Definitely not for Autopot.

3 in the coffee product and the one at the end is control.

Very sick looking plants covered in spots and losing colour.

The one on the right is the control in potting mix.

Well I don't need to go any further with this experiment as you can see, unfortunately this exciting product had a chemical reaction the our own nutrient that dose not mean to say there is anything wrong with it and it could be a good soil enhancer but it is not for the Autopot system.

Let's take a Coffee break.

I want to share something that I find rather interesting,  I came across at the localmarkets an enterprising couple that have a product called Ground up Soil Mixes whereby they collect all the used coffee beanz (UCB)  under the name of  Been Beanz Services. They turn this into 2 products and one I liked the look of as it felt very light and well airated.

Lovely to handle.

They could see I was interested so at the end of the day they brought me what they had on display so I could try it out and report back on it, so I have planted up a window box today with 3 pots with the coffee mix and one pot with a herb and veggie potting mix as a control.

Lets see what happens

Like most potting mixes today the herb & veggie mix has a lot of wood in it where as the beanz mix is very pliable and lovely to handle so we will watch with interest and keep you informed.

No excuse.

Well its almost 2 months since I have updated my blog which is SLACK.

yes I have been very busy but that's no excuses. In my last update I talked about testing out planting numbers with different pot for my herbs. Well things have taken off in that direction and I now offer live herbs for the Chefs that really care rather than the bunch that starts to deteriorate from day one.

It's a managed system just like you would manage indoor plants and of course I am using the incredible Autopot Smart- Pot. I cultivate my back up supply using the capillary table and my own development basted on the same principle using the Autopot technology called a HYDRO smart pad, we make a couple of different sizes. more info on the web page about them along with other new things.
www.hydro-gardening.com

This is the mobile unit with a selection of herbs.

This is the smaller of the new HYDRO Smart Pad  it can hold up to 55 30ml pots so great for seedlings

and it will take up to 25 of the next size up.

Beetroot.  We all know that no self respecting Aussie would have a Burger without Beetroot, this year I grew it in a window box unit with better results than last year when I used a 10" Hydrotray.

In case you think I only grow vegetables, what do you think about my little Orchid in it's SMART-POT, are they not the most versatile unit around. 

Remember check out the web.

www.hydro-gardening.com