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Originally Posted by servatusprime
Did you anchor the barrel somehow or did you place it in the ground? I would be a little concerned with it tipping over, but I think that this pretty impressive with grass only. Did you see any symptoms of nutrient deficiency? Are you going to go for a second crop with the same barrel? And one more dumb question - any effect on the taste? Thanks.
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The barrel is held in place by gravity and will not tip over.
There is more than enough nutrients in the grass to feed 8 large plants.
My best guess would be well over 20 lbs of N & over 10 lbs of K.
I have never noticed a problem with excess nutrients, and have been using this for over 14 years.
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Originally Posted by raygrogan
Very cool! Please give more of a recipe ... how do you start, do you keep adding grass clippings, etc.
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It really is as simple as it appears.
A barrel with 2 open ends, placed in the center of 8 plants.
If you were to look at it as a grid, the barrel would be in the center section or where the ninth plant would be.
The pot of dirt on top is used to compress the grass and lower the oxygen content, in order to reduce the
temperature, more grass is added when space is available.