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Rrog

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GdG, Swami's strains have been selected for higher resistance to the PM and Bot-Rot. They grow in Washington State, known for this shit.

Also, why the humble pie? You were pretty freakin diligent to find it considering how bizzare this infestation is.

Coot also has a standard spray regimen for PM and he hasn't seen in in 2 years. He's famous in Clackamas for this.
 
st0wandgrow

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Rrog said:
:bigjoint: Have I got the solution for you!!!

Plywood base with 1" ball bearing castors. Very low profile and super heavy pots glide with ease.

Next we introduce a 3" air cavity and some hardware cloth stapled to the top. You can rest giant Geopots on these and get excellent air circulation under the fabric.

I will build these for you if this is what you're looking for.

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That's a kick-ass idea Rrog. I appreciate the offer! I'm trying to avoid individual containers/geopots, and have just a 6x3 bed of dirt, about 18 inches deep. I figure I can build a frame for this, and then just use geopot-type material velcro'ed to the frame to hold the soil. Or I could use a similar sized container (if there is such a thing) with some aeration holes drilled in to it.

I have to believe this is possible .... or am I out in left field here?
 
Rrog

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Nope. People do it. See grow logs from the Silver Surfer. Geopots have these trench beds also:

http://shop.geoplanter.com/GeoPlanter-PVC-Framed-Planter_c3.htm

I'm building these frames (again) for my new place. Each plant in a 30 gallon Geopot, each on its own cart. That way I can move any of them individually. That's just one way, is all.

Might be advantageous to have the "bag" separate from the "Cart" in case you have to fix something. IMHO, it's really important to have airflow underneath
 
Rrog

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Yep. Also LOS. You should PM him. He's super duper friendly that way.

I'd recommend the bases on wire mesh with rollers, still. Glode the bed out of the way in case of spill, disaster, tweaking the room around. Gives you complete control. The base is only like 5" off the floor.
 
Rrog

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There's discussions about mixing the Canna strains that are sharing the pot. So they don't compete. No idea if that has any validity, but it's sure frowned upon by many. Surfer said screw that and he does it all the time.

4 plants would give 18" x 36" section of soil. Little tight, maybe.

3 would give 24 x 36. That would seem to be the number.
 
st0wandgrow

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GandalfdaGreen said:
How many plants can go into one? One container per light per light?
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That's what I'm thinking. One 6ftx3ft container under each light, which just so happens to be on a 6 foot light rail. 1000 watt light constantly moving over-head the entire length of the container. I'm thinking I would stagger the plants beside the root balls from the run prior. I could comfortably fit 6 plants in each container, which would leave enough room to leave some empty spaces to throw down some clover. Mulch, worms, clover ..... a ton of goodness could go on in a swath of dirt this large.
 
Rrog

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6 plants in a 6' run? So you figure staggering them side to side would open that up. I could see that...

And no doubt that much soil could host worms and a host of beneficial insects. Frogs!

I'd keep the worm bin going separately, though.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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Rrog said:
There's discussions about mixing the Canna strains that are sharing the pot. So they don't compete. No idea if that has any validity, but it's sure frowned upon by many. Surfer said screw that and he does it all the time.

4 plants would give 18" x 36" section of soil. Little tight, maybe.

3 would give 24 x 36. That would seem to be the number.
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With my 5 gallon buckets I use about a 4x3 area (arranged like the #5 on dice). I measured it this morning. I could fit 6 in there no problem, with room to spare. I don't have monster plants. About 12"-18" when flipped to flower. I would still use the tomato cages too. I like tucking shoots under the wires instead of topping or super-cropping.
 
Rrog

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That 3' width buys you a lot. I see that. And the tomato cages you use would still be the nuts.
 
Mad Hamish

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st0wandgrow said:
That's a kick-ass idea Rrog. I appreciate the offer! I'm trying to avoid individual containers/geopots, and have just a 6x3 bed of dirt, about 18 inches deep. I figure I can build a frame for this, and then just use geopot-type material velcro'ed to the frame to hold the soil. Or I could use a similar sized container (if there is such a thing) with some aeration holes drilled in to it.

I have to believe this is possible .... or am I out in left field here?
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Stow, go have a look under Permaculture on the other forum, Check out the Hugelculture thread ;) Hope I spelled that right...
 
RedCarpetMatches

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Rrog said:
6 plants in a 6' run? So you figure staggering them side to side would open that up. I could see that...

And no doubt that much soil could host worms and a host of beneficial insects. Frogs!

I'd keep the worm bin going separately, though.
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And snakes lol
 
Rrog

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Might wind up being a big root rectangle instead of a buncha root balls! I think that would be sweet!
 
st0wandgrow

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Rrog said:
Might wind up being a big root rectangle instead of a buncha root balls! I think that would be sweet!
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LOL! I'm going to do this Rrog. Seems like a real good way of going about things. Like you mentioned, I could even incorporate some blu mats to simplify this even further. The only draw back will be the inability to move plants around to foliar spray and such, but I'll work around that.
 
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