My Girls and His 2011 Outdoor Jungle

mcpurple

mcpurple

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veggiegardener said:
I gardened organically for twenty years. I mulched. I used a grinder/chipper. I bummed grass clippings from my neighbors.

I got older, learned a bunch about what plants need, and added some chemical nutrients to the mix.

I just got tired of hauling manure, every year.

If you want to learn about this stuff, I'd recommend "Organic Gardening". It is a great resource for pesticide free gardening.
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i am a organic home Gardner and a certified organic farmer, i am still and will always be learning in my line of work
 
stumps

stumps

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veggiegardener said:
No nutes?

There is NO reason for that.

kind of like putting a child in a room with a bunch of canned goods, and no opener.

Even the best gardeners add amendments of some sort.

Cannabis is a big feeder. She NEEDS food!
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I think you missed my point. I add all kinds of stuff to my soil. I want to water and not worry about a feeding schedule.
 
stumps

stumps

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mcpurple said:
using no nutes is very possible and achievable. i would just add as much organic matter to the soil as i could, manures are usallt free, leafs are free hell compost can be free to.
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I have a ditch about 75 yards long 8' wide and 4' deep. been adding yard stuff the last 4 years. to bad I can't use it. when I started i had things separated. then the wife started dumping all the walnut leaf into it. I took a loader and moved it all back to start again this year. Also have all kinds of chickens, horses, cows and want to put up a bunch of bat houses. It's a work in progress lol and it changes every year.
 
veggiegardener

veggiegardener

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I envy your space. Encouraging bats is a killer idea.

The hard part of composting is Nitrogen depletion. I was always adding manure.

I'm to the point that importing a yard of material would mean hauling off a yard of adobe.
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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veggiegardener said:
Could you explain the term, "Certified Organic Farmer"?

Who certifies?
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the usda certifies us, the new farm i start at on Monday is just organic, i am not a fan of certification, it is just a title and costs money and makes doing things hard. like if we had compost we would have to turn it every 2 hours and record the temps every time, record what we are putting in it and when and why. the certification is really just another money maker for the government.
it is just to make sure every thing we do is 100 percent organic and OMRI listed. we realy have to look around for certified composts and manures.

veggiegardener said:
I envy your space. Encouraging bats is a killer idea.

The hard part of composting is Nitrogen depletion. I was always adding manure.

I'm to the point that importing a yard of material would mean hauling off a yard of adobe.
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making a fish slushy with xtra fish parts will add N. and they dont take as long to break down as most people think.
and also a small cover crop can really help the soil out peas and beans are a great N fixer
 
stumps

stumps

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looking good. I so over planted my green house. lol I should have talked to you more before I started.
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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your plants are looking great to stumps, you should be fine withover crowding as long as their is alot of air movement
 
mygirls

mygirls

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wheezer said:
yea there's a little bit of difference there huh? lookin' great man, keep it up.
You say your just showing flower too huh? maybe I'm not too far behind then, but it seems this year, some plants look 3 weeks into flower, and some are just starting....kinda weird.
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my friend that grows here in town also has some out door that has been flowering for about 2 to 3 weeks now.. im still trrying to figure out why some flower soner the others and is what i come up with is 1 of 2 things. either its an autow flowering plant or more inika dominate.. been trying to find info on this topic and having no luck..
 
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