Well, you know, all my coco talk biglaugh is a lot of thinking out loud...first season I used it, so.....lot of thoughts coming to me, etc.....lemonade said:Yea I might have to give that a try. For the most part I wont be planting until early July, so plenty of time for rain to do the work. Only issue is I'm not planting yet because I'm watching areas for activity, so supplies/holes on site in advance is not a good idea. Placing the blocks/bricks on a tarp or piece of plastic a few hundred feet deeper in the bush is an option.
You could also split em and leave one by one plot, one close to another, etc, shit like that.....I split some lengthwise also into couple layers, shit like that.....whenever I think about utilizing it, have a lot of ideas...(fuck, I need some more like, now )
Any and everything that can save time and effort is worth it (cause can spend that time an effort on different tasks, etc.....)Then of course you have to haul the expanded, wet coco back to the site, but still easier than hauling water from say, 1000 ft away.
I gotcha.........sounds awesome though ....Always wise to get a feel for it.......which you'll use every season after, etc.....Planting for the most part is being held off for a few reasons...New region, quite rural, all spots but one located on govt or timber owned land, (no provincial (up north) or national parks), so no idea who might be passing by really. These spots are somewhat remote, minimum 20 miles from a town or paved road. Roads are completely inaccessible due to snow from early Nov until late April, so spots are all new (still actively scouting more), mostly found within the last month or so.
You could look around a little and see if any tours conducted, etc....physically, online, etc, etc....Can check.....and keep an eye out.....you know...sure you know better overview of area than I......Keep an eye out though man....you know, as we always say......most people pay no attention to a lot of things, so.....you pay attention, and, you learn much more very easily about everything .....Everything seems good for now, spent days out in the bush looking for spots, getting to know the area and I've yet to come across another person on foot. Usually a couple vehicles here and there, sometimes none.
But you know, I cant really say how much traffic there is until I spend an entire season out there. Could be hiking tours or some shit going through there in the summer for all i know, so...
See man.......I love such things...situations ....You lack, yet adapt and work with what you have, and, job gets done, wheras for someone else?,.....they might be long gone.....Also, its quite dry here, and there's not a lot of ground cover, so i've decided to focus on smaller, later rounds. Plus stock was also an issue. Lack of preparation on my part. Luckily I was able to secure a local cutting from a friend a few days ago which is currently being grown into a mom, so #'s are limited to what I can get off her.
I love that shit ....I get those spur of the moment things, and, I'm almost positive I become more effective and work much better when trying to throw thing together spur of moment ....
I hear ya loud and clear across several angles.......That's why I like my dry mix (and, as above, have wondered about even combining with coco chips in it...).....Love my dry mix (nutes and crystals.......so compact, effective.....little works a lot, etc.....)Yep a lot easier to store and transport than bales. Thats why I'm so attracted to coco really. I have no idea who I'm going to come across while driving to sites...and having a vehicle loaded with supplies (SUV, no trunk...i know, i know but only vehicle i have access to with 4wd) obviously isn't a good thing.
With bales, i could fit 3, plus a few bags of castings, manure, etc, but even then its somewhat visible, even if wrapped, covered, etc.
Yeah man, heavy loads annoy me as much as anyone else .....all the wayfrom vehicles handling, reduced mileage, unloading, then hauling to spots, etc, which, previous years I didn't so as much, but, now, right back to it, so.......especially annoyed about it .....I want my spots back where I just have to drill and dump dry mix
(Although,I have been working things more than I have do......and concious of it.....I mean, since we have loads and are there?, well, might as well go all the way, ya know? ....)
I used the smaller ones......not sure size difference, but, I think I'd end up breaking up larger ones...smaller ones seemed to work perfect (cause I was just adding some to the mix, not straight coco, etc, so, little bit suited my needs and wants, etc.....)I was just messing around with the 5kg blocks. There the perfect size really... within 30 seconds of looking around the room I found a cardboard box, pretty standard size I think that held 3 perfectly, not an inch of space wasted...OK maybe about a half inch :smile:
Yeah, I was just thinking about that (sun, heat, exposure, etc)....don't think it would work too well unless something done.....(constant irrigation, mulch, covered, etc)........maybe would, doesn't seem like it would though.....Those 15 gal tote bins, (24x16x16.5) hold 4 nicely, if you cut the fourth one into a couple pieces. I started playing around with the vehicle. Can easily fit 3 boxes on the floor in front of seats, 2 totes on back seat, another 2 totes in cargo area, one being used for nutes, etc. Throw some clothes on top of the boxes, maybe a small cooler, fishing rod, tackle box, etc? Your just going camping right?:smile:
Thats 21 blocks. Equivalent to 10 and half bales
If you started cramming bricks into crevices you could probably get another couple bales equivalent.
Yea I'm feeling you on that...Even when using it mixed in as another ingredient I'm thinking of leaving a few inches of native soil on top. I figure it cant hurt.
fitting even in boxes on floor of front seat sounds like me sometimes .....(I was somewhere not too long ago...found myself very concerned with weight/cargo capacity of vehicle........getting flats, etc ......)
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