Mulch. Just do it.

[mad librettist]

living mulch: just... live it?

living mulch: just... live it?

it's like having little wicks all over, and little parasols everywhere. ground cover conserves moisture, tends to the herd, and provides habitat for fauna.

 

[Scrappy4]

How about using paper for mulch? I used it outdoors in sand, I lined the holes with newspaper to hold in moisture, it worked well. And some use cardboard outdoors in veggie gardens. I have some weed barrier cloth around somewhere, I would think that would be ok too........scrappy

 

[Dignan]

Paper would work to slow evaporation from the soil surface, which is part of the goal. But the other nice thing about mulch is that as you water the pot, the water is dispersed and evenly waters the pot.

The paper would need to be very very porous. Maybe paper towels would work. But bark mulch is cheap and easy to find, plus it lasts more than one grow.

 

[mad librettist]

Mulch. Just do it.

I use cardboard all the time. worms dig a nice wet piece of cardboard. also, you can load it up with seaweed extract or some such.

 

[Microbeman]

I'm not sure which is the worm's favorite but boy they love cardboard; bunch of glue addicts!

 

[mosstrooper]

The farm shop are going to have a laugh when i go in and ask for 2 quids worth of clover seed

 

[Ninja420]

Would soaking those bark chips in fish hydrolysate help do counteract the the microbes from using N from the soil?

Ninja

 

[mad librettist]

why not add a little layer of something like dried leaf/alfalfa or such under those chips?

I prefer less woody mulch tho

 

[Dignan]

Would soaking those bark chips in fish hydrolysate help do counteract the the microbes from using N from the soil?

Ninja

Unless your chips are mixed into your soil, the microbes are not going to rob your soil of any noticeable amount of N. Mix them in and you might be in trouble.

I recently experimented with adding spent filter carbon to my soil mix and it was disasterous. LOL

 

[Dignan]

Worms love cardboard
This is true
But the prob with cardboard:
You can't water through.

- by MoHo

Shred it and you'd be good.

 

[mad librettist]

my micro clover is sprouting! yay!

 

[mad librettist]

Mulch. Just do it.

or poke holes

 

[heady blunts]

mad did you plant them in your ganja containers?

 

[mad librettist]

living mulch: just... live it?

living mulch: just... live it?

mad did you plant them in your ganja containers?

you betcha! 15gal smartpots. will be transplanting into them in 1-2 weeks.

 

[Dignan]

I can see it already. Sitting for two hours in front of the TV watching Cosby Show re-runs and poking holes in cardboard.

 

[mad librettist]

Mulch. Just do it.

I just go apeshit with the hori-hori knife.

 

[Dignan]

I just go apeshit with the hori-hori knife.

That makes me nervous, mad.

 

[big ballin 88]

Nice idea, i've been considering the same thing. I'm getting tired of mulches and having to separate them unless i want to keep buying it. I much rather just utilize some roman chammomile or clover.

 

[mad librettist]

it's alive!

it's alive!

 

[oddis90]

Thats cool man! Im interested in how long it takes for those to create a good enough shade for the soil. Keep us updated on how good of a mulch it is