Should I switch over to a bed, instead of pots?

DJstanford

Active Member
Ive been using 3 gallon pots ever since I put my room together, but im thinking of building a elevated bed on casters thats about a foot deep, Id build it 9x5 ft, then line it with plastc and put about 10inches of soil in. and then put in like 40 or 50 plants. I want to get my babies up off of the cold concrete floor. what do you think? think it will increase my yield?

 

Garden Knowm

The Love Doctor
DJ,

Normally I would seriously recommend against this... But i did see a similar set up north of the border (canada).. and it produce a crazy YIELD...

If you do do this, I would recommend adding serious perlite to your soil, have great drainage holes and flower early.. YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET AND NUTRIENT issues or ROOT BOUND issues...

if you do this, start a journal please..

good luck

cheers
 

DJstanford

Active Member
awesome, thanks for the info, I was thinking of building the bed at a slight slant with a drain at the lover end, and then I was gonna make a 2 inch layer of perlite on the bottom of the bed, and then put the soil on top.
 
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