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| Author: | Itechnical [ Oct 12th, '15, 19:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Filling a Wicking bed |
I have just built my first two wicking beds from IBC containers and filled them with compost, worm castings and chook manure that I have been collecting for a while now. I now want to fill the other four containers but have no more organic waste to fill with so I'm asking what is the best medium to buy to fill them up with? 
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| Author: | scotty435 [ Oct 13th, '15, 02:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
Bump - Welcome to the forum 
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| Author: | scotty435 [ Oct 13th, '15, 12:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
Actually it sounds like the mix you put into the ones you did earlier is a bit stronger than I would have done (The word soil or mix didn't crop up anywhere  ). I would have mixed some of the things you put into the first two beds with some potting mix (most likely) and or garden soil - You want wicking but you also want some air.
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| Author: | dlf_perth [ Oct 13th, '15, 15:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
Hi, try these for discussion... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22064 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=23402 viewtopic.php?f=18&t=24153&start=30 (page 3, at bottom) viewtopic.php?f=18&t=663&start=2175 (page 146) viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24403 (page 1-2) Food&Fish, Mattyoga and SOP have the IBC/tub ones going well... [edit] plus Gunagulla in mine I went with rock at bottom and shade cloth cover, with mixture of black mulch, pulverised mixed manure, potting mix (general), veg potting mix (manure) plus a bit of 'waste garden soil' all mixed up. (I didn't have the volume of compost so relied a lot on brought in stuff) |
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| Author: | Itechnical [ Oct 14th, '15, 13:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
Thanks all, I should have mentioned I did mix in quite a bit of garden soil in there also |
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| Author: | Itechnical [ Oct 14th, '15, 13:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
I think for the rest I will get a trailer of veggie mix and mix it with mushroom compost from the local garden place |
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| Author: | Itechnical [ Oct 21st, '15, 23:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
Got the mushroom compost and garden mix together and quite happy with the result |
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| Author: | Itechnical [ Oct 21st, '15, 23:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Filling a Wicking bed |
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