Heavens Shores - Bill's 2022 Grow: Come Meet Howie! Show Us Your Grow Too - Bring A Pic

[Bill284]

Best of luck Sir

Hey Greg hope you are well my friend.
I was fighting mites and a storm at the same time.
Busy feken day.
How is your garden doing?

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Bill284]

Coarse perlite on top of the air pots Mites or pests doesn't like to dig into that

Good morning Verb hope everything is going well with your garden.
I apologize for not being more diligent helping with your issues.
Between mites and everything else going on I'm stretched pretty thin.
That perlite is for drainage, nbut the Frass will help keep critters out of the soil.
I got up at 2:30 so I could type up a tutorial.
But there were 174 notifications and I haven't caught up yet.
And today is going to be nuts again.
Talk soon my friend.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Bill284]

Grease Monkey
@Herbies Seeds

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Ready to go

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Stay safe
 Bill

 

[Bill284]

First uppot

Solo cup to Air pot

BILL284 METHOD

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Stay safe
 Bill

 

[Bill284]

BILL 284 METHOD

Soil preparation

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Stacey'Mixer is optional

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Sprinkle a good amount of
Bokashi Frass and @DYNOMYCO
on top of the soil wet it well
Then mix thoroughly

I use large size Perilite when possible

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Because it's soil this time
I used
Earth's Alive Soil Activator

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Spray bottle contains
mild @Remo Nutrients
Superthrive
Roots Excelurator Gold
And
Plant Ammendment Concentrate
with water

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Ready for air pots now


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Stay safe
 Bill

 

[ReservoirDog]

edit: accidental blank post, crap. Sorry, morning hotdog fingers.

 

[Bill284]

BILL 284 METHOD

HOW TO FILL AND USE AIR POTS

First is a light layer of perlite
Just enough to cover the plastic base

Sprinkle the new perilite with
@DYNOMYCO
Bokashi
Insect Frass


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Mist to activate
Then sprinkle soil on top of the perlite
Then sprinkle perlite on top of the soil
Add @DYNOMYCO Bokashi & Frass
Mist to activate
Repeat until you reach the right height
Layers should get thicker as you get higher in the pot
leave enough room for a solo cup minus 1 inch


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Make sure your solo cup is 1 inch taller than the pot


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This is necessary for proper watering and drainage

You want to have perlite directly under the roots
Sprinkle your amendments and mist to activate


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Don't miss this opportunity
Sprinkle @DYNOMYCO directly on your roots
Now we are ready to place our cup of roots​

Stay safe
 Bill

 

[Jon]

BILL 284 METHOD

HOW TO FILL AND USE AIR POTS

First is a light layer of perlite

Just enough to cover the plastic base​

Amazing tutorial. You should put this as a line in your signature.

 

[TwelveCoffee]

BILL 284 METHOD

HOW TO FILL AND USE AIR POTS

First is a light layer of perlite

Just enough to cover the plastic base

Sprinkle the new perilite with
@DYNOMYCO
Bokashi
Insect Frass


​

Mist to activate
Then sprinkle soil on top of the perlite
Then sprinkle perlite on top of the soil
Add @DYNOMYCO Bokashi & Frass
Mist to activate
Repeat until you reach the right height
Layers should get thicker as you get higher in the pot
leave enough room for a solo cup minus 1 inch


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Make sure you solo cup is 1 inch taller than the pot


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This is necessary for proper watering and drainage

You want to have perlite directly under the roots
Sprinkle you amendments and mist


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Stay safe
 Bill

Thank you Bill for the great tutorial do you know anywhere to get 1 or 2 for cheaper zon was saying $100+ for some

 

[Bill284]

Bill 284 METHOD
HOW TO FILL AND USE AIR POTS​

If your roots don't hold together well
you can use a cut solo cup to do the job
Sprinkle your amendments in the crack
Then pour in liquid to disburse them to the roots


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Set you cup in the center on top of the perlite
Then add a layer of soil around it
Then more perlite and amendments
Layering all the way to the top


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Stop with a layer of soil at the top


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Misting activates the microbes


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Cut the rim and slip the cup out


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You should be left with a mound in the center
and a moat on the outside edge


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Push the perlite down around the outside edge


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Making a natural drain around the outside edge of your pot


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Sprinkle a light layer of dirt on top to hold everything in place


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Gentley pat down the dirt leaving a mound in the center
and a drain around the perimeter


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Stay safe
 Bill

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[Bill284]

BILL 284 METHOD
HOW TO FILL AND USE AIR POTS

Once it's full pat down the dirt


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Pat down the top making a depression around the outside edge
And a mound in the center
Perfect for watering and root development


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Perfect for watering
Water automatically goes to the outside edge
Difficult to overwater due to Perilite layers holding air


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@Remo Nutrients


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Always water to run off
Give the roots a reason
to chase it to the bottom


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Top quality nutrients are important


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I am using week 8 of the veg / chart
2 ML / Litre of
MAGNIFICAL / MICRO / GROW / VELOKELP


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Marinating needle is handy for measuring your nutrients
Also for watering solo cups
Get one


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I only mixed 8 Litres this time
16 ml of each veg nutrient


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It will spil over the edge first time you water
So go very slow at first
But when you have to water 25 or 30 ladies at once
The mound and drain will make perfect watering
every time a breeze


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BILL 284 METHOD

Happy growing

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Stay safe
 bill

 

[HashGirl]

So what is the point of air pots? How are they different from other plastic pots?

