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Advice - Island grow
- Thread starter Pumpkin
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dammit...........sorry, i didnt realize that.
I looked for an hour through the Outdoor forum. "Haole" was in his name. Either its buried somewhere in the outdoor, i went back 10pages, using Ranks to categorize, I know his thread had at least 4 stars. If Strain scrubbed his pics, I'm thinking this guy did as well. I hope not though, its a great thread.
I think lighting large fires to boil water is out off the question. It's bound to attract attention and the more automated things are the better. I like to visit grows as little as possible.
It's more a tricky to access semi-rural grow in a temperate climate. Not a tropical island floating out in the deep blue. Just because it is inhabited doesn't mean there are no neighbors.
There is also the fishing crowd to be wary of. It's not a dream location but ticks enough boxes for an experiment.
It's actually quite protected from wind so I'm imagining that will be less of a problem and surrounding foliage also aids with protection.
StrainHunters has some great grows, but all indoor as far as I know, so it's a fairly different kettle of fish.
I'll have a look for Haole's threads. Thanks a lot for your searching.
I suppose I need something like this to test for salt http://www.google.com/search?tbm=shop&q=salinity+meter
Anyone know what a workable reading is. I really have no idea what tolerable levels of salt are.
It's more a tricky to access semi-rural grow in a temperate climate. Not a tropical island floating out in the deep blue. Just because it is inhabited doesn't mean there are no neighbors.
There is also the fishing crowd to be wary of. It's not a dream location but ticks enough boxes for an experiment.
It's actually quite protected from wind so I'm imagining that will be less of a problem and surrounding foliage also aids with protection.
StrainHunters has some great grows, but all indoor as far as I know, so it's a fairly different kettle of fish.
I'll have a look for Haole's threads. Thanks a lot for your searching.
I suppose I need something like this to test for salt http://www.google.com/search?tbm=shop&q=salinity+meter
Anyone know what a workable reading is. I really have no idea what tolerable levels of salt are.
"You want a solid sided container buried all the way in the ground."
This idea scares me somewhat. Sounds like a recipe for root rot. For someone used to making sure things drain well it seems counter intuitive. I'm not saying it's a bad idea. Just an unfamiliar one. I think I've heard something similar mentioned before actually.
This idea scares me somewhat. Sounds like a recipe for root rot. For someone used to making sure things drain well it seems counter intuitive. I'm not saying it's a bad idea. Just an unfamiliar one. I think I've heard something similar mentioned before actually.
Year long tropical island grower here (not anymore though).
What do you want to know?
Ask on so I don't have to read through the whole thread.
What do you want to know?
Ask on so I don't have to read through the whole thread.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=233432 hope its cool I'm posting this, let me know and ill delete or whatever.
Nonphixion
Active member
Thanks for lending this thread your expertise, Strainhunter-sensei!
What do you think about having a little pond of fish, like Goldfish, somewhere under the tree cover... and running a pump to a flood-and-drain table with a bell siphon in some twelve inches deep of hydroton or expanded shale as the medium? Attract too much attention? Too automated? You don't need any nutes, just fish food and the rain could top-up the pond every now and then. Feel free to shoot down the idea... I have a dream though!
What do you think about having a little pond of fish, like Goldfish, somewhere under the tree cover... and running a pump to a flood-and-drain table with a bell siphon in some twelve inches deep of hydroton or expanded shale as the medium? Attract too much attention? Too automated? You don't need any nutes, just fish food and the rain could top-up the pond every now and then. Feel free to shoot down the idea... I have a dream though!
I grow on a tropical island very close to the coast (maybe 1/4 mile). I haven't noticed any issue with salt spray, and the native soil sucks, so I amended with sunshine and the typical amendments. Not sure how much rain you get, but you could always look into bringing coco bricks(if you have access to it, easier to transport, but will need a lot of water to hydrate it) or something else to help with the soil. Maybe a bag of granular fertilizer with the usual meals and stuff. Depending on how often it rains, you might not notice any problem with watering. If they're in the ground and the soil holds water well, I doubt you'll have any real issues with it. Maybe bring some teas every couple weeks to help it along, but that's up to you. I think you'll be fine as long as you get a decent rain once a week or so and you're able to amend the soil.
No not that.
Just too prone for disaster in case it fails - you won't be there to fix it.
The only practical way for (larger scale) "absentee growing" is the traditional way using soil and hand watering.
It's a lot more "forgiving" than most other methods.
Not saying a solar powered bubble bucket or something along that line wouldn't work but as I said I am talking more than just a few plants here.
Yeah I did.
Was getting too many silly (!!!) questions and PM's I was unable to keep up with (and sometimes unwilling to reply to).
I would have taken down both grow threads if I could have...
