The BIO-BED Thread by Ludo

[heady blunts]

f*ckin awesome man. seriously. that's a huge bed! it must be impossible to water the plants in the center. you could easily set up a little drip sprinkler system on a timer or just manually flip it on and off. or check out blumats.

the plants look lovely.

i'm thinkin of using a bed in my little cab. i like the idea of putting it on casters as someone suggested.

keep it green!

 

[Mountain]

Looks great. For years indoors always looked for an opportunity to install beds. Was originally inspired by Soma. The main thing I kind of got hung up on was soil recycling. I mean you don't recycle soil in an outdoor veggie garden...lol. Pretty sure Soma recommended removing like the top 1/3 after each grow.

 

[Microbeman]

Flushing? Did you use chemical nutes?

I don't see the sativas.

The best thing about using beds and you did call it a bio-bed is to allow the soil to remain a living thing, like a vegetable garden but minus any rototilling.

 

[Mountain]

Flushing? Did you use chemical nutes?

Don't think he did. I don't think he did and mentioned the nutes he used. Only way to do indoor beds IMO is 100% organic. I'd only do them with the intention of leaving the soil in the beds thru repeated grows. Probably would use a lot of spikes and top dressings with mulch.

 

[MrFista]

Nice work. MM is correct you wont need to flush but old habits die hard...

Consider... I don't have a standdown period for the soil. I can plant the same day I harvest. The nutes are in the soil via microbial processing (and worms) and supplied constantly from my mulch layer which also protects the soil and the top layer which is the most bioactive in any system (unless it's dehydrated and dead).

Ferts are mulch, a tiny bit in teas to breed microbial mass (to enter food web), and there's always fermented plant extracts if you want some very organic alternatives to treat your plants with. Beds kickass, I'd never go back to pots unless circumstances made a bed impossible.

 

[Microbeman]

Thank you Mr Fista for who you have become and for what you do.

 

[Mountain]

Ferts are mulch

Kind of a poor definition and misleading IMO. I could put down a strong layer of dry ferts on top and without a nice layer of organic matter, like composted bark, it won't achieve much except give me a nice crust on top that will easily dry out. That same nute layer covered with an inch or so of pretty much nutrient inert mulch (not a fertilizer) and a world of difference.

 

[ganjasuiteseat]

hamburger!nice plants,peace

 

[3rdEye]

Your bed and plants are looking well ludo Your work is showing in the results.

 

[heady blunts]

mountain- to clarify, i believe fista uses compost for mulching, and that's all he needs to keep his soil fed.

i don't think he's suggesting mulching with kelp meal, for example.

 

[HighonPottery]

nice soil bed! they look happy.

 

[Ludo]

Hey guys....thnx for the time to read my thread....!!
Mountain....You're right on the money.......100% Organic.....!! I use BAC organic line ....not teas or such..but am going to look into that this summer...!
Regarding flush....it's actually the trem I use, but BAC has a additive called final solution, this product helps the soil get ready to get planted with seedlings or clones.....thats why I do it. The buds harvested a little early for sampling and such have been so smoothe and no fert trace to taste at all...! So I don't think that 'flushing' when growing organic is a necessity.....
Here are a few pics of the bed/tent......hope ye likes.........

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Thats it for now.....soon it's back to HpI lights and the growshow starts all over......a little new soil...and of we go...!

 

[big_daddy]

Ludo,

You're livin' the dream bro.........I wish I had as many beautiful ladies in my bed as you do! Thanks for sharing this thread and your techniques.

b_d

 

[3rdEye]

Splendid looking Ludo. You are having fun apparently. Great job

 

[maxibiogreen]

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This thread looks over Ludo but I m quiet happy to revive it with a comment.

that was a good read and the plants look really happy with that bed technique, I think it s the first bed thread I go through.
Nice work and your varieties seem to thrieve in that environment.

Thumbs up.

 

[paulo73]

Lovely green bed you had in here.