What mix are you old LB users using and what type of oil?
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Comments (27)I'm pretty sure that these people from the Huntington weren't making up science to fit their observations, Al. The person making stuff up is you withyour imaginary potting medium composition to fit your assumptions. I have found small pieces of perlite in pots after having sifted and washed the perlite. How do you explain that without breakdown or ad hominems? Many years is too long? I'm sure the folks at Disneyland might disagree. You might want to qualify that with a specific mix. Too long for pumice? Probably, but then why is that if not because of being broken down? Besides, the original issue dealt with adding medium to garden soil and an aversion to that because perlite doesn't breakdown. Something so friable as to be easily be crushed with finger pressure or mixer agitation will certainly breakdown in a cultivated garden bed or especially due to freeze/thaw cycles which can breakdown concrete. Or course we are talking mechanical breakdown not decomposition. But if someone wants to present some 'real science' proving that perlite doesn't breakdown, I would love to see it. For some reason, I think that claim probably falls in line right next to the 'sand doesn't hold water' myth....See MoreNeem oil users
Comments (18)I sprayed with Neem about 3 weeks ago on my late dormant apple trees for the first time so results are still pending. I used the cold-pressed one recommended on Michael Phillips' website. It is true you need to put the bottle in warm water to melt as it was semi-solid at room temp as well as adding soap. It has instructions provided. I used a squirt bottle and kept shaking it. I am more concerned about scab here than aphids. Do you have plantings to attract benefical insects? Farmerfred dot com came up on a search in regards to that topic....See MoreThis is what happens when you use wallyworld oil in a two stroke
Comments (14)I'm not convinced that it was an oil related failure. At least not directly. Straight gas generally causes massive piston scoring and eventual piston siezure. This appears to be a rod cap or rod bolt (broken?) failure similar to what my Duraforce did the other day. (Not a loose rod bolt) I see no evidence of piston siezure beyond what the rod and needle bearings may have done during the final seconds of running. The crank doesn't show bearing scoring marks either. The black deposits in the crabk case are from blow-by of combustion gases that leave carbon and tar-like deposits behind. Blow-by is from worn or stuck rings and that could be oil related. When a two stroke has partially obstructed exhaust ports blow-by increases somewhat and the overall power output related to throttle position is decreased by a significant amount. Therefore the governor increases the throttle opening to maintain the preset rpm range. Engine temperature increases dramatically. The rod failure could have been caused by this increase in temperaure and strain. Other factors may have been involved. Sometimes people set the governor up to a higher rpm to compensate for an engine that isn't making power like it used to. Sustained higher than normal rpms could definitely cause a failure like the one pictured. Anything is speculation at this point but I see no signs of direct lubricant related (or lack thereof) piston or bearing failure....See MoreWhat type of soil mix to use for potting up?
Comments (12)I've done tomatoes from seed a few times over the years. I tend to try to use local (the most local being my property) resources. Somewhat successful but far from optimal. Luckily in zone 8a I can plant seeds directly in the ground early April and get a load of 'maters but it doesn't replace being able to start from seed early. Spring in February :) This year I actually bought some ingredients :( for starting my seeds, peat and vermiculite. For about 2 gallons of mix I used 1 part peat, 1 part vermiculite and 2 parts homegrown worm castings. To that I added tight fists of green sand (3 fists), bone meal (2 fists) and blood meal (1 fist). I planted 1 tray(24) of Better Boys and 1 tray(24) of Marions. Germination started on the 7Th day. At 3 weeks, I fertilized each plant with a big pinch of the same part fert mix above. Today is week 5 and the best plants are about 6 inches. Constant temperatures are not optimal as the plants are outside except very cold nights. I had no germination on 4 Better Boys and 2 Marions. I lost 1 Marion (droop) at about an inch tall. The Marions are an inch shorter. So with this mix I got 41/48 or 87% to transplant height. Question (to myself at least): How will I effectively replace the peat and vermiculite with a local resource and get at least a 70% rate?...See Morewalt2002
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