Wicking beds - raised garden beds

[iTiC]

So much more to learn!

This is awesome. I like the Geoff Lawson approach.

Permaculture in a small area. I saw one chap grow a motser of food in a small area. Including many medicinal plants.

[Mr.B]

I thought the whole point of a wicking bed was it being a form of passive hydroponics does not require any pumps or such.

 

Why not go a deep water culture system if you're going through all the effort of installing pumps and airstones?

Edited May 4, 2013 by Mr.B

[GreenGoat]

I thought the whole point of a wicking bed was it being a form of passive hydroponics does not require any pumps or such.

 

Why not go a deep water culture system if you're going through all the effort of installing pumps and airstones?

I could see it being a nice option on an aquaponics loop, it would allow you to have worms in the wicking bed without them getting drowned and hopefully giving you a natural organic nutrient boost.

for a normal hydro setup I dont see it being too logical tbh

[forgetiwashere]

I could see it being a nice option on an aquaponics loop, it would allow you to have worms in the wicking bed without them getting drowned and hopefully giving you a natural organic nutrient boost.

for a normal hydro setup I dont see it being too logical tbh

 

you can just run worms in your growbed anyway. i have stacks of them in my hydroton in my little aquaponics system. doesnt have to be wicking beds to have worms in there. but in the wicking beds you could run al sorts of organic ferts like guano etc with no trouble

[Rattrap]

I had been doing DWC indoors for a while now, but going outdoors in future.  I guess i keep leaning back towards DWC which is why i thought about circulating the water, this would keep the oxygen content in the water up as well as keep the water level & moisture content in the soil balanced.

I could see the wicking beds being easily modified for an aquaponics setup, but one step at a time for me!

[The Hash Nibbler]

cool RT =), I did have a look at em last week when we chatted about em, they look great..... hope thay last longer than the presenters chocolate pudding but.........

Peace. Nibbler

[forgetiwashere]

nibbs

[brownies]

Neat find ratty

 

Might give it a go on me veges

 

 

Brownies.

[nici]

My first system was something very similar, it was essentialy a hempy bucket filled with perlite connected to a res with a float valve. Very effective and easy to use.

[shroomyshroom]

its also very similar to a regular old hempy bucket too

spott on my  man