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Let's Build A TLO Container Together
Forthisexample,let'susea2-galloncontainer—thesizeofcontainerIliketoflowerplantsin—under400
watt metal halide Eye Blue lamps. My plants rarely get over 2.5 feet tall when finished under the 400 watt
lamps,andthisisperfectforme.Buildingfromthebottomup,useaneworclean2-galloncontainer;Ilike
to spray the inside of the container with a little water before anything else, and this allows any nutrients
applied in a layer on the floor to adhere and start processing better.
This plant is growing vigorously in a TLO container
REV'S TIP
As a rule of thumb, the day I am going to build containers, I cut my TLO soil
mix with some (living) earthworm castings and perlite. This inoculates the whole container mix with
massive microbial life and diversity—so your mission is not to kill them—plus it will aerate better,
which is always a good thing. I also like to make sure the root ball sets on very mellow soil mix and I
usually just use a little Gardner & Bloome Premium Potting Soil with Myco fungi already added for
this purpose.
This is exactly how I build my containers:
