Bict 16/17. Straya m8 2.0

[Lucky Luke]

Grab something like these with some of this harvest profits for ease of watering next season;
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/boat-bilge-pump
http://www.ebay.com.au/bhp/12v-water-pump

 

[WV: Jetson]

Mulching heavily around the base of the plants helps prevents crusts. It's not too late: scuff up the soil, mulch and you'll be good for the season. Making a little berm as you're suggesting won't hurt either...

 

[bict]

Mulching heavily around the base of the plants helps prevents crusts. It's not too late: scuff up the soil, mulch and you'll be good for the season. Making a little berm as you're suggesting won't hurt either...

Would using loamy soil/compost be good to mulch with?

What's a berm? Haha

 

[Vnsmkr]

Would using loamy soil/compost be good to mulch with?

What's a berm? Haha

Brown leaves, straw or hay, brown grass clippings....
A berm is a mound

 

[bict]

Brown leaves, straw or hay, brown grass clippings....
A berm is a mound

Sweet, ill do a mould to even it out then go buy two bales of straw and mulch the shit out of it.

 

[Vnsmkr]

Its a good practice to mound around the base of your plants anyway, that way it naturally runs away from the stem. Have seen some that build a moat around their plants, built up around the stem

 

[bict]

Its a good practice to mound around the base of your plants anyway, that way it naturally runs away from the stem. Have seen some that build a moat around their plants, built up around the stem

That's pretty bad ass. I've been meaning it do it, just never did

 

[MiddlerGuerrilla]

I build a reservoir around the base of the plant. A bowl of sorts that way I can dump 1-2 gallons and the ring of dirt will hold the water while it soaks in.

 

[Vnsmkr]

I remember way back I was listening to a long time grower talk about it. Makes sense for sure

 

[bict]

Found a hoe and went and bought the mulch. Will scrap the top with the hoe, mulch then water it in.

 

[treemansbuds]

Think I may have 3 males : /. No girlie bits and what appears to be the start of male stuff. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Also having problems watering, my soil is so hard and water is starting to run off it. Instead of dumping it I've had to pour it out slowly :\

Aerate your soil around the plant. I use a golf club with no head on it. i inserted a screwdriver shaft & tip (no handle) into the "head side" of the golf club shaft to create a long, skinny, and pointy poking tool. once a month i poke about 15-20 deep holes into the soil around my plant to aerate the soil. this gives the plant more air to the roots & makes for better water absorption.
TMB-

 

[Lucky Luke]

Aerate your soil around the plant. I use a golf club with no head on it. i inserted a screwdriver shaft & tip (no handle) into the "head side" of the golf club shaft to create a long, skinny, and pointy poking tool. once a month i poke about 15-20 deep holes into the soil around my plant to aerate the soil. this gives the plant more air to the roots & makes for better water absorption.
TMB-

great tip!

 

[bict]

Aerate your soil around the plant. I use a golf club with no head on it. i inserted a screwdriver shaft & tip (no handle) into the "head side" of the golf club shaft to create a long, skinny, and pointy poking tool. once a month i poke about 15-20 deep holes into the soil around my plant to aerate the soil. this gives the plant more air to the roots & makes for better water absorption.
TMB-

I did do with one of em and it seemed to work. Didn't do em that deep because the roots are quite close to the surface and I didn't wanna fuck em.

 

[ruby fruit]

Was thinking about making a mound on each of them to make the top soil mushy.

either churn the top soil a bit like luke said or make a ring around the plant with old soil so when u pour it it stays in the circle which enables all water to go to the roots..u got a lot of watering to come I would make a ring maybe 3 or 4 inches high and 2 ft out from the main stalk...easy to do next time your up there watering

 

[ruby fruit]

Aerate your soil around the plant. I use a golf club with no head on it. i inserted a screwdriver shaft & tip (no handle) into the "head side" of the golf club shaft to create a long, skinny, and pointy poking tool. once a month i poke about 15-20 deep holes into the soil around my plant to aerate the soil. this gives the plant more air to the roots & makes for better water absorption.
TMB-

knowledge yo !

 

[Vnsmkr]

Aerate your soil around the plant. I use a golf club with no head on it. i inserted a screwdriver shaft & tip (no handle) into the "head side" of the golf club shaft to create a long, skinny, and pointy poking tool. once a month i poke about 15-20 deep holes into the soil around my plant to aerate the soil. this gives the plant more air to the roots & makes for better water absorption.
TMB-

Awesome pointer @treemansbuds

 

[ruby fruit]

this

I build a reservoir around the base of the plant. A bowl of sorts that way I can dump 1-2 gallons and the ring of dirt will hold the water while it soaks in.

s exactly what I did with the black dog..my watering to the kush is easy it never puddles and I have been using a hose from my rainwatering tank turn on go and have a beer and presto the sour has received approx. 50-60 litres over ten mins all I do is move the hose from one side to the other once AND water as far away from the main stem near the end of watering to get those roots spreading really wide

 

[ruby fruit]

yard is stinky as fuck we got hot weather 40-43 next 4 days then a week of 32-35

 

[bict]

either churn the top soil a bit like luke said or make a ring around the plant with old soil so when u pour it it stays in the circle which enables all water to go to the roots..u got a lot of watering to come I would make a ring maybe 3 or 4 inches high and 2 ft out from the main stalk...easy to do next time your up there watering

I'll do what treeman said plus this and mulch should do the job

 

[bict]

yard is stinky as fuck we got hot weather 40-43 next 4 days then a week of 32-35

I reckon it would