ganga gurl420
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Thats why polymer crystals are the shit!!!
who is growing some trees????
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GoRealUhGro
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Hummmmm well they are almost decomposed so they will prob rot by the time July is over
GoRealUhGro
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How much...where at...how many...I have 50 gal pots..5...and one 100 gal...them printed 2 30 gal rubber maid comtainers.....I just like tip dressing
ganga gurl420
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I just read a gardening site and it all says as a mulch its ok...but they all say this about mixing wood chips in your soil...
Before I go further, let me make one thing clear. Bark chips, or wood chip mulch from larger branches may be well suited to perennials, but are not a good idea for the garden. They are very low in nitrogen and most other nutrients, and are not easily broken down by microbials in the soil, and are not converted to humus. DO NOT till them into your garden, as it can tie up the nitrogen for years and make your garden unpreductful.
Before I go further, let me make one thing clear. Bark chips, or wood chip mulch from larger branches may be well suited to perennials, but are not a good idea for the garden. They are very low in nitrogen and most other nutrients, and are not easily broken down by microbials in the soil, and are not converted to humus. DO NOT till them into your garden, as it can tie up the nitrogen for years and make your garden unpreductful.
ganga gurl420
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Polymers you can buy anywhere....but you have to mix then into your soil ahead of time. But now you know for next time you use them. Even mulching the top wont help if the sides are exposed.
Larry {the} Gardener
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I use Lava rock in my soil mix for water retention. I've seen folks put them on top of the soil too, for shade.
MjMama
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What's everyone using for pest control this year? I started out investing in a ton of beneficials, but broke down and started spraying anyway. I've got Pyrethrin, Azamax, and Spinosad on hand. Trying to stay safe but effective. I put in a pollinator garden where I don't spray anything on the other side of the property to give a safe place for bees and beneficials.
ganga gurl420
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Beer for slugs lol. I dont spray mine but we dont have the pest probs like you warm climate dwellers.
MjMama
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Woodchips are probably best added to the compost pile or used in conjunction with a high nitrogen fertilizer. They can be very beneficial though so I wouldn't count them out. Trees reach far into the ground and pull out nutrients that are unreachable by other plants. Composting them takes advantage of carbon, phosphorus, and other minerals. It's all about keeping the right balance. Too much woodchips with low nitrogen would be bad. But woodchips with high nitrogen outperforms other mixes in studies.
"Woody materials are high in carbon and cellulose, so they need nitrogen and time in order to decompose. If you ignore these facts by mixing fresh sawdust or wood chips directly into your soil, the materials will bind up much of the soil’s nitrogen and render the spot useless for gardening for a season or two.
The outcome changes, however, if you add nitrogen or time. For example, when researchers planted a new organic apple orchard in northern Maine in 2005, fresh wood chips combined with blood meal (a very high-nitrogen organic material with a typical analysis of 12-0-0) and tilled into the top layer of the soil — plus a surface mulch of wood chips — proved better than three other treatments at promoting rapid tree growth. And, in less than two years, the organic matter content in the chip-amended plots went from near zero to 2 to 3 percent."
Immortalpeace
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Light dep trees. Day 16. I have full season trees too lol got 2 greenhouses this year. Happy growing.
DblBrryInvestments
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Got a few praying mantis egg sacs, hatching one right now, but other than that I've only used neem oil, probably gonna hit the ladies with some pyrethrins over the next 2 weeks to help out with knocking some grasshoppers out.
And as always, got BT in the tool shed lol, always gotta have some of that on hand at all times.
ganga gurl420
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Nice! They look happy and healthy!
ganga gurl420
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Your plants are lookin nice. How are the outdoor ones doing? Did u transplant into the green house at the same time as your outdoor?
MjMama
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I did some mantis eggs too. They're so cute. This one was chilling over my tomatoes.
I've never had much problem with grasshoppers, but someone I know uses baking soda mixed with flour in little dishes around his plants to kill grasshoppers. Apparently when they eat it they get gassy and explode. My main problem is mites, aphids, white flies, and thrips. Sometimes a leafhopper problem will start. It seems to be fertile bug territory here in the foothills with the nice weather and tons of farms and greenhouses to fester infestation over the winter. They just bounce from one location to the next.
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MjMama
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Beautiful. It shows you have put in a lot of hard work.
Immortalpeace
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Thank you.
I have a journal if you wanna check it out. I'm doing over 10 strains total mixed between light dep, autos, and full season.
DblBrryInvestments
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They all cracked the soil the same exact day around the 3rd week of March under a greenhouse that completely collapsed on me while I was setting up a new one haha.
I could only fit two plants in there (plus a bunch of autos) and the other four had to go straight outdoors without me being able to get them fully hardened off to the strong winds we were experiencing at the time.
Yes, I transplanted them all into their final pots within a week span, next time I go out there lady today, I'll take some photos of the ones outdoor.
DblBrryInvestments
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Pretty cool idea, no way baking soda and flour will hurt the ladies, I'll have to check out the effectiveness of this and may give it a go, thanks for the tip!
Slipup420
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I tend to stay away from wood chips other then using them as a mulch that slowly decays over time with being very little amounts at best...
To think its going to be a immediate benefit to your plants or soil is wrong its a form of building soil over time ,, you could add as much Nitrogen , c02 and o2 one thing is for sure no matter which way it can take years
its like placing a full egg in the ground and then placing egg shells n the ground and then placing crushed egg shells in the ground..
Which one would benefit soil quicker or your plant ???
trust me from someone that has 4300 tons of organic soil grow going]
Personally think your better off making charcoal and blending it your soil
To think its going to be a immediate benefit to your plants or soil is wrong its a form of building soil over time ,, you could add as much Nitrogen , c02 and o2 one thing is for sure no matter which way it can take years
its like placing a full egg in the ground and then placing egg shells n the ground and then placing crushed egg shells in the ground..
Which one would benefit soil quicker or your plant ???
trust me from someone that has 4300 tons of organic soil grow going
]Personally think your better off making charcoal and blending it your soil
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