Bottomless Pots; an experiment.

[Lea Valley]

I don’t mind a Guerrilla style pot. 

I use Poly Prop ground sheet material cut up into strips and bound with Chicken wire

Filled with Compo and Coco

Liquid nutes

Quick to set up,

Can work as long as you can keep em hydrated, lasts about a week. 

I use these on land that’s been “messed with” and places where the soil is marginal but the cover is good. 

[DutchFox]

great also 4 wetlands

 

[Pepe Ramon]

11 hours ago, Goohfy said:

So how does bukkaki keep the seedlings warm and how much can you get or need surely this is an extreme growing method but if it works everyone will be going for it. Peace Goohfy.

 

It definitely works, bokashi is just a way of recycling your kitchen waste and similar organic matter into a soil amendment, which in turn adds nutrients and improves soil texture. It differs from traditional composting methods in several way; the organic waste is fermented by specialist bacteria, so it's not decomposed. The fermented matter is fed directly into a field or your garden soil, without requiring further time to mature. 

 

It's not aimed at cannabis growers, it's just a different method of composting that was developed in Japan but is now used worldwide, we use it for all our garden plants not just our meds. 

 

We get a bucket full (15ltrs) every 2/3 weeks, which you just bury where you want to, so it's an on-going process. 

 

I personally wouldn't call it an extreme method, as it's so easy just to bury it and leave it do its thing.

 

I won't be putting any plants in the pots for another 3/4 months so everything would have virtually decomposed by then and I will be just left with nice compost. It saves me money by not having to purchase as many soil improvers and we also get to recycle all our kitchen waste. We eat a lot of fruit & vegetables and the little kitchen bin gets emptied every week so it usually takes about 3 weeks to fill the larger bokashi bin, we then leave it for 2/3 weeks before taking it to be buried.

 

If I'm unable to bury it in my pots or beds, I bury it on the pile of horse manure that I have onsite. Plus there is also a liquid by-product that gathers at the bottom of the buckets, this can be used as a feed, but because I'm not sure how strong it is I don't use it, instead I utilise its acidic properties and use it as a drain cleaner.

 

There's loads of videos on YouPube about bokashi, including the one I posted above. 

 

Obviously you can try keeping your seedlings warm using bukkake if you want to, but I doubt you'll have much success.  

[Goohfy]

Got ya perfect I was thinking something totally different but that all makes perfect sense and I like the fact we can use waste and turn it into lovely plant food Ty .peace Goohfy.

[murphyblue]

I did have good success with my first outdoor grow with fabric pots.

But didn't cut the bottom off though just buried the lower half of the pots they were only 5 gallon i think and didn't set the plants back they ended up over 9ft tall.

[bfehillbilly]

I grow in old feed sacks like corn or grain comes in I've had the roots grow through the bottom of the bag and into the ground had to give them a pretty good tug to break them loose 

[Guest]

I'm thinking about some shopping bag for life the plastic mesh types 50p or a pound ones hole cut into bottom maybey for a auto to test this season .

[Pushka]

Bokashi is great, been using a 4 bin rotation system for a few years now, either gets buried in veg beds or added to the 'cold' compost.

I use the Bokashi Tea diluted by 100 for watering outside and excess gets tipped down outside drains as a cleaner.

I sometimes use open bottom pots for general gardening.

New to the site/growing but this idea suits my way of outdoor gardening so may give it a go.  Will start planning my Bokashi

schedule now.

[Tommy tucker]

On 14/01/2023 at 10:35 PM, Boojum said:

I think the Beatles pre-empted bukkaki.

 

I mean they recorded Come Together Over Me

 

I'll get me coat.

[Pepe Ramon]

I'm still filling the pots, I currently have 3 in place. 

 

I'm going to be trying the Guerrilla Tabs from BioTabs this year. They are a slow release organic fertiliser that you bury in the soil and water, that's it. Apparently, 4 tabs will feed an outdoor plant for it's entire lifecycle. 

 

Has anybody used them before?

Edited February 22, 2023 by Arbre Medicinal

[Guest]

Bio tabs used last year with SS 420l end result came out fantastic but did use liquid bloom and grow aswell

[DutchFox]

15 hours ago, Arbre Medicinal said:

I'm still filling the pots, I currently have 3 in place. 

 

I'm going to be trying the Guerrilla Tabs from BioTabs this year. They are a slow release organic fertiliser that you bury in the soil and water, that's it. Apparently, 4 tabs will feed an outdoor plant for it's entire lifecycle. 

