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kitchen compost dish

Last post by Ken4230 « Mon Aug 05, 2024 5:15 am
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by JRinPA » Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:51 pm
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I've been wondering what other active gardeners use for compost collection. We've been doing two stages of collection for a long time.

1. Plastic dish on kitchen counter....
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Mon Aug 05, 2024 5:15 am
Liquid fertilizer vs rain

Last post by Ken4230 « Sun Aug 04, 2024 1:18 pm
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by bower » Sat Jun 01, 2024 3:11 pm

My garlic has been a bit rained out this spring, starting to show some yellow tips, and I am overdue to give them a feed.
I had planned to use the remains of some Alaska fish...

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Sun Aug 04, 2024 1:18 pm
what weed is this??

Last post by JRinPA « Tue Jun 11, 2024 6:00 pm
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by JRinPA » Mon May 13, 2024 6:12 pm

This stuff running and climbing all over the shady end of my house. It has an orange root. I need to get rid of it, preferably without killing nearby arbor vitae or the...

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Last post by JRinPA
Tue Jun 11, 2024 6:00 pm
Vegetable beds lying fallow

Last post by MissS « Wed May 29, 2024 9:51 pm
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by MrBig46 » Tue May 28, 2024 4:27 am

I am facing the problem of what to do with the flower beds at a time when I will not be able to go to the garden and do something there. It is clear to me that if these...

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Last post by MissS
Wed May 29, 2024 9:51 pm
Soil Testing Kits

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by Cornelius_Gotchberg » Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:18 am
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Anyone have any experience with any of these, good, bad, and/or ugly?

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Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:47 am
Molasses anyone?

Last post by JRinPA « Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:01 pm
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by MissS » Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:30 am

How many of you use molasses to wake up your soil microbes in the spring? If you do use it, have you noticed any benefits?

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Last post by JRinPA
Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:01 pm
hot compost - 60-160F inside 24 hrs

Last post by JRinPA « Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:37 pm
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by JRinPA » Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:19 pm

I shredded and made a hot pile of all the comm garden waste that piled up this summer.

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160F- yep that is a hot pile all right!

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Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:37 pm
Cover crop ideas

Last post by PoisonApple « Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:18 am
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by Salaam » Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:21 am

Hello all,

I am considering cover crops on my 1800sqft remote garden. The garden will be tilled with s tines in fall. I am thinking of sowing red clover late fall then...

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Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:18 am
What did you compost today?

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by JRinPA » Sun Jun 25, 2023 7:47 pm
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Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:33 pm
how to make composted bark

Last post by bower « Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:07 am
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by jbclem » Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:36 pm

Many soil mix formulas list composted bark as one of the main ingredients. But I haven't been able to find instructions for composting bark by itself. Yes, I know I can add...

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Last post by bower
Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:07 am
Might change my growing regimen.

Last post by JRinPA « Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:24 pm
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by Kurt » Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:06 am

Looks like the man has a handle on it.

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Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:24 pm
Minerals

Last post by GoDawgs « Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:17 pm
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by MissS » Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:07 pm

Does anyone ammend their soil for mineral content. If so what have you used? Did you notice a difference and your observations.

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Thu Jun 29, 2023 4:17 pm
I'm gonna try Bokashi!

Last post by peebee « Thu May 04, 2023 11:26 am
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by peebee » Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:06 pm

I'm excited to be trying something new again, this time bokashi. Unlike composting, bokashi is more like fermenting, and you can add practically anything that you would not...

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Last post by peebee
Thu May 04, 2023 11:26 am
organic fertilizer

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by Nico » Sat Feb 18, 2023 5:02 am

This year I am going to try a homemade organic fertilizer, based on cane syrup or molasses, worm humus plus water, it is an organic fertilizer a thousand times more powerful...

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Last post by svalli
Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:46 pm
Worms!

Last post by karstopography « Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:57 pm
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by bower » Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:45 am
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Some wormy news items. 8-)

worms do actually feed your crops. rapid N transfer from worms to plants.

cover crops triple your worms!

I think our horse manure is the...
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Last post by karstopography
Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:57 pm
Vinegar and Epsom Salt as herbicide

Last post by worth1 « Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:33 pm
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by Whwoz » Sun Apr 24, 2022 11:30 am

Over the last couple of months, google feeds on the phone have been showing stories about people using this mixture as a herbicide to Make weeds disappear in 24hrs . Most of...

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Last post by worth1
Thu Apr 28, 2022 4:33 pm
Soil pH, Testing, etc.

Last post by Setec Astronomy « Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:00 am
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by Setec Astronomy » Tue Feb 15, 2022 8:04 am

I grow mostly in containers, and have been trying to get an idea of my pH, particularly in my pea planters that I have been having some trouble with, and also in my...

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Last post by Setec Astronomy
Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:00 am
My amazing clay soil

Last post by Whwoz « Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:53 am
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by zendog » Thu Nov 04, 2021 6:34 pm

For the last two years, I've been developing the soil in my front yard that was previously grass and is now home to peppers, annual flowers, some squash and a few other...

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Sat Nov 06, 2021 3:53 am
herbicide residues in horse manure

Last post by bjbebs « Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:04 am
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by bower » Sun May 16, 2021 12:38 pm

I know we had threads about this before, but I don't recall...
If you put a plant into the ??? stuff as a test, how long before damage shows up?
Just having second thoughts...

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Last post by bjbebs
Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:04 am
Using old coffee grounds? Methods?

Last post by stone « Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:18 am
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by KathyDC » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:58 pm
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Hi!

I have heard over and over that digging in old coffee grounds is a great way to give plants a jumpstart. I drink a ton of coffee, but I have yet to figure out a way to...
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Last post by stone
Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:18 am
Organic fertilizer amounts

Last post by stone « Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:07 am
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by lee53011 » Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:15 pm

My last soil test said I needed to add .3 pounds of high nitrogen fertilizer per 100 square feet. I use alfala meal and blood meal, as well as my own compost. It also stated...

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Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:07 am
Charles Wilber Compost (How to Grow World Record Tomatoes)

Last post by MsCowpea « Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:59 pm
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by MsCowpea » Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:05 pm
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In the book HOW TO GROW WORLD RECORD TOMATOES, Charles Wilber gives instructions on how he grew his Guinness World Record tomatoes.
He is not into individual size or growing...
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Last post by MsCowpea
Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:59 pm
anyone plant oats or barley in the fall?

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by bower » Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:28 am

I was just looking through some cover crop seeds that didn't get spring planted this year, and wondering if I can plant now, some barley and oat seeds?

The varieties I have...

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Last post by bower
Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:28 am
Using alfalfa pellets for fertilizer

Last post by Paquebot « Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:41 pm
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by MsCowpea » Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:16 pm

This is an interesting take on fertilization with alfalfa.

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Last post by Paquebot
Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:41 pm
Latest Charles Dowding video on Making Compost

Last post by MsCowpea « Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:59 pm
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by MsCowpea » Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:55 pm

Charles Dowding, of No Dig fame

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Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:59 pm

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