Ok I decided to do a little experiment with my Mexican Guavas. My property is a little low and tends to hold water in the rainy season. I have one Guava planted in the ground for a couple of weeks now and decided to plant the other in a tire. I want to to see witch one does better. The one I planted in the ground I put a little compost in the bottom of the whole and mixed compost with the fill dirt. I then mulch the hay we pull from the chicken and duck houses. The one in the tire I laid down cardboard to prevent weeds placed the tire on top of the cardboard. I then dug up topsoil from one of my drainage ditches on my property. A lot of organic material gets deposited it that soil so it some of the best on my property also list of worms. I put some of the soil in bottom of tire placed the Guava plant in tire then layered compost top soil Pearl white and vermiculite around plant and mixing layers as I go until the roots were covered. Watered everything in real good then mulched with the duck and chicken hay. And watered again. Now I wait and see which one does the best.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I used to live close to a factory that made industrial conveyor belting for the mining industry. Consequently, there was a lot of offcuts of the reinforcing nylon sheeting available. One use was to simply make rough shaped barrels, sewn/ laced up with a single thread.
It obviated the need for cardboard base, allowed water flow and was less environmentally abusive than tyres.
It could also be rolled to tubes to make drainage pipes.
The furniture removalists use it to slide heavy boxes and furniture over particularly up and down hillsides. One time it was used nailed to the tops of trunks pile driven into the mud (extra thick sheets) as a temporary road/bridge for 40 ton trucks to drive over an estuary.
FrayedBear
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May 12, 2018
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The blue uv protected stuff was also great for shade cloth.
Have you not laid drainage pipes - 100 mm black plastic with the slotted sides in back filled gravel trenches to help with the excess drainage?
FrayedBear
Level 9
May 12, 2018
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I’m two properties down from a swamp. There isn’t many places for the water to go. I’m really low. But I’m planning on digging some wet weather ponds for drainage. And using the dirt from the ponds to build berms to plant fruit trees
Donto101
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May 12, 2018
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There is no stopping you once you get going is there! ? How do Mexican guavas differ from common or garden variety? I love the taste of guava particularly juiced.
@FrayedBear they are small but really creamy and sweet. I like them.
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