My next back surgery is tmrw, here's hoping for success! I need to do a lot of gardening this year after having to take last year off.
good luck!
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My next back surgery is tmrw, here's hoping for success! I need to do a lot of gardening this year after having to take last year off.
I got an idea to use stretchable sticky tape to hold the plastic in place and waterproof duct tape for the seam. I got the idea after making a mess with clear silicone. I ordered the heavy-duty sticky tape from amazon just now. It rained last night, and the plastic I put around my plant kept the rainwater out of my bucket. However, I am still working on the best way to secure the plastic.I am trying something new with my Tomato Kratky bucket set up. I made a mound around my tomato plant in a 5-inch bucket net cup cover and covered it with plastic. The mound will make the rainwater run off the sides. This set up has 4 buckets strung together with a stacked float valve bucket bottom and a reservoir bucket on top. I will do another 4 buckets set up in the same row. I plan to prune the suckers off the tomato plants until it reaches the overhead trellis, and then I will let it run wild.
I also, have a 1/4-inch wicking rope that will always be touching the solution in the bucket, so the fine coco coir in the net cup won't dry out like it normally does. I have some plants that are using this wicking method, and the roots followed the water level down, so I know it works.
What trees will you be planting?
Around here these are a weed tree that grows wild anywhere not mowed. Chickens and wildlife love the berries. They eat those and leave the black raspberry for memulberry
For all the reason stated - thaw, refreeze, icks getting in, etc. I also have several autoimmune diseases & take immunosuppressant drugs so I don't mess around with anything.
Sorry for my late reply. I've had a bad cold working on me.No. This will be a first for me. I've been watching videos on the method. Thought I'd try some marigolds, sunflowers and cabbage. I can't direct sow sunflowers because of our chipmunks.
I'm all ears, if you have any suggestions
Waterproof duct tape is working for me. I wet my bucket cover and put a square plastic sheet on top, this makes it easier to cut round with a scissor. I cut a line halfway and wrap it around the stem of my plant, so that the plastic is just on the edge of the rim. I put a tape where it slightly overlap to seal the cut. I go around the lip edges with a cut piece of waterproof duct tape. I think this way is better than my sticky tape idea. I don't think a lot of water can get in, any way I have a hole at the water level, so it doesn't really matter that much. The color of the plant will tell me if I have a nutrient deficiency.I got an idea to use stretchable sticky tape to hold the plastic in place and waterproof duct tape for the seam. I got the idea after making a mess with clear silicone. I ordered the heavy-duty sticky tape from amazon just now. It rained last night, and the plastic I put around my plant kept the rainwater out of my bucket. However, I am still working on the best way to secure the plastic.
Welcome !Very new to gardening, so been ordering seeds I have my trays and seed blocker in the box. So I've been planning and entering in my calendar when I need to start my seeds. The next few months I'll be building raised beds after I'm done with my 2nd chicken tractor.
Very new to gardening, so been ordering seeds I have my trays and seed blocker in the box. So I've been planning and entering in my calendar when I need to start my seeds.
The next few months I'll be building raised beds after I'm done with my 2nd chicken tractor.