Any DIY Indoor Raised Bed Guides?

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steveydvee

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Hello! I've been scouring the net and cannot seem to find a guide to follow to make my own indoor raised bed. If anyone has experience or ideas I would appreciate it.

The area is 12x12 and I want to use as much space as possible. What kind of materials do I need? What type of liner should I use to prevent leakage? How should I frame it? How important is aeration in this(I've seen SOMA's raised bed and they lined porous rocks

I'm interested solely because I grow organically and doing no till would be a breeze. The idea of having worms thriving and the roots communicating with each other sounds amazing. I feel like the watering would be a breeze since installing irrigations would be much easier then to do individual lines to a lot of plants in pots. The only con would be when I would have to remove the beds once the time comes. But in my case I believe the pros outweigh the cons.
 
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Renfro

Renfro

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If you really wanna set something like that up you can use pond liner to make it hold water.
 
Leeski

Leeski

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steveydvee said:
Hello! I've been scouring the net and cannot seem to find a guide to follow to make my own indoor raised bed. If anyone has experience or ideas I would appreciate it.

The area is 12x12 and I want to use as much space as possible. What kind of materials do I need? What type of liner should I use to prevent leakage? How should I frame it? How important is aeration in this(I've seen SOMA's raised bed and they lined porous rocks

I'm interested solely because I grow organically and doing no till would be a breeze. The idea of having worms thriving and the roots communicating with each other sounds amazing. I feel like the watering would be a breeze since installing irrigations would be much easier then to do individual lines to a lot of plants in pots. The only con would be when I would have to remove the beds once the time comes. But in my case I believe the pros outweigh the cons.
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Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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Indoor raised beds not all that much different than any other no till method. I know growers that use big ass tote bins and just plug the clones in for each run. They use square totes to use the space efficiently. No till organic methods were pioneered for outdoor by growers like subcool but you can apply it to indoor grows. I foresee top dressing with compost and fertilizer in your future... not sure you’ll find a true step by step guide but you should peruse the organic section...
 
Bignutes

Bignutes

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Yes use pond liner but that is the catch basin. Youll need a framed in area, line it with landscape tarp that allows drainage, you'll need an air gap between landscape tarp and the pond liner or it could get funky me thinks.
 
Yellowboatyellowboat

Yellowboatyellowboat

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Richard Drysift said:
Indoor raised beds not all that much different than any other no till method. I know growers that use big ass tote bins and just plug the clones in for each run. They use square totes to use the space efficiently. No till organic methods were pioneered for outdoor by growers like subcool but you can apply it to indoor grows. I foresee top dressing with compost and fertilizer in your future... not sure you’ll find a true step by step guide but you should peruse the organic section...
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This is what I plan on doing but have receivednegative feedback from friends haha. Have 2 40x20 inch totes that are 40 gallons. Drill drainage holes in top tote and have it raised sitting on blocks in bottom tote for runoff. I wanted to plant seeds directly in the soil and pull the males. My buddt said it would be too cramped and is run out of canopy space. Personally I only have the space to microgrow, and I like to have a variety of strains with less yield. Do you think it would be possible to have 6 or 7 plants in that sized tote?
 
87Jerseydevil87

87Jerseydevil87

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I’d say just use Grass roots smart pot material beds, I’ve seen a few large scale indoor grows done using them. It could be done easily by using a pond liner like mentioned above, kiddy pool even, anything that can hold soil. Maybe try a 50gal hd tote from Home Depot....
 
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