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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:44 am
by Roots
Got a late start this year, these plants were put outside August 3rd, I’m guessing I’ll get about two ounces each.
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:05 am
by rSin
why the 2/3rds bury em?
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 3:03 pm
by Roots
Protects them from the heat.....They love the heat when they are little but once the roots hit the plastic it’s to hot.
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Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:54 pm
by rSin
are you keeping bees yet?
looked into any of the legacy hive styles?
interesting stuff...
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:36 pm
by Roots
Got a little growth.
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Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:30 pm
by Dick Fein
I just found this guy who drills 2 " holes in the sides of his buckets and lines them with fabric to air prune the roots.
It stops the roots from circling the outside edge and forces them to fill the entire space.
I have often wondered why that happened when I recycled the soil that there were no roots in the center of the pot.
I just transplanted a pepper plant into such a pot and I will see how it goes.
They are taking it one more step and placing that bucket in a kiddy pool full of nutrient solution and bottom-feeding the plants so I am looking for a small pool.
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Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:15 pm
by rSin
interesting
theres this stuff called plastic canvas
they stich em up to get these 'paintings' made of yarn
helped with some costumes years back
and discovered how useful it was
shaping and stiffening
later
I made custom sized rock holders
for a custom sized hydro I built into a little space he had
you could easily stich them into pots
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Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 9:15 pm
by Dick Fein
Red sheathing tape would hold those in place.
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:21 am
by Roots
Where did you get the fabric Dick..?
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:51 pm
by Dick Fein
The dollar store.