The temps are currently the same in both areas and being fed by one A/C unit. The second portable A/C & dehumidifier will be installed this week in the 6’x9’ area where the living soil is.
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This sounds great, I figured wet mulch would add to the RH, but I will deff give it a go.
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It does, but it reduces it even more. The mulch, of any kind, creates a vapor barrier blocking the soil from losing tons of moisture, more than what’s produced by wet mulch. In a growing environment it’s always the plants themselves that produce most of the humidity.
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Let me get this straight, with this mix you are ONLY giving them water, no teas? Do you PH the water? How is this working?
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That looks a lot like this excellent instructable which could easily be adaptable for a trailer.
Trailer grows are new to me, gotta read up, thanks.
I made a box just like the instructable for tomatoes and am amazed at its performance and ease of use.
It offers an ideal growing environment for root growth.
Not to jinx anyone but am I the only one who gets mold on indoor fabric pots?
Spray downs with H2O2 mixes have to be constantly repeated.
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Hey Sapcey…
Thanks for this…I will be making my trailer into a No-Till Machine haha. The beds are a must.
I have never used a material pot before…Always the hard sided ones…So I have not had the mold problem with them…
I will be doing a better description of my trailer set-up, and filling in the info about what I did with it. It started out as an 18ft travel trailer, with a rotted out floor…A couple sheets of 3/4 inch plywood, some sheeting and Bob’s your uncle…
There is a couple of pics of my trailer in my Grow Diary here : Dank Den Diary's
It is not as tidy as I usually keep things in the pic, as I was dealing with dialing everything in, and was dealing with electrical problems haha.
Regards,
K.
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NICE!
I’m trying to grow the legal max (12) in two small tents that would probably best hold 1 mature plant each.
Naturally I’ll pare the runts out but your set up has me all googoo eyed.
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Myself and two of my other friends do the trailer deal to be low key, and have the rooms outside of our house…For obvious reasons…It is so “normal” looking nobody thinks twice…Plus it is portable…If you need to move, you can move it with you, without having to tear down, and build again…Or lend it to friends (which I am doing for a bit)…If you want to know more, I will be adding to my Diary as soon as I find time haha. I have been very busy as of late.
K.
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That’s awesome…I hope it does well for Reiko…I would love to only feed water, and get weight haha…That type of info could be deadly to have (see water run engines)…You might want to keep it on the down low @ReikoX haha…
K.
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How do you remove the membrane? All the egg shells seemingly have it glued on?
Also, in regards to your recipe, do you do any special mixing?
Or are your pots homogeneous?
I think it’s brilliant, and a perfect solution with a sizeable grow room.
Security might be a problem, they are fairly easy to break into, remote areas especially. My buddy had one for hunting, only kept an old radio in it.
But in the yard 
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I do eggshells for the dog. The easiest way to remove the membrane is to rub the inside of the shell half while under running water.
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Thanks, I’ll give it a try tomorrow.
Amazing how quick egg shells accumulate if you’re studious about collecting, I filled a quart mason jar over the winter alone after crushing in the garden purposed blender.
It helps that my wife likes to bake 
One question: Why remove them at all?
You’re right. I use a gallon ziploc bag and it takes no time to fill it. Once it’s full, I put them on a baking sheet in the oven and grind them up.
As to removing the membrane, I was told to, by my vet. He said that this is where the bacteria can get trapped. It just always made sense to me anyway.
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Thanks.
I imagine they stink in the oven too.
Over winter I dry them over my wood stove, summer they go in the woodshed.
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You got that right, nothing but RO water. I did give them Recharge a couple times and Mammoth P once. They are doing great.
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Rinsing under water, it’s a PITA. Now I just grind them and toss them in my worm bin.
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Do you put worms IN the soil or just use the castings? I have heard folks say they put worms in with their plants. My only thought is, what would they eat.
Another thought, will this recipe work for raised beds outside? I know you would need a shite load, but it might be worth it?
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There are no worms added, just the castings. Though I’m sure some worms make it in there.
This recipe is designed for a single use in containers. I would consider something more like the Coots recipe for an outdoor bed.
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So I couldn’t use this continually as no till? Being that I am going to switch to large pots, outside (on dollies to hide from the man), I am looking for something I can leave the root ball and plant a new set of plants, without changing anything. What do you recommend, your old recipe (1:1:!) with the amendments?
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