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    rubbermaid wicking beds

    I came across this when I was looking for seeds......

    Here's a building idea, for wicking beds, made from rubbermaid plastic totes....
    The cages 'could be left off', for green peppers and stuff.... Even tomatoes like 'patio' ....(small determinate types.)




    From the folks at......
    http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/


    Construction guide...
    http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/pdfs/ ... -Guide.pdf

    'how to' videos....
    http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/earth ... pter1.html
    http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/earth ... pter2.html
    http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/earth ... pter3.html
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    Re: rubbermaid wicking beds

    I think something like this could be adapted to a RAFT type system. The bottom would be underwater, the soil, except for the wicking part above.
    The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow

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    Re: rubbermaid wicking beds

    Thanks for the post. Pretty cool stuff!

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    Re: rubbermaid wicking beds

    Hi naturefreek....welcome to the forum....

    It would be nice if you went to....A PLACE TO SAY HELLO...and told us a little about yourself.
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    Re: rubbermaid wicking beds

    Nice wicking beds. I'm making some up for this season. Going to have the overflow holes piped to a sump and have a small pump feeding the base of the beds once a day for a couple of minutes. If I use peat and perlite for the wick I may be able to hook up to the AP system.

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    Re: rubbermaid wicking beds

    Hi Duff...

    Cool idea....

    Do you think the peat will stain your water much ?

    I recently read, where someone said perlite slowly breaks down, and the fine particles get into the fish's gills and causes damage. 'If' I remember where I read it....I'll post it. (?)
    I'd like to find more info on it.
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    Re: rubbermaid wicking beds

    If I connect to the AP I'd probably use clay as the wick. The water will wick up into the peat so there should not be any water returning from the peat into the system. I use perlite in a couple of wicking tubs. Smartvalves(from autopots) could also be used to refill the wicking tubs.

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