 

[Bill284]

edit: accidental blank post, crap. Sorry, morning hotdog fingers.

Good morning R.D.
Must have been all the ketchup.
How are you doing today my friend?

Stay safe
Bill

 

[ReservoirDog]

Good Bill, thanks. Little worried you're gonna wear out over there. Sounds you need some venting fans in that sweathouse you built. Sounds like you could lose 5 pounds a day easy working in there. Got some nice seeds incoming, pretty chuffed. Didn't have to spend much either, for a change.

 

[ReservoirDog]

You know those easzplugs coco plugs you use are amazing, esp. that whole interlocking system they use. I'm amazed they can keep the right amount of moisture with no perlite or anything. You just add the next larger coco shape as plant grows. I believe all their claims about perfect moisture all the time, they're Dutch, culturally incapable of knowingly misrepresenting themselves in agri/horticulture. The potential for shame outweighs any gain.

As TelveCoffee would say, don't forget to hydrate!

 

[Bill284]

The term the Bill 284 method was coined by a dear friend of mine @Bud Love .
He asked how I grew such big healthy plant all the time.
So he checked out my Gorilla Glue clone thread and used the method I laid out.
Well if he didn't grow these great big healthy girls.
He said I just love the " Bill284 Method " it works so well.
From then on we just referred to it as the Bill284 Method.
Since my buddy is no longer here with us I kept the name as a reminder of him.
He is dearly missed.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Darade]

So what is the point of air pots? How are they different from other plastic pots?

Air pots work by allowing more air to access the soil, making the roots chase the holes, eventually, once the roots try to expose themselves to the light they will self-prune. They allow your roots to branch much more as if they were already in the ground, and best of all, no root binding!
Every tree and most plants in the cities are now required to be in air-pots, as they're so much better for the root systems, and wellbeing of those plants, have you ever tried to put a root-bound tree inside the ground? (I haven't, but I'm sure it'd most likely spiral itself to death) x'D
Also less up-potting required!

 

[Bill284]

You know those easzplugs coco plugs you use are amazing, esp. that whole interlocking system they use. I'm amazed they can keep the right amount of moisture with no perlite or anything. You just add the next larger coco shape as plant grows. I believe all their claims about perfect moisture all the time, they're Dutch, culturally incapable of knowingly misrepresenting themselves in agri/horticulture. The potential for shame outweighs any gain.

As TelveCoffee would say, don't forget to hydrate!

I'm a little worried myself.
I'll cull the worst ones down to a manageable number.
I ran around 55 consistently in coco much more work.
But they didn't live in a sauna.
And I had a 700 L capacity watering system set and everything streamlined.
So I thought this would be a breeze in soil.
I've got a 3' x 6' screened vent in each end of the greenhouse.
But I stole Stacey's fan as soon as I walked into the greenhouse.
Brutally freeeken hot.
I've got an old 6 " inline fan I'll hook up though.
Blowing in right at the work bench.
Hopefully I'll get some work done today, its freeken cold today.
I mean I'm thinking about turning the heat pump on cold, fek.
Stacey had to go out to the greenhouse and get her fan at 1:00 Am last night.
She never even mentioned it to me this morning.
How many wires would do that? Hands up I thought so. Hehe
I only use the first two steps of the easy plug system, then into coco air pots.
But they will easily hold excessive amounts of water if you don't know what your doing.
Once they are in coco it's fine
The pyramid system looked interesting, but I moved my plants from room to room when needed so it wasn't viable.
Glad your having a good day.
Where did you score the seeds?

Stay safe
Bill

Edit
Stacey's fan

 

[Bill284]

So what is the point of air pots? How are they different from other plastic pots?

@HashGirl
Edit: That's Hey not Het

Combine AIR POTS - COCO - BILL284 METHOD

And you have the growth rate of D.W.C. with the convenience of a
portable container grow system.
Easy to water and use, especially for novice growers.
With out the need for the knowledge to run a D.W.C. system.
Basic knowledge of mixing a jug when required.
Guaranteed better results than any basic bag or plastic pot Grow.
Healthier plants that will give you better results come harvest time.
Healthy plants are harder to kill for novice growers.
And the difficulty to completely over water your girls is gone aswell,
good for new growers.
A basic wait time in soil is all that is required.
After a couple days she is recharging the air in her self.
But there will always be air trapped in the perlite layers.
It's almost foolproof and when run correctly can produce a maximum harvest from any girl growing in her.
It's going to revolutionize container growing.
Air pots get on board.


Stay safe
Bill

 

[Bill284]

Air pots work by allowing more air to access the soil, making the roots chase the holes, eventually, once the roots try to expose themselves to the light they will self-prune. They allow your roots to branch much more as if they were already in the ground, and best of all, no root binding!
Every tree and most plants in the cities are now required to be in air-pots, as they're so much better for the root systems, and wellbeing of those plants, have you ever tried to put a root-bound tree inside the ground? (I haven't, but I'm sure it'd most likely spiral itself to death) x'D
Also less up-potting required!

Hey @Darade hope you are well my friend.
I was busy typing and missed this.
Thank you so much
I really appreciate you jumping in like that, Team Work.
I found an old diagram.
Thought it was better than nothing.
Take care

Stay safe
Bill