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dmtcorey
~The time police~
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cut back watering over %50 for guerrilla gardening
#449797 - 07/22/10 08:18 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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just wanted to throw this out there ,this year for my guerrilla gardens i have tryed using %50 peat moss with manure and bye using this ratio of peat in my medium i have cut back the work of watering bye well over %50 and considering at some location i got to haul water, this peat has worked wonders ,i have watered came back 4 days later after blazing hot days in the sun and my bags still have a good moisture content ,the only thing with this is you have to make sure the ph is right and there is no salts building up in the medium,so it is a good idea to give a good flush every few weeks with some nice natural water and let your medium dry out !
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81renaissance
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Re: cut back watering over %50 for guerrilla gardening [Re: dmtcorey]
#449882 - 07/22/10 12:00 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Do you use any perlite in your soil mix? This is also a great way to retain extra moisture while still keeping an aerated soil mix.
I'm glad you mentioned pH in your post too, b/c peat, as it degrades, acidifies the soil. Its pretty easy to control though, as long as you're not a soil recycler.
Good post!
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dmtcorey
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Re: cut back watering over %50 for guerrilla gardening [Re: 81renaissance]
#452099 - 07/27/10 09:11 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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no ,no perlite ,its one of those corners you cut sometimes when you got only the minimum , sunshine mix would have been my first chose !
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