littlejacob
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Ha yes I look for something with a lot of K!
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works extremely well to retain water, and I imagine it works very well to house microbial populations too, sorta akin to biochar.Hey Kind Sir, I went into the back yard and pulled off some rotting wood from a log. Then I broke it up into smaller pieces and added it to my soil. I believe it was Grease that said he uses rotting wood in his mixes.
Coot is on instagram quite frequently.Ok so it's me again. I have learned so much since my original post....like a lot
Finding buildasoil.com may be life altering for me right now. The sheer amount of information is amazing and with its no bullshit/posting results attitude, it makes for an excellent read for anyone who is having trouble growing and not understanding the problem.
I've been growing for years and just following recipes that get a lot of praise. This is fine for most people but when problems happen....that recipe doesn't tell you what's wrong with it! I've troubleshooter just about everything I can think of and have come to the conclusion that the problem lies on my soil.
I have done subcools supersoil, TLO and recycling.
*just look at the blog part of builasoil.com...you will find out why supersoil and the revs TLO method are all good starting points but are way off. Some of the things don't even make sense to do and we are all put trying to source these exotic amendments ect..sigh...just thought I'd share that
Well Jeremy at buildasoil has a mentor named clackamas coot. I'm sure all of you have heard of him since his recipe is basically on the first page of this thread if not word for word.
Now that I'm back on track and understanding things a lot clearer, I'm wondering if anyone knows of where you can find more of Clackamas Coots information. Through Google I have found some things but there isn't much besides his soil recipe.
Anyone have a spreadsheet or notepad or word doc that may have a compilation of his info?
I'm specifically looking for his composting method and what he uses as a worm farm for vermicomposting.
Any sourced besides buildasoil for his info in general would be great! Anyone help me out?
Ok so it's me again. I have learned so much since my original post....like a lot
Finding buildasoil.com may be life altering for me right now. The sheer amount of information is amazing and with its no bullshit/posting results attitude, it makes for an excellent read for anyone who is having trouble growing and not understanding the problem.
I've been growing for years and just following recipes that get a lot of praise. This is fine for most people but when problems happen....that recipe doesn't tell you what's wrong with it! I've troubleshooter just about everything I can think of and have come to the conclusion that the problem lies on my soil.
I have done subcools supersoil, TLO and recycling.
*just look at the blog part of builasoil.com...you will find out why supersoil and the revs TLO method are all good starting points but are way off. Some of the things don't even make sense to do and we are all put trying to source these exotic amendments ect..sigh...just thought I'd share that
Well Jeremy at buildasoil has a mentor named clackamas coot. I'm sure all of you have heard of him since his recipe is basically on the first page of this thread if not word for word.
Now that I'm back on track and understanding things a lot clearer, I'm wondering if anyone knows of where you can find more of Clackamas Coots information. Through Google I have found some things but there isn't much besides his soil recipe.
Anyone have a spreadsheet or notepad or word doc that may have a compilation of his info?
I'm specifically looking for his composting method and what he uses as a worm farm for vermicomposting.
Any sourced besides buildasoil for his info in general would be great! Anyone help me out?
I think I may see mallow, you can make home made marshmallow with the flowers (when in bloom) and the other is for sure chickweed, edible, delicious, nutritious. Free food right there. Is it lupins in the background? they do fix nitrogen.Bonjour
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he is in France, yes to everything, especially dandelions, french chefs love to cook with it.Bonjour...............you're in France, is that correct?.................have you not got nettles, dandelions, horsetail, even wild comfrey?..............have you looked into French organic farming/gardening methods? They are VERY good and worth researching.
There's nothing there I instantly recognise but I'm no botanist. You could make a good compost if you ripped it all up, including the brown leaves underneath and put it in a big pile, lol.
Can you post a link to this podcast? I looked on google quickly and got side tracked... or the name of the episode. ThanksThe Adam Dunn show a few eps back they had coots on Jeremy Silva (bas) on. Get the live stream app and you can watch old episode's of the Adam Dunn show on there.
same here, nothing against people that can afford all those goodies, but for me its all about making vermicompost now. I am looking forward to see how your biochar performs, at what ratio will you use it in your mix? I think the thing with biochar is patience, best thing to do would be to create a very rich huge compost pile in the corner of your property on top of a mat of crushed biochar, forget about it for years except maybe adding nutrients, I think it really needs a lot of time to charge. Please keep us posted on your trials.Lol. Nope. I'm much more interested in sourcing locally, and am just starting my list of local ingredients.
Biochar is a biggie, as I think it can double as large aeration instead of lava rock
BonjourI think I may see mallow, you can make home made marshmallow with the flowers (when in bloom) and the other is for sure chickweed, edible, delicious, nutritious. Free food right there. Is it lupins in the background? they do fix nitrogen.
Livestream: http://livestre.am/5i2hohe is in France, yes to everything, especially dandelions, french chefs love to cook with it.
Can you post a link to this podcast? I looked on google quickly and got side tracked... or the name of the episode. Thanks
thanks its going to be very interesting, i started watching it. hey, do everybody here really spray for pests? whether neem oil or anything else, any other grower on this thread who like me use beneficial insects for IPM?Livestream: http://livestre.am/5i2ho
You have to use the live stream app to see archived shows. I don't know the podcast link.
I've stopped using neem oil as a foliar and I do use 'Bennies' for pest predation, but I also use an home made immunity boost/pest repellant, probably not as often as I should, seeing as I've noticed a small number of thrip returning.thanks its going to be very interesting, i started watching it. hey, do everybody here really spray for pests? whether neem oil or anything else, any other grower on this thread who like me use beneficial insects for IPM?
ladybugs, I have been trying to rear them indoor but not much luck so far, the larvae are the ones that would really take care of pests... anyway I keep buying ladybugs (9000 at a time)What beneficial insects for IPM?