The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[Backyard Farmer]

What's your reasoning?

I can give you mine for using biotelo

1. Increased soil temp in spring
2. No clean up
3. Extremely easy to install, you just unroll it.

Should I keep going?

 

[Bulldog420]

Increases soil temp in the spring? Does that equal increases soil temps in the summer/fall? Or does the plant shade the plant by then?

You didn't mention water retention and keeping the top layer of soil moist for the microbes, I would hope the fabric mulch does that as well?

 

[Backyard Farmer]

Why wouldn't it?
Those are properties of all mulch. I tried to stick to why I prefer biotelo.

 

[CaliGabe]

Is anyone else having problems with expansion of Sea Stim? We're at 7,000' and the bottles of Rejuvenate and Sea Stim are ready to explode when they arrive and leaking. At first I thought it was just extra air space and the change in elevation from Ohio to CO mountains. If we leave Sea Stim closed for a few days and open it simply froths very hard out of the bottle. I simply crack the seal and scoop up what froths out from under the lid.

The Revujenate will off gas a little on opening yet the Sea Stim is like opening a bottle of shaken soda. It's great stuff though and plants love it!

 

[milkyjoe]

SO that is what you put on top of your plants? I have to admit, would not be my first choice of mulch. Maybe if growing strawberries, but not cannabis. I will have to study up on the fabric mulch, because right now it just doesn't seem right.....


Raining in my neck of the woods today. Real light rain, just enough to wash off all the dust.

Check out what commercial veggie growers say about biotelo. No comparison in yield with any other mulch. You can build carbon after the seaspn when doing cover crops

 

[Bulldog420]

I have started to research it in wake of this conversation. You guys seem to be right, thank you for sending me in yet another search to improve my farming skills.

BTW - I don't ask the questions I ask because I doubt you guys. It's more of my learning process, I ask a lot of questions.

 

[goldcountryguy2]

for those that were wondering about the diestel compost, i got mine in feb and it wasn't hot at all. the full season and light dep is really enjoying it. its 30 percent of my mix.

i have some other beds with other composts. ill report back. im excited for the growth explosion they call july. cheers

 

[Dr. Purpur]

There You are! I hope all is well and your gardens are doing great!

 

[bamboogardner]

Is anyone else having problems with expansion of Sea Stim? We're at 7,000' and the bottles of Rejuvenate and Sea Stim are ready to explode when they arrive and leaking.

No Worries. Mine arrived like that too months ago when it was not even hot out. I keep them in the frig now, but they still blow up a bit, but not as much as if they are not refrigerated.

 

[MedResearcher]

Non GMO corn starch fabric...biotelo

Thanks BYF, appreciate it.

Looks like a really cool product, roll out, use it, composts away. I had some wilt battles using straw as mulch as well in previous years. I remember pulling off the straw to allow the soil to dry faster and seeing white mold/mildew on the underside of the straw.

Always figured the wilt was from my heavy water hand, wrong genetics, etc.. Not gonna blame the straw, but I am at least adding it to the list of culprits!

Recently been using duff harvested locally out of the forest, works great but its just not practical to use for an entire mound. Nice for a little circle on top.

Would be really slick, a solid row of mounds all connected. Like a trench garden but instead the soil is mounding up above ground. You could just roll out 100' on each side and be done with it. Wouldn't have to circle the drip line either.

Thanks again,
Mr^^

 

[grow nerd]

For those of you using inline drip emitter lines, what spacing are you using? All I can find locally in 1/2" is 18" spacing from DIG, but I that seems a bit far apart and thinking 12" might be better?

Why not 1/4" drip emitter line? For their 1/4" x 12" spacing line, DIG recommends a maximum of 28' (22' for 9", 16' for 6"). Slightly slower flow rate per emitter than the 1/2" version, and shorter maximum run length.

 

[StanKDanK]

where all the BIG plants at ?

 

[grow nerd]

where all the BIG plants at ?

Not here.

 

[TheRealHash]

For those of you using inline drip emitter lines, what spacing are you using? All I can find locally in 1/2" is 18" spacing from DIG, but I that seems a bit far apart and thinking 12" might be better?

Why not 1/4" drip emitter line? For their 1/4" x 12" spacing line, DIG recommends a maximum of 28' (22' for 9", 16' for 6"). Slightly slower flow rate per emitter than the 1/2" version, and shorter maximum run length.

I'm using .710 emitter line with 2 gph emitters spaced every 12"

 

[Cep]

Grownerd, I got a few 500' rolls here: http://www.dripworks.com

1/2 inch, 12" spacing:


Check out the leaves on the back side of the plant. They did that on their own accord after I showered them with liquid gifts.

 

[goldcountryguy2]

when are you going to start another thread ?

when they unban my IP and free my gcg account.

 

[Luther Burbank]

We'll see how long before we see the handle gcg3

 

[mapinguari]

dripworks has very good products and great customer service, I'd recommend them for sure.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

dripworks is great super fast shipping…however i found a local place called NORMAC in chico which is fucking awesome the guy who runs the place Hack is an irrigation guru and helped set up my fully automated Irritrol system with automatic valves and everything. best money i spent this year by far….you can bring him all your specs (measured length of runs, number of zones, elevation drop per zone, etc) and he calculates it all right there on the spot.

 

[goldcountryguy2]

We'll see how long before we see the handle gcg3

lmao

has anyone doing light dep went down to 11/13 for the last couple weeks? thinking of trying that out. thoughts?