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What I'm working towards is using my own VC/EWC as a stand alone fertilizer down the road. A couple of bins are over a year old and nearly pure castings, but all the bins (6 total), use the same bedding and the same feed regimen. The problem is, I really have no clue as to the NPK values...

I've always added greensand when making fresh mixes, but it really shines in no till or other long term soils. I consider it my 'fast release' rock dust, fast being relative. LOL Anyone else using it long term? Cheers Wet

Seems like the longer you do organics and construct your own mixes the less important exact measuremens become and you rely more on "eyeballing" stuff, along with "handfuls" of this or that. But, just how much is a 'handful' and more importantly, your particular handful? Have you ever measured...

Saw this little blurb, almost just an aside, from a food blogger, that mentioned she did a bottom layer of pine cones in her container plants. Aided drainage, reduced weight, the plants loved it, blah, blah, blah. Said she filled about the bottom 25% or so of the container. Have never heard of...

I heard the term *batching* some years ago, then pretty much never again. The technique is fairly common if not the term. Basically, the original was 3 gallons of peat based bedding brought to ~75-80% moisture level and a heavy charge of 'food' in a 5 gal bucket. No drainage, but a few holes in...

Maybe, this little project isn't finished yet, but I'll outline what I've done. Well over a year ago, I read a short Rodale article where leeks were used to grow mycorrhizae. Mycos need roots to propagate and they love the Allium family (Onions, garlic, shallots, leeks ...). Apparently, they...

This is so simple it made my jaw drop, even though I've been using it after a fashion. GARLIC!!! We all know about it, so I'm not going to detail all that here. I had put a bunch of clones out for a spring harvest and hid them among the 17+5gallon buckets of garlic I had growing. I had...

In another thread, some guy made the bold claim that this is what breeders do when they just need a few seeds. I didn't respond, because I didn't know one way or the other. Anyway, my kid was growing out a seed to get some experience, that turned out to be a male and I had a few clones around...

Every time I read a thread, or go to a different section, or post to a thread, everything goes back to 4-25-2011. Reloading the page gets me current till I change pages, or read, or post. This just started happening in the last few days. Wet

Looks like Phillips finally got around to making a CMH that will work with a MH ballast. Still has to be a magnetic ballast though. Check it out! http://advancedtechlighting.com Wet

Check it out. http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/Pest/stopsales.shtml Unlisted pesticides I think? Wet

Have it mixed and wet down (Damp) and in trash cans in the garage. The Question: Lids on or off? I usually keep the lids on, but that is for a dry mix that hasn't been 'activated' so to speak. I was concerned about anaerobic bacteria with the wet mix and no air, or very little, the...