I would think with a big bed like that and a heavy mulch layer you wouldn't need/want to water as often,but I've never done beds like that only small pots and the sand/de helped me with fungus gnats.I have a heavy mulch layer on top with living mulch growing through it. I have a crop duster that I have put diatomaceous earth over the mulch layer recently. Ima let it dry on the surface as best I can without it being bone dry. Some bugs aren't a problem, what I have is definatelly a problem for me
I figured as much. I will redo my bed with pumice when needed. I kinda cheaped out as the pumice was expensive. I am definatelly loving growing in a raised bed. Watering is forgiving. Making teas is easy. Bugs are my only concern so far and as I get later into floweringThe rice hulls used for aeration are not viable for a long term no till. They will decompose rather quickly leaving you with a very wet, heavy soil. Something to keep an eye on after this cycle or just fix it after you chop. Rice hulls do work great for seedling mixes.
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It does not have to be pumice. I buy red lava rock. I do however prefer Flower Rock as it is much more Airy and I have heard and experience first-hand that vigoro simply dyes concrete.I figured as much. I will redo my bed with pumice when needed. I kinda cheaped out as the pumice was expensive. I am definatelly loving growing in a raised bed. Watering is forgiving. Making teas is easy. Bugs are my only concern so far and as I get later into flowering
Lava rock really? Do I need to crush it into smaller pieces at all? Can get plenty of it that someone wants out of their old flower bed cuz its ugly lolIt does not have to be pumice. I buy red lava rock. I do however prefer Flower Rock as it is much more Airy and I have heard and experience first-hand that vigoro simply dyes concrete.
Yeah...i crush it with a tamper. Varies in size from dust, which would be your rock dust component, up to about 1". Done and done...rock dust and aeration.Lava rock really? Do I need to crush it into smaller pieces at all? Can get plenty of it that someone wants out of their old flower bed cuz its ugly lol
Today is 2 weeks into flower. Things are loooking good. Buds are forming nicely. I have been slowly trimming away the under growth from the plants a bit at a time. One problem I am having is my vented hoods draw air from the outside and it has been very cold (-20 c) and there is frost on the first 6” of the glass tube and the plants at that end are noticeably smaller from lack of light. Any suggestion to fix this issue?
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Yeah...i crush it with a tamper. Varies in size from dust, which would be your rock dust component, up to about 1". Done and done...rock dust and aeration.
Lol I know...long argued. I know some guys worry about surface area contact but I feel like the aeration assists some. I feel the biggest aerator is root systems and microbes.MH and HPS bulbs are designed to operate at a high temperature. If you pull cold air from outdoors past it the ballast will keep trying to maintain that high temp. Eventually the first ballast inline from outside will fail prematurely.
Pull air from your room, past the lights and then outdoors.
Oh hell no man. I put 10 yards of 1 1/2" minus in my beds without crushing it. Here's a pic of the first 5 yards.View attachment 768004
Mostly I would have downdraft in my chimney or if there wasn’t a fire on I would have old fire smell through the fireplace. That is why I changed it to draw air from outside and blow it back outside. Hard wired smoke and co2 detectors are code here and I have a plug in co2 detector just outside where my water tank is. I’m covered there as best as can beBe careful bro...domt pull exhaust inside. I think u should get a carbon monoxide detector but that's just me...for instance I have an automatic fire extinguisher called watchdog
Ur talking masonary chimneys? Code here for gas appliances is directly outside min 3’ to an opening. Thanks for the concern tho, as you never know a persons experience with construction on a forum like this. My fireplace chimney is stainless insulated chimney pipe dedicated to the fireplace.Good just looking out brotha...im a gas fitter and we send a lot of flue pipe into chimneys.
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