my grow. I have started a new bed based around HugelKultur. We will be growing the last 4 clones of Gorilla Cookies (GG#4xGSC). These are being grown under DIY ChilLed Growcraft x5 600w. This is a fresh made soil mix as well. Click Here for a...
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m4s73r
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Welp I got my first bug issue. Sow bugs/rollie pollies/pill bugs, whatever you want to call them. I been having issues regrowing my cover crop. Put out some straw and the next day when i moved it they were EVERYWHERE. So we need to resolve this issue before we plant anything in it. Got the tops off some pumpkins and are pulling them out the bed. plan on dropping in some traps later tonight. I'll take some pics of the traps I use for this issue. This is a easy fix organically. Just don't go crazy and be prepared to fix it over a couple of days.
The first time i pulled it up, it was covered! You can also use watermelon. I just happen to have these already rotting on my front porch.
The first time i pulled it up, it was covered! You can also use watermelon. I just happen to have these already rotting on my front porch.
m4s73r
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Well the traps are FULL. 3 days pulling the little bastards out my bed and they still in there. I finally admitted that I needed some help and ordered some Sluggo Plus. Its for organic gardens. I was really trying to not do that, but I have to admit when im beat. I got plants coming, dont have time to be messing around.
Got some pulleys from the hardware store. Going to be switching up light hangers in the back of the tent to some pulleys. I did this already in the Hugelkulture bed. Now I can stand at the front and Adjust all 4 points with out having to walk around it to get the light level. One of these days I will have these attached to electric hoists.
Got some pulleys from the hardware store. Going to be switching up light hangers in the back of the tent to some pulleys. I did this already in the Hugelkulture bed. Now I can stand at the front and Adjust all 4 points with out having to walk around it to get the light level. One of these days I will have these attached to electric hoists.