Outdoor Swamp tubes. Swamp grows.

[hejdaman]

Hi, i am sitting and reading about swamp tubes, and growing weed in swamps and marches. That seems to me like a really neat idea. I have thought about growing in swamps when i have been out scouting locations this spring. There are many swamps around here. But i had never seen a grow journal or even heard of someone growing in swamps so i thought that it wasn´t possible.

http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/4723.html

I think that there are many beginner growers like me that haven´t heard about that they have that alternative. So i think that everyone should check that out.

If someone here on AFN have had a swampgrow, please post and tell me about your experiences with that.

And there in the world can you grow like this? The swamps where i live are very very wet. But is it possible here in scandinavia also if i use a lot of perlite in the mix?

/H.

 

[The Squid]

Use plenty of perlite and a mix like Promix with peat moss instead of soil and I bet it'd work.

 

[hejdaman]

I have read about a few guys up here that have had successive grow, or semi-successive grows. It sounds like it´s not the easiest thing to do. At least around here.
But i can see that most of the growers are beginners that haven´t been reading much on the subject. Planting right into the swamp, and so fourth.

But from what i´ve read so far on the scendinavian forums, it isn´t impossible. There are a few growers that have pulled successful grows too. I think i have a sense for common sense, and know what i should do, and what stuff i should avoid.
I just need the some feedback from you.

I know of a area that´s quite near where i live that has very wet, and muddy soil. It is a swamp really.
I don´t know if it it is going to dry out, or get more wet. But that´s not very important. My idea is really simple acually. I will find me two logs, and then place them between eachother flat on the ground. Then i just lay some smaller branches and sticks on to the logs so it recembles kind of a raft. I want a little bit of air between the ground and the sticks, about 6-8 inches minimum. And then i plant my babies in garbagebags filled with soil on top of the raft. Maybe 2-3 of them.

Maybe it´s going to be a problem. I will use about 10 gallons of soil so the bags won´t be very deep for the roots to grow in. What do you think?

 

[Eschatos]

I planted two photos in a "swamp"-like area a couple years ago. The first 4 months were a blast. Come July with higher temps, they got all kinds of bugs and went from hero to zero in less than a week

 

[hejdaman]

Ok. I am sorry. What climate wore you growing in if i may ask?

I just have to say that i kind of had a different picture of what a swamp are. The location where i think of maybe do a testgrow this summer isn´t really a swamp. I can´t find the word for what i mean, but there aren´t any streams of water at all. There is just puddles, and very wet grass. Mire is maybe the right word. The important thing is really that there aren´t people around, and not too much trees.

http://www.richkni.co.uk/dartmoor/pix/foxmire/mire6.jpg
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef0154342ab3ad970c-800wi

Here´s a pic that similar to what i mean.

 

[cres]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=33268
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=93677
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=66655
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=68221

Greens was a legendary swamp grower... read these threads some of the best info available, swamps are often the way to go safe and reliable. Greens and breederbrad basicaly wrote the book on swamp growing. And a huge inspiration for myself.

 

[Eschatos]

Maybe my idea of swamp isn't a swamp either Not stale water, but not very running either. The area has bamboo-like plants and bushes maybe 1-1,5m tall. I dug holes on the edge of the water deep enough to cover half of the 20 liter pots, bottoms removed. I'm in the Mediterranean, hot summers here, these kind of places seem to attract small mosquito-like bugs.

 

[realcarlos]

There was a member on this site can't remember who or where the pictures are
but the person used totes cut out the bottom and filled it with soil
they came out really good

 

[Mr Piggy]

I'm going to try and find a suitable spot to do this around where I live. Unfortunately the swamps around here are crawling with bird watchers and nature nuts.

 

[cres]

I'm going to try and find a suitable spot to do this around where I live. Unfortunately the swamps around here are crawling with bird watchers and nature nuts.

99% of them wont have knee boots on. Also fishing/bird watching is a great cover.