Grandpa GreenJeans
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I did look into the geo pots but I decided to go smart pot. They're based out of oklahoma and that's a nice change from the traditional Ca, Or, ect...looking good my friend! I'm trying out the smart pots, and a couple other brands as well. just gotta watch the runoff out the sides if they pull away a little bit in the smaller ones. are you doing no till with these?
I picked them up from my local hydro/brew shop, and i like to support local business. Post your findings on the fabric pot experiment, as I'm interested too.
I set out on this bokashi endeavor a little ahead of myself. I have a grand total of 100 gallons of soil/ compost/bokashi. Out of that I have 50 gallons that's well under way with aerobic aging. The other 50 gallons is still fairly fresh and need to futher aerobically compost. I have 4 (20's) filled, 2 with well aged, and 2 that are fresh. I'm going to mix the 4 together and add some leaf mold humus in the top 4". The top 3" is said to be the "home" of aerobic microbes, so that's how I'm gonna do it. I may even mix it 50/50 with well composted leafmold and fresh chopped leaves. Sorta like a mulch layer! Hint hint hint. ...
I have a concrete mixer and that's how I mix my soils. I bought a 50L bag of Hydroton today also and I'm going to mix it all into the 100gallons for extra drainage and "perches" for microbial colonies.
I'm undecided on adding some 1/8" crushed charcoal to the mix. But when in doubt, ... I already soaked the charcoal in my VEG/FLWR (fermented plant extract) FPE at a 50/50 ratio. It drying right now.
But instead of incorporating the bio char into the soil mix, I think I may use it as a top dress, or even at planting for transplants. Good stuff going in here!!!
Post are mixed and cooking without bio char.