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Comments (10)I will find out for you. Just some generic seed from the shop up the road. I will try to work out how to send you a photo. I am new to this forum. Also......I counted 5 ears on one plant. That is if I get a small ear of the side-shoot. Keep in mind the weather here in the far south of Australia. Days of 80-90 degree full sun followed by massive rains. (Current weather)....maybe that is why they have done well. John...See Morehow do you shred leaves?
Comments (31)The chickens scratch around looking for goodies, and as the leaves dry out they scratch them into nothing. Add that to their poop and you have the best stuff to add to your compost! Or use as a base for next year's garden. Many people use a "garden tractor" (I'm thinking of building one!).This is a mini coop that holds a few chickens at a time You can have the chickens scratch and tear up an area, while adding poop to the yard. If you throw a bunch of leaves in there...BINGO! pretty much ready for planting in a few months! Then you move the tractor to the next area (or raised bed in my case) The chickens have eaten the weeds, pooped and shredded the leaves all into a great garden area! The only thing you have to worry about is having too much fresh poop when it's time for planting! You want to move it probably 3 months before planting (and this is where the leaves come in again!) let them scratch around again for awhile then move them! Nancy...See MoreOk, so how do YOU shred leaves?
Comments (27)There are always people that thinks the mower ...does a good job. I think it probably depends upon the mower. You need a good mulching mower with the proper blades. And you should not use the bagger. If you put the bagger on, then leaves go into the bag, before they are shredded. If you can see the mulch in this picture, it is leaf mulch, that has been shredded with my lawn mower. Here is a picture of a nearly dead hydrangea, but its a better look at the leaf mulch that I make with the lawn mower. I would never use a weed whacker in a garbage can, because it would take about two hundred + garbage cans to process the amount of leaves that I have, Not practical for my situation......See MoreHow do you guys bare root without losing all the leaves?
Comments (9)Newgen: I've done dozens of bareroots and had good luck for the most part, with only some losing quite a bit of foliage (none lost *all*). But it seems bad luck has hit me this year as I'm 0 for 3 on gritty mix bareroots (all 3 have lost significant foliage). It's depressing and frustrating. However, the worst loser of the bunch has already re-grown quite a bit of the foliage, which is an excellent sign if yours is already doing so a few weeks afterward. I was *sure* I had done well with that worst loser and thought it wouldn't even notice I had bare-rooted 'er. I was wrong. I decided to build some 511 and just refresh the outer few inches of the additional trees targeted for gritty. I'll just wait until Spring to do them -- now THEY didn't miss a beat when I did not bare root and put into 511. I do the majority of the work underwater and/or late at night and sometimes things still go wrong. After repot I relocate to spots only receiving direct morning light with the container itself always protected from direct light. Here in our climate, even 11am direct sunlight is harsh on a recovering citrus when ambient is already 90F by then. If I don't do used these methods, my experience has shown the tree struggling immediately afterward. But again, I've never totally lost one on a bare-root for gritty mix. I've only lost one when I tried to do root pruning simultaneously and another that had root loss from winter freezing. Just a general note to anyone else who may also have struggling citrus after bare-root into gritty: Be sure not to over-fert and especially excess Nitrogen can force the tree to regrow lots of foliage it cannot support -- it will then drop those same leaves and take some of the limbs, too. Just small amounts until a few weeks have passed and you know it's in the clear (no signs of stress). If there is lots of immediate loss, then again stay with a bit lower than normal N until it stops with the loss and settles or even puts out it's first leaf. I'm thinking closer to a 1-1-1 ratio vs. a 3-1-2 or 5-1-3 for normal healthy conditions. Good luck! Chris...See MoreLinda
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