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Comments (3)I don't know whether it is safe for plants or if it will work but at least it won't blind the squirrels like the chili powder recipes can. Lots of these "homemade recipes" are more dangerous and damaging to both plants and animals than any possible benefit they claim to provide. Dave...See MoreHomemade garden 'tonic' success stories?
Comments (75)I buy a product called Sea-90 which is harvested ocean salt. A lab found it contains 92 minerals, trace elements and organic compounds plus more than 50,000 organic substances in the just the right proportions. Crop production benefits from enhanced micro flora populations include: Enhanced nutrient uptake Significantly improved flavor Greater production and yields Reduced days to harvest Reduced transplant shock Reduced drought stress Reduced heat stress I add it to the soil and also use it as a spray for leaves. Aphids hate it and it will cure many diseases as well. I swear this i something you'll want to know about. There's years of research behind it. Read amazing and detailed info on the sea-90 website. [seaagri.com] Not an ad. I don't benefit from this, I just think our soil needs the minerals....See MoreDiet Pals 29 - Feb - 6 Mar - Leap Year!
Comments (29)Well folks, I'm a having mood swings and my hunger is a struggle today....when my hormones go outta whack I lose weight really fast because I get angry at myself and don't want to eat. There is no logical explanation for this other than hormones out of balance. Medically depressed and hoping to have it pass. I managed a yogurt and feel like tossing my cookies and kicking something. This is the other side of my jolly self... I wonder how many calories you burn when steaming? LOL to all my pals, I hope to read your posts later. They have been extremely understanding at work and I have tried to let them know what is going on with my mental health. I need to get home and clean something, lots of something this weekend until I drop. Then, a nice soak in the tub and bed, without medication, on my own. Going for a few strolls and weather permitting, going to check my tender winter seedlings and see if they need anything. My challenge today is to eat. Drink lots of water and give myself an attitude adjustment right up the side of my head! Cheers for now, McGrumpy...See MoreJerry Baker Tonics and Alkaline water issues
Comments (22)Jerry Baker needed a fact checking. On page 94 of the Tips and Tonics Book: Q. Can I use maple leaves to mulch my rhododendrons? A. Yes, they make a great mulch because they are very alkaline. I know he must have meant acid. Rhododendrons only like acid soil. I don’t use leaves to mulch away because they would blow away, at least in San Francisco on the western exposure garden. I use homemade compost and then if I want more mulching I would use something like Black Forest Sheared wood on top of that to keep the compost from getting washed away. But, I usually did not even bother to mulch with soil as good as I had going there with my coffee ground composting. I would use Starbucks grounds to make the compost, but never used straight grounds. But, using a mulch of leaves I think that would foster fungal diseases. I always pick up the leaves right away, if you leave them on the ground that is supposed to cause fungal in the leaves to fester, and I need them for my compost. This book has been really fun to read but some of it is just weird, like run your sprinklers for four hours a day on page 97. In fact, it was for AT LEAST four hours a day, not just four hours a day maximum, but not to do it very often. Four hours a day would create thousands of dollars in a water bill and not only that most all of the water would just drain away. It would be insane, your neighbors would turn you into the water police. They are the people in California who enforce drought regulation. There even have an app here so people can go around and take photos of others wasting water and upload them to the app and click a button called report. I guess it works like that I never tried it. Consider what he said about deep watering vs. light watering. I think light watering is not so bad. It can create root system that are close to the surface right? But if you plan to be there and water it often does it matter that much? On page 96, “he says water deeply because if there is a prolonged drought the plants will be healthier with a deep root system.” There is always a prolonged drought, but if you water lightly instead of deep there won’t be. In sandy soil with compost, deep watering just runs down in the soil and is not saved for the plants. If you don’t have compost the water will actually not sink into the soil at all. I have to water just a little bit and wait for that to sink and then water just a little bit more and repeat again and again. It just runs off of sandy hard packed soil. He should of divided the book up into watering for sandy soils vs. clay soils. I don’t know about the clay soils, I am just getting started with those....See MoreLars
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