Tote bin raised beds?!?!?
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Comments (9)I don't think insulating a pot will do much good unless there is a heat source inside the insulation. Insulation slows the transfer of heat from something warm to something cold. Thus if the pot is warm and the air cools, insulation would help slow down the cooling of the pot. However, without a source of heat in the pot, eventually the pot will cool to the surrounding air temperature. If you had a few cold nights to worry about, perhaps the insulation would keep the soil in the pot from ever reaching the air temperature, but it won't keep the pot warm through a long NH winter. insulation would help slow the rate of temperature change in the pot, which I am sure would be good for the roots, but you still might end up with dead plants due to excessively cold roots. i would plant the trees in the ground. Lots of fruit orchards exist on fairly bad soils, so I think your spot will be fine. I find most things, especially long-lived things like trees, are a lot easier to grow in the ground than in a pot....See MoreTips to raise organic veggies in my new raised beds
Comments (12)Thanks for your continuing suggestions! A couple of weeks ago, my Tomato plants' leaves started to change their color and become a bit brownish. I was really worried that the mild hale we had one night (roughly a week after they were planted) might have caused blight. I took a couple of samples (one bad looking old leaf and another newly growing one) to a local farming store (OC Farm Supplies in Anaheim, CA). The guy there was so patient and cooperative, he told me that he can't see any kind of disease with it and felt I might be watering them too much. Relieved, I came home and cut down on my watering routine of every other day to twice a week. It's been a week since and my plants are looking good already. Additionally, I went to the beach early Sunday morning and collected a couple of buckets full of Kelp. I soaked them in a big 13 gallon bin by filling it with water for about 12 hours. I took the thick juicy water out and added one part of this juice to an equal part of water and gave them to all my plants. There was enough left for me to give to my trees as well. This juice is THICK. Afterwards, I took out small chunks of this Kelp and laid it around my plants and covered them up with aged horse manure compost (which could double up as mulch, too). I am planning to repeat this process once a month throughout the growing season. From what I read, this thing is full of nutrients, so I am hoping this will help my plants to have enough of N-P-K. I bought Dr.Earth's Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Fertilizer (5-7-3) but haven't fed them any of it yet. If I continue feeding them Kelp juice every other week, would that be enough or should I still be fertilizing more? I want to keep away from any store bought feed (like Dr.Earth's), if I can. Your expert advise will be grately apprecaited. Thanks, Telugu Raithu...See MoreWorm Bin and Raised Bed
Comments (4)Very nice concept. It is great to have castings near the point of use. If you add lots of compost, some worms may wander for a bit. After both worm and raised beds are established, the worms should stay with their food. Roots will enter the bin. I have lots of cypress tree roots sucking the goodness out of a pile of castings I have neglected ( the trees are quite healthy though!). This may be what you want. I have sifted out roots and returned them to the bed. You may consider adding a removable or hinged "trap door" along the bottom wall of your worm bin end. This would facilitate easy removal of castings without disturbing the run. Good luck and keep us posted....See MoreTote bin lids reuse ideas needed
Comments (4)Sure try it on paths as long as they don't pose a trip hazard. Other ideas: trays for potted plants serving tray for backyard BBQ/picni drip guard for under car in garage base for anything that you need to catch drips depending on size of them -- could you drill holes & zip tie corners together to make a compost bin or raised garden bed frame for deeply rooted plants. Use container soil for a container garden that doesn't need as much watering because it touches the earth as lid on compost tea buckets to keep flies out or worm bin lid muddy boot tray pet foot tray...See MoreRelated Professionals
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