Thai_Lights
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If you like em I'll give em a shot. They are twice as deep as the bed I'm using now.
100 gallon smart pots indoors
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Rasta Roy
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They require a lot of water on the initial run but after a couple runs they hold water very well. I water frequently, but I only have to water a couple gallons of water per bed every other day.
thccbdhealth
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I was contemplating buying a 3'x3' x12"deep Planter bed.
however i dont know how many liters/gallons of soil that would contain.
Im also wondering about fabricating my own geo pot to allow some more depth.
I'm wondering if anybody here know the specific name of the fabric used?
Would landscaping fabric be sufficient?
however i dont know how many liters/gallons of soil that would contain.
Im also wondering about fabricating my own geo pot to allow some more depth.
I'm wondering if anybody here know the specific name of the fabric used?
Would landscaping fabric be sufficient?
ttystikk
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9 cubic feet or 1/3 of a yard.
Your first sentence says it all. Trying to replicate outdoor techniques indoors and especially the seasonal changes outdoors is pretty much wasted effort. Especially with the living mulch/green manure aspect.
I do have the benefit of having 2 raised bed soil gardens, a bunch of outdoor container grows (mostly veggies), that include 7 no tills and of course, the indoor grows. Over the years I've done the same techniques on all 3 and was able to judge results just from growing stuff.
What worked a treat in the raised beds worked (way), less well in the containers and was such a PITA indoors it was discontinued years ago. I'm speaking of the living mulch/green manure aspect here.
I no longer use mulch of any sorts indoors, mostly pine bark fines as a mulch for the outdoor containers (sometimes blended with perlite), and mostly leaf mold for the raised beds. They also double as my leaf mold compost piles.
For the containers, direct top dressings of amendments, either mixed with VC, or, VC as a top, top dressing gives the best results. I'm in the process now, of running all the amendments through the worm bins and will use the resulting VC as a stand alone fertilizer. This is pretty much what Coot & friends are doing and what he's talking about with the "quality vermicompost" statements.
This past season, the bi-weekly, or so, top dressings of fresh VC gave me outstanding results in the outdoor containers. I can't do thermal compost and none was used and only light amounts of amendments had been added to the bins, thus the need for direct top dressings. But, by next spring, at least some of the bins will be of the heavier added amendments (I have 6, with 2 now switched over), and I'll go with the straight VC.
The most important thing a person can do? START A WORM BIN!!!!
Thai_Lights
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Hey @Rasta Roy are you using (1) 100 gal per 1000W?
Rasta Roy
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Yes! And then I've got three 20 gallons tubs and three ten gallon pots in the spots where extra lights is coming down, I would do a couple more tubs if not for plant limitations.
Thai_Lights
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What do you think of 200 gal per lamp? I found some on Amazon for like 16 bucks a piece.
Rasta Roy
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Is it wider or deeper?
Thai_Lights
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50" across and 22" deep
ttystikk
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Lol WTF for? Isn't 100 gallons per light enough?
Thai_Lights
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I have no clue says 50" but a 4x4 spread should be 48" spread right?
ttystikk
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I don't know anyone who plants at the very corner of the tray.
Thai_Lights
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Let's see your grow? Show me how it's done then
ttystikk
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It's in the vertical section. Link in my signature line. I've grown plants as large as 2# finished weight indoors.
Thai_Lights
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Now that I re read rastas comments seems he is using about 200 gal per lamp anyways. I checked out your 200 page coco or dwc vertical grow and that's cool and all..... but my grow and your grow are complete opposites in terms of plant count and how we grow. I think I answered my own question with rastas help.. .. 200gal for 1 lamp seems good to me. So anyways.... Let's go champ!
swedsteven
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I use 9 pot total 45 gallon of organic soil under each light you make me feel cheap lol . Its just more work for me compost tea ,guano and top feed .still pretty easy love organic im thinking of buying 30 gallon of different compost and mix all that with 50 gallon off old promix next summer with 20 gallon off areation and make a 100 gallon bed under a light !side by side with the 45 gallon .
Thai_Lights
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Haha swedsteven, I just listened to what rasta Roy has taught me.... more soil = better and easier. That' why I'm thinking of doing more beds but trying out some 200 gal pots also... Water only... can' beat that for easyness.
Rasta Roy
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Than it's not quite as deep as mine are but it is wider. Which I wish mine were wider. Than I wouldn't have to fill in the gaps between my big ones with smaller tubs. I am using about an extra 100 gallons of soil in my room spread out into the other pots.
I thought I was crazy for doing 100 gallon pots (and in all fairness from a variety of my actions and beliefs I could be considered a little bit crazy), but Goddamn 200 gallons is a commitment for your back to make man. I was couch ridden for two days after I brought all that compost down into my basement lol. But hey man I chased my rabbit down the hole and I'm super happy with the result. It took me a couple rounds to work out some kinks with my soil pH and early watering regiment but my last two grows were super minimal effort. My recent cut down looks gorgeous and my new one is rolling off to a nice start. I'm on vacation right now but I'll be doing an update with pics and all that when I get back to some reliable wi fi!
Rasta Roy
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This is America man. It doesn't matter what it is, there is never enough! Lol