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PostPosted: Jan 7th, '09, 09:02 
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As above. ;)

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I go and give you blokes a few months to catch up to my post count, to no avail ;)

Whats been going on? there is ZERO chance of me catching up on posts, so if you think any any would be especially interesting for me then link to them here please.

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current system update is as follows;

3 BYAP beds online

tomatoes fruiting and being picked

comfrey growing madly (pot on growbed)

radish left to seed and almost ready.

all watercress wet to seed and seed pods now bursting with new growth evident.

chilli flowering (pot in growbed)

silverbeet just going to seed, got long season out of it.

two trout survived until yesterday.

muzza (the monster Cod) still there but doesnt move from his PVC log.

many goldies and baby cod in old IBC (now offline with no filter or bed) but could not put them in tank BC of trout.

Did anyone find any reddies for me?


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PostPosted: Jan 7th, '09, 09:06 
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I've got a couple of comfrey plants. One is in a pot the other in the ground. They send down deep roots and get potassium from the sub soil. Think it was potassium. :scratch:


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yep, believe you're right.

went to move the pot the other day (it has 4 plants in it) so i could give one to a mate, and yep, the roots are well down into the GB, no moving till i'm ready to re-pot the lot.

It is a FANTASTIC healing herb, a poultice will make lite work of the rawest blister in two days, burns will leave no scars, bruising is reduced markedly. all first hand experience. everyone should have some.


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bit worried about how much pot you have int he growbeds :geek:


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dont make me laugh!

I've got a couple of cracked ribs froma go-Karting crash last saterday, still off work.


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Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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PostPosted: Jan 7th, '09, 09:27 
Good to see ya back Steve.... thought maybe you'd gone to mow the lawn, tripped over... and noone had been able to find you amongst the thicket... :wink:


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scary thought!


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The pot in the grow beds may help with the cracked ribs, medicinal purposes :wink: :hippy2:


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Welcome back, I wondered what happened to you.

comfrey removes bruises? Thats interesting. I uses the bamboo beating to completelt free myself of lower back pain, just need something to remove the bruises and toxins.


Another thought, you are growing it in a pot.. What would happen if I covered my growbed in compost? If it did not work its way down into the growbed and plug it up the plants would not need supplemental additives. Perhaps use water from the fish tank like this


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I've read alot of your old post (most more than twice)
welcome back

This forum is so full of great info and smart posters there should be a fee to join


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thanks siphonphobia :oops:

Dan, that plant in your picture looks very suspicious........ as does the pre bloom caption, LOL.

interesting concept. when you say compost i assume you mean "finished compost"? sounds like a plan!

i have one growbed only semi-full (ran out of media) i i can muster the motivation (a problem since birth) i might try it..............

maybe lay a plastic mesh or weave over the existing media so when its time to remove it or it fails we can remove it easily?

i think i have a high ph issue, can tell by the lack of growth and the yellowing even with out a measurement. possibly the only down side of having a high CaCO3 (shells) content is when you dont have the needed stocking levels.

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PostPosted: Jan 10th, '09, 15:33 
If you don't mind the discolouration... you could fill the rest of the bed with coco chips Steve... would bring the pH back as well.... depends how wet it would stay though I guess ... :wink:


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