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Outdoor swamp tubes
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I'll be giving the swamp a first time try this coming summer. I have several 17 gal totes that I'll cut the bottoms out of. I'll be using ProMix with 2 cups of Osmocote mixed in and 10 lbs of lime underneath. I'll be putting Highrise Seeds Packistani Kush X Mighty Durban fems in them.
Nelson
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Wow 10 lbs of lime is a lot. Which lime are you using. Do you know the pH in your swamp? You might consider something a little less caustic like 10 lbs of oyster shells. Very slow release and lasts for years to sweeten the soil. My swamp is pH 6.0 so I add nothing pH changing just soil with compost into the tires and I top dress with sheep manure. It works great and I get six foot plants in the tires usually about 1/2 pounders. My guess is if they were heavy yielders like Big Bud or Ice they would be a pound.
I'll be using a couple of different places, but only checked the ph at one site, it was just above 5. I was planning on using dolomite lime, $3.50 per 50 lb sack at my local Menards. Cres does this under his tubs when he sets them. The following year will get a check in the tubs, then a little lime added if needed. My spots are in full sun so I'm hoping for a minimum of a half pound from each, but as always, it's a crap shoot. I also bought some copper mesh to form a ring around the stems to keep away slugs.
I do like the sounds of the gear you are running, I like Mr Stinky too.
I do like the sounds of the gear you are running, I like Mr Stinky too.
yes 10lbs of dolimite/garden lime under the bins... cal-mag and buffering the ph of a bog.. just the first year then mixing lime in by hand after that. It works great been at it for years now...lol The tube/tube is instaginifcent...you need to get at least 18" of soil above the waterline... rubbermaid, homemaid,tires(seems extreme weight wise) but no bottom is what is so nessisary the promix or coco sucks the water right up no problem...
Organic great but it takes alot of organics for 30 gals of soil mix... or osmocote...1 cup for 15gals of promix/coco, I like a few cups of kelp also...
Organic great but it takes alot of organics for 30 gals of soil mix... or osmocote...1 cup for 15gals of promix/coco, I like a few cups of kelp also...
Nelson
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Cres is right but the nice thing about tires getting them into the swamp not the problem he imagines. The tires will roll and you don't have to carry them They are tough and last for at least ten years. I got some that old. I like the ground oyster shells they brake down slowly and release there lime over years. I like them on the top also. they are sharp and keep the slugs down cause they don't like crawling over the sharp oyster shells with their soft bellies. The oyster shells reflect a lot of light back upwards onto the plant. I will be sticking with them but it is your grow man do it the way you want.
Nelson
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Cres is right on. Farmers feed oyster shells to their chickens to help the chickens produce eggs with good hard shells. They are almost pure calcium and react very slowly and brake down in the soil over about five years so you don't have to bother doing anything with your soil except add some more oyster shells to the top after you add a half bag of sheep poop to get a good grow again and keep the slugs off. You are so right either method will probably work fine for you. There are many rivers that all lead to the sea. Pick the one you think suits your personality the best.
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