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GLP Gardeners have begun planning my spring garden using Ollas for irrigation
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[quote:Fluffy Pancakes:MV8zNzQ1NTE3XzY3MzQyMjA2Xzg3RDE1MjYy] [quote:Lancifer:MV8zNzQ1NTE3XzY3MzQxNTAxX0U0RjdFQUE=] [quote:Rorschach Watchmen:MV8zNzQ1NTE3XzY3MDUyMzE3XzUzRkI2MjlD] I’m going coco noir this summer, first time trying it. Hopefully better than last years crop, aphids killed me because I forgo the neem oil, relying on good microbe soil. Never again! :itslegalnow: [/quote] I grow (indoors and greenhouse) in coco...it is by far the best growing medium out there. We've run 900 lights with it (quit, big grows suck) and reused it for 6 years before adding the spent (50% coco/50% perlite) material into vegetable garden beds and they are doing great. I'm going to experiment (we only have 40 lights now) with this, this year I think. One test plant, just add nitrogen. https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/sea-90.1030652/ [/quote] Are you serious? 6 years on coir? Talk about cost effective! Wow. And 900 lights. Wow, again. I am currently looking into possibly running leds on rails in my vegetable greenhouse. Honestly, just vegetables, until they make cannabis legal here, I can't grow it. Did you use rails? Or do you have any experience with that? I've mixed coir in with soil and it does wonders for the tilth. There's another sea mineral company called Sea Minerals from Arkansas that is supposed to be good as well. We're you using Sea Minerals in the coir? Also, for the ollas, I would imagine that coir would work great with those as well because it wicks moisture quite readily. We have entirely too many rocks to work with ollas, but we do raised beds with deep mulch and the garden doesn't need much water with that system as long as we have good spring rains. [/quote]
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Might be winter but have begun planning my garden for this spring and will be using the ancient concept of Ollas for irrigation to save water effort and time.
We have a raised bed garden, purchased three commercial Ollas for melons, okra and cucumbers, and found a website to make Ollas as a DIY project for other boxes.
For those who live in areas where the ground freezes the Ollas will need to be removed from the soil each fall otherwise they will break.
Spanish Colonial Olla Irrigation Makes a Comeback
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link to newscenter.nmsu.edu
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Homemade Ollas 101 (Irrigation)
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link to www.homegrown.org
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Make Your Own Ollas
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link to suburbanfarmonline.com (secure)
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Native Seeds/SEARCH - How to Use Olla Irrigation
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link to www.nativeseeds.org
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