So today I have just finished putting together what one night call a ‘horizonal soil system’ as discussed by Leighton from FCP, similar system to what @Spartangrown uses also for his living soil system.
I’ll use an IKEA style numbered pictures to guide you so it’s more fun for you than my overly-long sentences 😉
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(cut love heart shaped hole at height of desired reservoir overflow level.... do not cut holes in bottom of pot)
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Washed clay pebbles at bottom
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reuse old fabric pot as soil holder
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add watering pipe to enable bottom reservoir refilling
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Next layer is sharp sand
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Add new 50L bag of organic compost
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And mix in 50L of used soil from last run
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Add these for worm and micro organism-orgasm power 😉
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Add vermicompost and vermicomposters
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Mix and level surface
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fill reservoir
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Add plant
in this case I will be growing cucumbers in my conservatory and training up along the the curtain rail above the lounge/ conservatory door way to create a ‘curtain of cucumbers’.
Have done this last few years but not in this pot style system ..
Will update as/ if things progress.
hope this is of interest to some
anyone else using such a system?
Would like to use this in my grow some point to allow ease of watering / breaks away/ less f gnats from bottom watering etc
happy growing y’all
Time to pop some more beans 😗
Nice set up mate, very interesting video where he sets it up for peter on FCP didn’t know that’s how Spartan has his grow has he got a post on here about it? Fancy trying this myself 👊💛✌️
If your plan is for one year, plant rice
If your plan is for ten years, plant trees.
If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.
Confucius
what I’ve done is tweaked both Leighton’s and Spartans a little..
you can see Spartans on his own utube or my cheap homegrow channel or many similar bottom watering sets ups in general gardening channels on utube also
This system will work with any size pot as bottom reservoir pots have been sold in gardening centres for years. Bigger pots means bigger reservoirs so can go longer between waterings.
good luck and have fun with it bro
Time to pop some more beans 😗
@chillbert i like. may have to give this ago on my next large pot addition.
Sativa to change the things I can, Indica to accept the things I can’t.
Day 14 update
just to show how cucumber is climbing so far...
also added a lettuce and have some basil and mint to add in too
Enough room left for a small stealth auto maybe ?? What’d ya recon?
Time to pop some more beans 😗
@chillbert I reckon you’ll get an auto in there mate but I’m always over filling things! ✌️
If your plan is for one year, plant rice
If your plan is for ten years, plant trees.
If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.
Confucius
Update:
So all going well. Cucumbers are forming from every flower as this a a fem-type cucumber
Fun Fact:
#did you know the idea for feminised cannabis seeds originally came from the Dutch cucumber breeders !
I have sunk an auto (northern lights ) still in its 9cm pot with corriander to intentionally restrict root growth and therefore size as this is just a novelty grow and not worth taking big risks where I am situated..
I hope to eventually train the cucumber along the curtain pole over the entrance to the conservatory making a nicely framed picture as I’ve done previous years to good effect
will post first harvest pic in around 3 weeks I think 🤔
happy growing all
thanks for stopping by
Time to pop some more beans 😗
@chillbert looking good man is this the bottom chugger? How often are you watering? Do you just keep filling the tube up? Thinking of changing my set up and trying to decide on watering systems 👊✌️
If your plan is for one year, plant rice
If your plan is for ten years, plant trees.
If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.
Confucius
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