Hollatchaboy
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Lol the owner of build a soil has a video series on youtube where he shows growing in a few different methods and one of them is no till in an earth box.who and where?
SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)
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Chunky Stool
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I've found that no till works best with larger pots, 15 gallon and up.
Anything smaller gets dumped on the recycle pile, roots and all.
They break down quickly and make great humus.
Hollatchaboy
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Yea, ideally I'd like a 3x3 bed, but my space doesn't allow for that. You gotta make the best with what you have.
ilovereggae
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F28 for the ones in back. F10 for ones up front.
The bigger ones were pretty much starving so I topped them off w a gallon of soil mixed w ewc and dry nutes and then topped that off w some bokashi.
Veg/mom tent sips turning into a jungle. Took the tops off the Chile Verde plants as clones, also took clones off of SourStrawberry earlier in the week.
more veg tent action
Last but not least I drove 3 hrs to Palm Springs on Saturday and got myself 3 of the Darkheart - White Runtz
The bigger ones were pretty much starving so I topped them off w a gallon of soil mixed w ewc and dry nutes and then topped that off w some bokashi.
Veg/mom tent sips turning into a jungle. Took the tops off the Chile Verde plants as clones, also took clones off of SourStrawberry earlier in the week.
more veg tent action
Last but not least I drove 3 hrs to Palm Springs on Saturday and got myself 3 of the Darkheart - White Runtz
DankTankerous
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does he have like an organized series of those videos? I know their on his IG, but they’re random and too long
Hollatchaboy
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Yea he's doing it in a series, but he's got a couple different styles going on a 10x10, so he touches on each, every episode.
DankTankerous
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How often to you top dress with bokashi?
ilovereggae
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I added some when I first planted them just to make sure my soil was good to go. it had been sitting in totes for a few months. I did this time when I top dressed hoping it would help break down the dry nutes I mixed into the soil a little. not sure if my calculations are correct but so far so good.
Hollatchaboy
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I add Kashi to every top dress. Helps break shit down faster.
Hollatchaboy
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I add it every top dress. Helps give your soil fungal dominance, and your correct. It helps break down faster.
ilovereggae
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it's so cool lifting the covers and seeing a fuzzy blanket covering the soil. last night started see roots creep up on the edges off the top dress layer so looking good.
Hollatchaboy
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Sounds like everything is going good. You're in flower right now, no?
meangreengrowinmachine
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Pretty disappointed in earthbox atm, my first run with them and one has already cracked in the water rez of course, so now I'm going to buy some of that stupid Billy Mayes water proof tape... by comparison the inn tainers I made myself are on probably run 5 or 6 with 0 issues... I was really hoping for more from the fabled earthbox... I guess I won't be buying more but instead making more inn tainers
Hollatchaboy
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That sucks man. I'm hoping mine holds up. I'll prolly such to the inntainers once I get this down a lil more.
magnetik
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Arent earthboxes basically small versions of the "city pickers" available at lowes/hd? If so I've had them outside with other plants for 3 seasons already and no issues with falling apart. Think I caught them on sale for under $20. I also have Grobucket inserts I used a couple seasons ago... the buckets actually ended up falling apart but inserts worked well. Thinking of running one of the two in my tent next cycle as a test.
meangreengrowinmachine
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Yeah its pretty shitty I had heard such good things I went ahead and bought 6 of them. Now I am regretting not just getting one to try. Thought I had finally found some thing that beat the "hype just trying to sell you some bullshit" game that is everywhere in this hobby. Sadly not this time. Live and learn... over and over again! Lololol
Hollatchaboy
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Well I only got 1 basically for the same reason, that and just wanting to learn it first. I still feel for no till, you should have a larger volume of soil. I figure if I can learn it in the earth box with a smaller volume, I should be able to make an inntainer work real well. Lol
GrassBurner
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I'd contact Earthbox, I bet they'll replace it, especially since you bought 6.
DankTankerous
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Hey folks?
It’s hard to believe this plant will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. It’s been topped once and lower branches on the nodes have been pruned. On Monday it will be two weeks that it’s been in the Earthbox. It is just exploding. These pictures do not do the plant justice, it is way bigger than it appears. I hope it does not outgrow the box, then again it would give me reason to buy a grow tent.
Seeds: Useful Seeds
Strain: Blue Dream (Santa Cruz Cut) x Chocolate Diesel
It’s hard to believe this plant will be 5 weeks old tomorrow. It’s been topped once and lower branches on the nodes have been pruned. On Monday it will be two weeks that it’s been in the Earthbox. It is just exploding. These pictures do not do the plant justice, it is way bigger than it appears. I hope it does not outgrow the box, then again it would give me reason to buy a grow tent.
Seeds: Useful Seeds
Strain: Blue Dream (Santa Cruz Cut) x Chocolate Diesel
GrassBurner
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Once they get acclimated to the sips, there is no stopping them