 

Has anybody used them before?

 

i gues/know they work...but are insane expensive..... all organics are always slow release   so thats no unique selling point for those tabs ...  

dried chicken pellets to the trick for me....and at the end also my wallet.....

 

1 teacup dried chicken pellets per 10 liter soil ...thats the doze for our plants.

 

dried chicken pellets contain:

npk 4/3/3

10% calcium 

all micro elements you need.

 

===

10 tabs for 15 eur...   

BioTabs Fertiliser Tablets | Slow Release Tablets | BioTabs

 

Guerrilla Tabs are slow-release organic fertiliser tablets, that condition the soil through microbiological activity while fertilising the plant.

• 10 Gram Soil Conditioning Tablets 15-7-8
• For container or grounded plants.
• Use 4 Tabs per 10-litre container, 6 Tabs per 20-litre container, 8 Tabs per 30-litre container
• In-ground plants: use 4 tabs per plant.
• Push the tabs 5 cm deep below the soil surface and water.

Use 2 Guerrilla Tabs for each 5 litres of potting soil.
In the ground, use 4 GuerrillaTabs per plant.
Control Union Certified 100% Organic Ingredients.

For optimal results, combine Guerrilla Tabs with beneficial soil bacteria and mycorrhiza fungi, such as BACTREX and MYCOTREX.

Guerrilla Tabs is part of the BioTabs ‘Organic Growing Method’. For detailed instructions and how to gain optimal benefit from BioTabs products, please read the BioTabs ‘Organic Growing’ manual.

 

 

 

Edited February 22, 2023 by DutchFox

[Pepe Ramon]

8 hours ago, DutchFox said:

 

i gues/know they work...but are insane expensive..... all organics are always slow release   so thats no unique selling point for those tabs ...  

dried chicken pellets to the trick for me....and at the end also my wallet.....

 

1 teacup dried chicken pellets per 10 liter soil ...thats the doze for our plants.

 

dried chicken pellets contain:

npk 4/3/3

10% calcium 

all micro elements you need.

 

===

10 tabs for 15 eur...   

BioTabs Fertiliser Tablets | Slow Release Tablets | BioTabs

 

Guerrilla Tabs are slow-release organic fertiliser tablets, that condition the soil through microbiological activity while fertilising the plant.

• 10 Gram Soil Conditioning Tablets 15-7-8
• For container or grounded plants.
• Use 4 Tabs per 10-litre container, 6 Tabs per 20-litre container, 8 Tabs per 30-litre container
• In-ground plants: use 4 tabs per plant.
• Push the tabs 5 cm deep below the soil surface and water.

Use 2 Guerrilla Tabs for each 5 litres of potting soil.
In the ground, use 4 GuerrillaTabs per plant.
Control Union Certified 100% Organic Ingredients.

For optimal results, combine Guerrilla Tabs with beneficial soil bacteria and mycorrhiza fungi, such as BACTREX and MYCOTREX.

Guerrilla Tabs is part of the BioTabs ‘Organic Growing Method’. For detailed instructions and how to gain optimal benefit from BioTabs products, please read the BioTabs ‘Organic Growing’ manual.

 

 

 

 

I know what they are dude, I was asking if anyone used them and I'm fully aware of what they cost. They aren't expensive, I would only need 30€ worth for seven plants, that sounds like value for money to me. Actually looking at the amount of money some folks spend of ferts, I'd say it's an absolute bargain.

 

I'm not going to be fucking about with chicken shit, but thanks for the recipe all the same.  

 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by Arbre Medicinal

[Hole in the clouds]

3 hours ago, Arbre Medicinal said:

 

I know what they are dude, I was asking if anyone used them and I'm fully aware of what they cost. They aren't expensive, I would only need 30€ worth for seven plants, that sounds like value for money to me. Actually looking at the amount of money some folks spend of ferts, I'd say it's an absolute bargain.

 

I'm not going to be fucking about with chicken shit, but thanks for the recipe all the same.  

 

 

 

 

Well your wrong they are expensive your £30 gets you 200g of fishmeal, seaweed and feather meal. Go and look at the prices of those. You could get sacks of the stuff for that amount. 
 

[OddNut]

On 14/01/2023 at 9:35 PM, Boojum said:

I think the Beatles pre-empted bukkaki.

 

I mean they recorded Come Together Over Me

 

I'll get me coat.

 I sing that everytime I hear that tune hahaha