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09-08-2009, 05:21 AM #1OPJunior Member
***Raised beds and a late start***
Hello everyone.
I have deicided to throw up a few pics of a raised bed garden. The pics actually wont be up for a few days due to camera issues but it should be within a day or so. This garden wasnt started until July 25th which is the day the garden was constructed and the 30 p-19clones( or so im told) were planted. This was much later than had originally been hoped for but due to a mid summer move this was unavoidable
That said. i will explain the simple construction of the bed used. An area of top soil 12'x12' was first turned about 8'' deep with pick axes. The soil and stone(which there were plenty of) were removed and moved to the side for their later use. Kinda a side note but because these were put out so late in the season it was thought that the depth of the hole could be reduced from the original intended dimensions which were about double for the depth. Next 4 10''x2'' board were used to construct basic walls for the perimeter of the bed. The stone gathered was then re spread back onto the floor of the garden in the hopes that it would allow for better drainage and maybe some air movement. Next the topsoil that was dug up was used to kinda brace the walls around the perimeter of the box. This basically completed the makeshift bed.
The box was then filled with:
3 bales of pro-mix bx
1/3 bag of perlite
1 30lb bag of earth worm castings
3 bags of oceanfloor from foxfarm
11 pounds of peruvian sea bird guano
1 box of foxfarm peace of mind tomato and vegtable
then there were 3 full rubbermaids of random soil from a previous grow that had been cleaned and rinsed with ph'ed water
do believe that was the soil mixture......hmm
what else.....so they were about 16 days old(from the point they had stabilized after moving from the power cloner 2 soil) when they went in and the spacing is about 1 1/2' . basically 6 rows of 5 plants.
they havnt been fed them with any nutrients whatsover beyond what was originally used to amend the soil. They havnt had to have been watered at all either since there has been plenty of rain.
with that
ill shut up till next time.
comments and suggestions are appreciatedUpstateGorilla Reviewed by UpstateGorilla on . ***Raised beds and a late start*** Hello everyone. I have deicided to throw up a few pics of a raised bed garden. The pics actually wont be up for a few days due to camera issues but it should be within a day or so. This garden wasnt started until July 25th which is the day the garden was constructed and the 30 p-19clones( or so im told) were planted. This was much later than had originally been hoped for but due to a mid summer move this was unavoidable That said. i will explain the simple construction of the bed Rating: 5
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