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[SpleenBeGone]

So far, just a simple 8'x2'  planter bed made from 2x8's. Tis the season for gardening though, and I think I need to nerd things up a bit.

Lets have some suggestions.

[SpleenBeGone]

It was 80 here the other day. >.>

[SpleenBeGone]

So, I hooked up my irrigation source.

I've got a 55 gallon drum going to a battery operated irrigation timer, set to turn on for 35 minutes at 7:30 am. It feeds 8 drip spigots along the bed to keep the plants watered. Whole system should use less than two gallons a day, which means that I won't have to fill up the barrel often. I'll be adding a screen to it soon so that I can use it as a rain barrel, further increasing the time between filling. I plan on adding at least one more 8' bed soon, and then starting to experiment with vertical gardening. 

 

Over the course of the year, I'm going to try and figure out just how much food product I can squeeze out per square foot of land. If I get positive results, I'll do a big write up on it.

[Wolf]

>In TX

>Growing a garden with full irrigation system

>Won't tell us what he's growing

 

 

 

I get what's going on here, keep up the good work

 

*whispers* Lemme know when it's dry, I'm good for a zip

[Affray]

"It appears I'm losing a bag of doritos per every 3 square feet."

Hilarious.

I pictured him with big sunglasses on (because that sun is waaay to bright man) and pulling them off like a confused David Caruso and dropping that line.

 

If you are growing any sprawling vegetables like cucumbers and such, what you can do is set up some high angle ramps for them to grow up.

If you base the ramp along a row of cucumbers (or similarly growing vegetables) you can force them to grow up it and once they produce the cucumbers will hand over the top edge of the ramp. This makes it so that the never have that yellow side from sitting on the ground, and they are effectively growing up, leaving more ground space for other things to be planted. Sprawling vegetables take up a huge amount of space and from my experience if you can trick them in to growing up something instead of laying flat and taking up half of the garden you can plant a large amount of other produce.

[SIlhouette]

>In TX

>Growing a garden with full irrigation system

>Won't tell us what he's growing

 

 

 

I get what's going on here, keep up the good work

 

*whispers* Lemme know when it's dry, I'm good for a zip

 

Just remember the FBI monitors power usage so make sure you are using the bare minimum amount of UV lamps. It also doesn't hurt to become a horticulturist which means it won't look strange when you are walking through town with a wheelbarrow of compost and Doritos... ok that would still look strange I guess.

[SpleenBeGone]

A few pictures.

[SpleenBeGone]

>In TX

>Growing a garden with full irrigation system

>Won't tell us what he's growing

 

 

 

I get what's going on here, keep up the good work

 

*whispers* Lemme know when it's dry, I'm good for a zip

Nothing fun, tomatoes and peppers and such.

 

 

 

"It appears I'm losing a bag of doritos per every 3 square feet."

 

 

 

 

Hilarious.

I pictured him with big sunglasses on (because that sun is waaay to bright man) and pulling them off like a confused David Caruso and dropping that line.

 

If you are growing any sprawling vegetables like cucumbers and such, what you can do is set up some high angle ramps for them to grow up.

If you base the ramp along a row of cucumbers (or similarly growing vegetables) you can force them to grow up it and once they produce the cucumbers will hand over the top edge of the ramp. This makes it so that the never have that yellow side from sitting on the ground, and they are effectively growing up, leaving more ground space for other things to be planted. Sprawling vegetables take up a huge amount of space and from my experience if you can trick them in to growing up something instead of laying flat and taking up half of the garden you can plant a large amount of other produce.

No sprawling vegetables yet, but I've done some research on them, and how to grow them on tressels and such like tomatoes. 

 

 

 

Just remember the FBI monitors power usage so make sure you are using the bare minimum amount of UV lamps. It also doesn't hurt to become a horticulturist which means it won't look strange when you are walking through town with a wheelbarrow of compost and Doritos... ok that would still look strange I guess.

 

No grid power needed, just two AA batteries. 

[Nerdgirl11]

Are you growing everything 100% organic?  

[Mister Sympa]

So, I hooked up my irrigation source.

I've got a 55 gallon drum going to a battery operated irrigation timer, set to turn on for 35 minutes at 7:30 am. It feeds 8 drip spigots along the bed to keep the plants watered. Whole system should use less than two gallons a day, which means that I won't have to fill up the barrel often. I'll be adding a screen to it soon so that I can use it as a rain barrel, further increasing the time between filling. I plan on adding at least one more 8' bed soon, and then starting to experiment with vertical gardening. 

 

Over the course of the year, I'm going to try and figure out just how much food product I can squeeze out per square foot of land. If I get positive results, I'll do a big write up on it.

 

Gardening with science!

 

"It appears I'm losing a bag of doritos per every 3 square feet."

 

My day = made.

[SpleenBeGone]

Are you growing everything 100% organic?  

Shit no, genetically modified all the way. Science ftw.

 

 

Gardening with science!

 

 

My day = made.

I didn't really keep up with the garden like I should have, but I should note that there are still currently plants alive and well in it.

[Calvary]

Dandelions, daisies, nettles, crab grass... X3

[cassXgoesXmeow]

I wish I could have a garden but I live in an apartment.  Maybe now that I'm moving into a house I can plant something..... though I do tend to kill everything I've tried in the past.. maybe start small? lol

[SpleenBeGone]

Dandelions, daisies, nettles, crab grass... X3

Onions and a strawberry plant. >.>

 

 

I wish I could have a garden but I live in an apartment.  Maybe now that I'm moving into a house I can plant something..... though I do tend to kill everything I've tried in the past.. maybe start small? lol

https://www.windowfarms.com/

[cassXgoesXmeow]

Onions and a strawberry plant. >.>

 

 

https://www.windowfarms.com/

.... why did you have to show me this.... now I have to have it.

[SpleenBeGone]

Just solving your problem. >.>

[cassXgoesXmeow]

And you did, Thank you

 

I bought a one column system.... lets see if I can keep it alive lol

[SpleenBeGone]

Post pictures of your results, if you don't mind.