hicksticky
Still at large...
So I'm back at it again...... back into the sticks and swamps filled with horse flies, ticks, mosquitos the size of VW's, and of coarse clay filled ground....... yeeeehaw!
With that said, it is also a very nice spot. Long hours of sun, seclusion, and a water table that isn't to bad to get to.
I 've grown in the area for years and it has been good to me, but ya got to work for it... Long trips with supplies and hard as hell digging.
So I thought.... well if I am going to dig I might as well go deep.. past the water table.. and well that means going through rock hard clay after the first 10" of root ridden swamp sawd.
I found myself digging down about 3 ft at about 2 ft wide... it's a good size hole which at the time fills with water with in an hour, so a bunch of waste soil if I filled it back in with my mix... where it will be under water most of the year.
I took what I call a sauna tube and cut it in half and drilled holes although out the sides of it... makes it about 2ft x 8", I use it as a swamp tube or wick.
I place it in the hole and fill back around it, then the top of the tube is about 3" above ground. Now I take/ make a pot over the top of this so the plants have a large area to root that will be less likely to be flooded, but with the tube also be able to access water all the time....
I refer to this as a swamp tube hybrid, kinda easier to explain it that way.
Alright enough of my rambling, time for some pics...
Swamp sauna tube..
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I fill it with my mix before I place it in the hole...
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Fill the rest of the hole back in with a mix of soil, clay, and sawd about 3/4 the way back in then place/make what I am using for a container and fill the rest with my mix...
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With a couple others I use 5 gallon buckets in place of the tube.... all seem to be wicking great, haven't had to water yet..... only when I feel they need some nutes down the road.
I also have done other methods of planting... in ground with a mix of native soil and my mix, and a couple where I just took out the native and replaced it with the mix.... where and why I did this is dependent on the area I am growing.
( "my mix" - organic, locally sourced )
Here's a couple of the gals..
Minion City Diesel
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Khalisi #6 (clone)
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With that said, it is also a very nice spot. Long hours of sun, seclusion, and a water table that isn't to bad to get to.
I 've grown in the area for years and it has been good to me, but ya got to work for it... Long trips with supplies and hard as hell digging.
So I thought.... well if I am going to dig I might as well go deep.. past the water table.. and well that means going through rock hard clay after the first 10" of root ridden swamp sawd.
I found myself digging down about 3 ft at about 2 ft wide... it's a good size hole which at the time fills with water with in an hour, so a bunch of waste soil if I filled it back in with my mix... where it will be under water most of the year.
I took what I call a sauna tube and cut it in half and drilled holes although out the sides of it... makes it about 2ft x 8", I use it as a swamp tube or wick.
I place it in the hole and fill back around it, then the top of the tube is about 3" above ground. Now I take/ make a pot over the top of this so the plants have a large area to root that will be less likely to be flooded, but with the tube also be able to access water all the time....
I refer to this as a swamp tube hybrid, kinda easier to explain it that way.
Alright enough of my rambling, time for some pics...
Swamp sauna tube..
I fill it with my mix before I place it in the hole...
Fill the rest of the hole back in with a mix of soil, clay, and sawd about 3/4 the way back in then place/make what I am using for a container and fill the rest with my mix...
With a couple others I use 5 gallon buckets in place of the tube.... all seem to be wicking great, haven't had to water yet..... only when I feel they need some nutes down the road.
I also have done other methods of planting... in ground with a mix of native soil and my mix, and a couple where I just took out the native and replaced it with the mix.... where and why I did this is dependent on the area I am growing.
( "my mix" - organic, locally sourced )
Here's a couple of the gals..
Minion City Diesel
Khalisi #6 (clone)
. i may try and do a few like that next year. i have been thinking how to build a good wick system and what u got there is genius and will work great for one potential plots that stays wet all year long with a few inches of water
. i will be following along to see how this one turns out, nice strain selection as well.
gl bro hoping for a mold free season for all us guerillas!!
