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Under the great UK Sun 2011!
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sprinkling chicken shit pellets on the surface of your grow area is a great way to get a continuous stream of nitrogen into your plants, every time it rains it washes nitrogen into the soil, as chicken shit pellets are basically concentrated nitrogen.
harold, those danish seeds on seedboutique are alot more expensive than the outdoor beans on frobanken. 100 beans on there costs £170 while 100 from frobanken is about £55 Do you think they are any better? I'm considering the white widow x erdpurt seeds from the danish site, and some afghan and ones with royal danish in them
harold, those danish seeds on seedboutique are alot more expensive than the outdoor beans on frobanken. 100 beans on there costs £170 while 100 from frobanken is about £55 Do you think they are any better? I'm considering the white widow x erdpurt seeds from the danish site, and some afghan and ones with royal danish in them
Grandad
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Thanks - will do.
B
BOSCO
Those chicken manure pellets are great but they do take a fair while to break down, found a good few of them after I dug out the root balls in September that were still intact.
This year I've pulverized them with a hammer before adding to the soil, I've got it into my head that powdered chicken manure will be more available to the plant than pelleted manure?
This year I've pulverized them with a hammer before adding to the soil, I've got it into my head that powdered chicken manure will be more available to the plant than pelleted manure?
Chicken pellets are a great source of nitrogen, used sparingly - they are really brilliant nitrogen supplement for the plants sprinkled over the ground over any plants, BOSCO what you mention about adding them to soil is a great idea just dont go overboard with them mate - they are very concentrad. you would only need a sprinkling at the most per hole (in soil/spade dig size) on the surface, every time it rains it washes a substantial amount of N into the soil and doing that is more than sufficient, having good soil choice in the first place is also helpful.
Soil is something this year more than ever I have chosen plots due to (good soil) its almost as important as Location. make sure you dont make the mistake of using a great plot location but with absolute shite marshy/boggy soil. its the lifesource of the plants. anywhere there are nettles, and the more "loose" soil the better. geurilla soil - loose dark/black soil = excellent sticky/clay-ee/dense soil=worst
Soil is something this year more than ever I have chosen plots due to (good soil) its almost as important as Location. make sure you dont make the mistake of using a great plot location but with absolute shite marshy/boggy soil. its the lifesource of the plants. anywhere there are nettles, and the more "loose" soil the better. geurilla soil - loose dark/black soil = excellent sticky/clay-ee/dense soil=worst
Even if the pellets hav`nt broken down the goodness will still have LEACHED from them , the roots once they have reached them are rarely strong enough to break the pellets up to any great degree unless the pellets are really soft , same applies to bonemeal but it doe`s it`s job .
windsurfer
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chicken pellets are a cheap source of concentrated nitrogen, if you're addin them to soil use it sparingly, is quite a good additive to the top of the soil as every time it rains it washes a good nitrogen supply into the roots
harold
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Hello dudes,
I plan to setup a water catching/harvesting system at all my plots this year... carrying water is too much stress and a major security risk.
The top sheet will be a camouflaged tarpulin (found on ebay) with a hole just below where the water puddles. I need advice on the bottom second layer, this will need to be waterproof and fairly tough material, like pond liner? is there a cheaper material that will do the job just as good? plz let us know.
Heres the design, you could catch many gallons of water with this concept... if you made the hole the size of a 45 gallon drum? you could catch 45 gallons!
I think you could make the design quite stealth as its ground level/below ground, not a big blue drum standing out like a glow in the dark dong.
It would be best to prepare the catcher now so it has time to charge/fill with the most precious substance on earth
I plan to setup a water catching/harvesting system at all my plots this year... carrying water is too much stress and a major security risk.
The top sheet will be a camouflaged tarpulin (found on ebay) with a hole just below where the water puddles. I need advice on the bottom second layer, this will need to be waterproof and fairly tough material, like pond liner? is there a cheaper material that will do the job just as good? plz let us know.
Heres the design, you could catch many gallons of water with this concept... if you made the hole the size of a 45 gallon drum? you could catch 45 gallons!
I think you could make the design quite stealth as its ground level/below ground, not a big blue drum standing out like a glow in the dark dong.
It would be best to prepare the catcher now so it has time to charge/fill with the most precious substance on earth
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windsurfer
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Harold, I dont think you will need water catching systems in the UK, we get alot of rain and I have never needed to water outdoor plants geurilla and I dont think in the UK they would get anywhere near enough dry (we can wish dyring september) to be close to needing a water catcher build in.
It is a good idea though and they do very similar water catchers in USA outdoor grows where there is little rain.
Does everyone have their geurilla plots found for this year? If you have what do you look for in terms of the most important aspects of the chosen spot?
Soil?
Location?
Direct sunlight exposure?
how far is your spot from a "main public route" not even a route much travelled, but a route, a few times during the summer, someone, will at somepoint, walkers, farmers, hunters, gamekeepers, wil at some point stumble upon it at one point from april to september and that all your work is destroyed, by a "moral" citizen... even worse apprehended by police which is not beyonds the realm of posibillity,
What are the most essential reasons behind choosing a uk geurilla grow site
It is a good idea though and they do very similar water catchers in USA outdoor grows where there is little rain.
Does everyone have their geurilla plots found for this year? If you have what do you look for in terms of the most important aspects of the chosen spot?
Soil?
Location?
Direct sunlight exposure?
how far is your spot from a "main public route" not even a route much travelled, but a route, a few times during the summer, someone, will at somepoint, walkers, farmers, hunters, gamekeepers, wil at some point stumble upon it at one point from april to september and that all your work is destroyed, by a "moral" citizen... even worse apprehended by police which is not beyonds the realm of posibillity,
What are the most essential reasons behind choosing a uk geurilla grow site
harold
Member
Ill have a dozen plants each, at some of my plots? last year it was a nightmare lugging water to my girls, especially when you have to crawl through 20ft of spikes!.. maybe i could have left them? and they would have been fine?... the young plants in pots definately would have fried if i didnt give them a gallon every other day, that experience made me go grey.
but im not that bothered about digging or the materials... it would be sweet to have gallons of water feet away, i dont like stress
cheers harry
but im not that bothered about digging or the materials... it would be sweet to have gallons of water feet away, i dont like stress
cheers harry
Building Membrane usually blue in colour or Builders Black poly , certainly heavy enough to do the job (Travis Perkins/KeyLine etc) but you will have to smooth/line the hole with some old carpet to prevent stones tearing the liner , exactly the same as laying Pond Liners .
Neccessity . Dig out our old uk thread from last year & flip through the early pages up to about late may & you should find a few answers . If i get a bit of time i`ll throw some ideas in .
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BOSCO
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