The Dons' Organic Garden
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giglewigle
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ill be collecting as many leaves as i can next fall i tried composting last usind dead grass for the grass and and fresh mowed trimmings for the greens have no idia bout the ratio but ye next time ill be puting more thought into it lol u live and learn ill be defenetly cheecking out that book is theere any others u recomend ? iv read the book buy the rev and the 3 ones buy that jef lowenfells bloke teaming with mycrobes
DonTesla
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Had a friend germinate some seeds.
Here are the results..
Only 2 of 10 blue matters popped above ground after one wk, unfortunately
3 of 10 rock stars came up, from Oldschool Breeders Association (who rips off Charles Scott according to Charles himself)
Rainbow Cookies, 6 of 10 made it up strong. Nice one @kmog33
For the Original Pink Gangster, 11 of 15 are two inches already, very solid outcome. Love these seeds!
(Base mix used was the Dons 1:1:1:1:1 living starter mix.
1 part fresh vegetarian castings
1 part coco coir
1 part humus
1 part aeration #1, humus forming and de-compacting
1 part aeration #2, mineral lending, robust and permanent)
Here are the results..
Only 2 of 10 blue matters popped above ground after one wk, unfortunately
3 of 10 rock stars came up, from Oldschool Breeders Association (who rips off Charles Scott according to Charles himself)
Rainbow Cookies, 6 of 10 made it up strong. Nice one @kmog33
For the Original Pink Gangster, 11 of 15 are two inches already, very solid outcome. Love these seeds!
(Base mix used was the Dons 1:1:1:1:1 living starter mix.
1 part fresh vegetarian castings
1 part coco coir
1 part humus
1 part aeration #1, humus forming and de-compacting
1 part aeration #2, mineral lending, robust and permanent)
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DonTesla
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You're doing great man, keep it up, its all about improving the techniques year after year. Here's a couple more you may like..
giglewigle
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googled that rodale book i can het a copy from america for under 10 dollers including shipping cheering lol
giglewigle
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hay man u mind if i share this on the aussie growers threadd man
DonTesla
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Share away, my friend, thanks!
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fumble
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Wow! Just...wow!
giglewigle
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sweet no wurries
DonTesla
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Hey all!
Anyone in Canada able to test soil for us outside of the normal agencies like Soil Food Web etc? We can provide some seeds, expertise, reference letters or coin .. we have about 10 + samples ready to go and just seeing if anyone has a job that allows them access to a testing lab, our one friend who is in Parks and Rec is so damn busy they only have time to reply to us once a month maybe twice, and thats a bit too busy for us despite the great price they offer us!! Just throwing it out there, thanks guys. Much love from Jah
Don
Anyone in Canada able to test soil for us outside of the normal agencies like Soil Food Web etc? We can provide some seeds, expertise, reference letters or coin .. we have about 10 + samples ready to go and just seeing if anyone has a job that allows them access to a testing lab, our one friend who is in Parks and Rec is so damn busy they only have time to reply to us once a month maybe twice, and thats a bit too busy for us despite the great price they offer us!! Just throwing it out there, thanks guys. Much love from Jah
Don
giglewigle
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fumble
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Coming down soon! I'm super excited. If she is anything like the early branch of Bubba's Meltdown was...damn! Can't wait
thccbdhealth
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B-e-a-u-tiful
calliandra
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Hey Don Tesla, good to see you, super-engaged making those dreams happen as always! Yay! 
My thoughts on this just recently have led me to differentiate aeration vs drainage on that mineral side of the "aeration" component. It was kicked off by perlite, which I had used extensively this year for the first time, sadly all over the place... o clueless fool that I was!
My dislike of the material as it handles per se aside, perlite performs a different function than pumice or biochar, as it doesn't hold any moisture at all, water just drains past it as sand or pebbles will do. Sure, it keeps pockets of air open in the soil too, but it doesn't really breathe as more malleable porous material, like pumice or burnt clay, do seem to do.
Also, I've been thinking of counting the hulls and similar stuff to the "fibers" (ie coco & peat) portion of a mix, but I actually like your 2 types of aeration better conceptually
Cheers!
Yes! I simply love this differentiation!
My thoughts on this just recently have led me to differentiate aeration vs drainage on that mineral side of the "aeration" component. It was kicked off by perlite, which I had used extensively this year for the first time, sadly all over the place... o clueless fool that I was!
My dislike of the material as it handles per se aside, perlite performs a different function than pumice or biochar, as it doesn't hold any moisture at all, water just drains past it as sand or pebbles will do. Sure, it keeps pockets of air open in the soil too, but it doesn't really breathe as more malleable porous material, like pumice or burnt clay, do seem to do.
Also, I've been thinking of counting the hulls and similar stuff to the "fibers" (ie coco & peat) portion of a mix, but I actually like your 2 types of aeration better conceptually
Cheers!
DonTesla
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Its gorgeous here, for sure.
You're always more than welcome to come visit and stay here, if you can ever get a week off of work and growing, bud. Would be great times... we have a spare wing of the house, you could have your own jacuzzi jetted bathroom too. We dont even use that side of the house yet, its crazy.