it's the only living GENUS in Equisetaseae that reproduces via spores. there are many plants in Bryophyta phylum that reproduce with spores, like mosses. and yes they are of the first evolutions of plants on earth! cool shit. hard to believe something that old is still growing today. touche evolution.Reminds me I should use it as mulch in my pots... why didn't u grab any! Wiki it up its the only plants that reproduces via spores, it's one of the most ancient plant on earth.
Hey Shluby. Got a few questions for you. How much rock dust did you add? Also, have you used a silica product before? I'm wondering if you were able to get the same results using rock dusts without using any silica product.that is exactly what it is. was just curious because they were talking about the silica in it. but im gonna get some glacial rock dust and i'm pretty sure that's gonna cover the silica along with the other 3 kinds of dust i have lol. i'll mulch dandelion too. come to think of it, i bet any kind of arugula or leaf lettuce would be a good silica source... all of the heirloom stuff that i grow oozes that milky white juice when i tear a leaf off of it just like the dandelion does. i love when the mind pieces things like that together mid post haha.
Hey BD, in a couple of my mixes at first i was going as high as 4 cups per cuft rock dusts. lately i have been leaning towards 2 cuft of rock dust. can always amend more if needed. rock dusts will contain silica, especially glacial dusts because they tend to have a good mix of rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic!).Hey Shluby. Got a few questions for you. How much rock dust did you add? Also, have you used a silica product before? I'm wondering if you were able to get the same results using rock dusts without using any silica product.
just make sure your biochar is charged properly or it will rob the nutrients from your soil.Can I get results just like (quality/quantity) the best soil mixes, grows, watering regime or whatever you have with using the recipe below with water only and top dressed as needed?
1/3 peat 1/3 compost 1/3 aeration
biochar
rock dusts
oyster shell flour
neem+karanja
kelp
crab
Thanks. I've skipped the fishbone meal but I do have gypsum in my initial mix, just not going to use it anymore because of the high mg, so I didnt list it. I've ditched the whole watering regimen no till people have been using also. I did it for awhile and was not really pleased with all the products I had. No aloe, tm7 or ful power anymore, didnt see much use for them. I'm going to choose between coconut or malted barley sst and try to find a substitute for silica.just make sure your biochar is charged properly or it will rob the nutrients from your soil.
that mix above is a winner for a lot of people. other things to consider to the mix are gypsum and fishbone meal.
cool man. im going to do some water only side by sides down the line, i'll do 4 plants under 1 light, 2 water only, 2 with all the tricks, and like to see the diff.Thanks. I've skipped the fishbone meal but I do have gypsum in my initial mix, just not going to use it anymore because of the high mg, so I didnt list it. I've ditched the whole watering regimen no till people have been using also. I did it for awhile and was not really pleased with all the products I had. No aloe, tm7 or ful power anymore, didnt see much use for them. I'm going to choose between coconut or malted barley sst and try to find a substitute for silica.
I've got rock dusts @2 cups per cubic feet and when I stopped using agsil for a few weeks, the new growth on my veg plants were flimsier. Was worried that adding too much would be a bad thing. I just started ROLS and no-till also. What kind of areas can you find horsetail fern? I'm thinking of collecting some and using it for worm food,compost and mulch. That would probably create a compost with all the silica you'd need since you really dont need much.Hey BD, in a couple of my mixes at first i was going as high as 4 cups per cuft rock dusts. lately i have been leaning towards 2 cuft of rock dust. can always amend more if needed. rock dusts will contain silica, especially glacial dusts because they tend to have a good mix of rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic!).
i have not added a silica product before on its own. I know that pumice and scoria are silicates and they have a very low solubility of silica, but has some nonetheless. I'm going to start using the horsetail as a mulch instead of the barley straw... horsetail contains a good amount of silica because it grows in sandy areas and takes in the silica that dissolves from the sand very slowly. Also greens can contain silica, like dandelion, and can be dried or used fresh to brew a tea.
currently, I'm probably not the best one to ask, because i'm new to the whole ROLS thing, and i have no results to show yet, but i will soon! I think i'm going to pick up some agsil (potassium silicate) and see if i notice any results in a side by side with a control. i have a lot of challenges on my list to do lol, just for my own experience.
That would be a good idea for a side by side. My guess is the coconut, sst, and agsil would be the game changers over water only. I'm wondering how much of a difference the coconut and sst makes over good soil. I haven't gone without it yet.cool man. im going to do some water only side by sides down the line, i'll do 4 plants under 1 light, 2 water only, 2 with all the tricks, and like to see the diff.
I agree about the ful power, if you have good humus you shouldn't need this product. i don't have the best humus atm, so i'm gonna be using it once every couple of weeks with my compost teas.
right on. i'll let you know if i experience any flimsy stems at first with the no-tills.I've got rock dusts @2 cups per cubic feet and when I stopped using agsil for a few weeks, the new growth on my veg plants were flimsier. Was worried that adding too much would be a bad thing. I just started ROLS and no-till also. What kind of areas can you find horsetail fern? I'm thinking of collecting some and using it for worm food,compost and mulch. That would probably create a compost with all the silica you'd need since you really dont need much.
That would be a good idea for a side by side. My guess is the coconut, sst, and agsil would be the game changers over water only. I'm wondering how much of a difference the coconut and sst makes over good soil. I haven't gone without it yet.
excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression PM was a systemic infection all the way down to the DNA level.... but i need to CURE the PM,....
Futant I am under the same umbrella. Am I wrong?excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression PM was a systemic infection all the way down to the DNA level.
I was under the impression the only way to CURE PM was to treat with bacteria that also infects systemically down to the DNA level (SERENADE for example); then shortly after, take a fresh growth only cutting from post treatment and do a CLOROX (apologies I am saying this on this thread guys) dip of the entire cutting (as per tissue culture methodology) THEN transplant the cutting and attempt to save it from all the stress in quarrentine.
yes you are correct PM is/can be systemic. The way i am fighting the PM systemically is trying to activate the plant into producing chitinase enzymes which should attack the fungal walls of the fungi inside the plant. The bicarbonate and neem mixture has been working FANTASTIC at preventing conidiophores from forming on the leaves. I'm also gonna get a germicidal bulb that produces ozone. i feel if you prevent new infections from starting by airborne spores, the plant will eventually work to destroy the fungus. I could be wrong about that.excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression PM was a systemic infection all the way down to the DNA level.
I was under the impression the only way to CURE PM was to treat with bacteria that also infects systemically down to the DNA level (SERENADE for example); then shortly after, take a fresh growth only cutting from post treatment and do a CLOROX (apologies I am saying this on this thread guys) dip of the entire cutting (as per tissue culture methodology) THEN transplant the cutting and attempt to save it from all the stress in quarrentine.
have you considered organic insect frass?
yeah i have a tab pulled up i need to read still. i'm still new to the organics so i'm learning and reading all the time lolhave you considered organic insect frass?
http://www.onfrass.com/use.html
I do, by encouraging all kinds of bugs in my soil... looking under the mulch is crazy full of life, loaded with insect frass...have you considered organic insect frass?
http://www.onfrass.com/use.html
ok, i have an order i need to place as BAS. Frass will be included on the list.I do, by encouraging all kinds of bugs in my soil... looking under the mulch is crazy full of life, loaded with insect frass...