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Interesting find - Hugelkultur

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opiumo

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bogatin said:
very nice post Swamp Thang!

Here's a little something I'm reading about lately. A fellow grower introduced me to it on another forum. It's called hugelkultur and it's about ensuring your plants have constant moisture and access to all the organic food they need. Something for people with no access to swamps. I believe plants on this mounds of wood and soil could be even bigger then in swamp tubes since one can provide more root space and food. http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/

Who's going to build the biggest hugel mound?


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https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=236766&page=8

..and theres some guys discussing or mentioning hugelkultur in the organic soil section, https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=241964
 
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DreamsofTesla

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I'm going to be doing some hugelkulture planting this season. I have really rocky soil, very hard to dig out beds. I also have shit tons of branches to deal with and a decent amount of compost. I'll let you know how it goes.
 
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I also came across Hügelkultur in my planing for guerilla because my spots have very rocky soils and I didn't want to dig holes.
I don't think it's applicable to Cannabis, at least not in the first year after constructing the mound. I think the woody materials are going to immobilize most of the Nitrogen in there.

But if you want to reuse your spot year after year I think it might be a good thing. It certainly helps with water retention and you can use local materials to build it without having to bring lots of substrate to your spots.
 
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One of the things they say about the hugel is that if you use more rotten logs, they're putting out N. If you use greener, they're sinking N. We'll see how they do, I'm building several in my yard right now.
 
Rob547

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Came across this too (another MJ forum), not really sure how I feel about it but interesting... basically adding sticks/wood in the bottom of containers for moisture, doesn't say much about nutrients or anything. I would assume it wouldn't do much if the wood was only in there for a summer?

http://thegreatbucketexperiment.org/
 
Greenheart

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Not using it for cannibis and probably not even going to get to serious on the outdoor garden yet but I do keep preparing the plot little bits at a time. For the last 3 years I have been throwing fruit, vegetable, and yard scraps in a 15' diameter area while constantly diggin it down about 3'-4' deep to keep mixing it with the clay & gravel mixture originally there. So I was reading about Hügelkultur and it got me thinking about all these dead trees that got felled around the area last year. I don't want a big pile in the front yard so I am recessing my pile. It will be about 4' total hieght with the top foot being above the current soil line. With the recent droughting going on I am hoping it will make for a nice low/no water garden plot when I finally get the motivation to get serious on it. So far every year I throw seeds out and let them grow to be mulched back in or eaten as the desire strikes me.

Rob547 said:
Guess I coulda thrown this in the organic section as well...

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Was thinking on making a post about it over there then did a search to see what I could find on IC. Very little info so far. It is a great idea for a No-till setup. Even indoors possibly. It will be neat to see "the bucket experiment" results. in that link http://thegreatbucketexperiment.org/
 
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