Organic gardening tips for the beginner and advanced grower alike. Covering from the basics to advanced 'preparations' and 'recipes' of 'exotic concoctions' and 'unusual ingredients'. Especially researching the natural interactions of the soil food web and carbon-cycle, as well as surmising ancient man's journey into agriculture and how our own understanding of the soil dynamics is still in its infancy.
Would you recommend using this on a cutting? An umbrella fell on my young achacha tree and broke a branch, I’m trying to see if the broken branch will root with some rooting hormones and I was considering adding myco+… but I actually have no idea what I’m doing 😬
garcinia will not take long time garcinia grower even if it did the entire genus is tap root centric do some more research before even considering propagation aides regarding species specific propagation viability. this is also a soil zone growth cofactor product not a rooting hormone not even remotely similar products. I am not posting this to hurt your ego I am widely considered one of the best growers in the world in a number of spheres my comment is for the others who will read your comment and attempt to clone their achachirus or purple mangosteens. even if you could root it the plant's root system is literally one big tap root why grow a crippled dud of a plant? just get viable seed and grow them out they come true to seed regarding fruit quality there is no genetic variability to deal with and they are not difficult to germinate it is just slow.
There are various mesh sizes and widths..... I had to use two of them and had only an inch overlap. Chicken wire will rust fast and is too large of openings. I'd not had any issues with this method.
Such an informative video. Thank you so much for sharing. Gophers in my area are giving me nightmares and this is really going ro help me save my garden. Love your content, please make more 💜
i have to walk about 10 feet from my fromt door to get to my room as i dont smoke in my room i smoke outside but the smell will follow me on the way in, if i put purifier in my room will it clean the air from the front door aswell? or just my room because the walls are blocking and the door? or do i have to buy one for my room and one for the hallway before the room aswell?
I've read some reports that it does have a bad effect on them. We're on well water, but folks in town can use filters that remove most of the chemicals.
Like mine, lots. Two wash/rinse filters and one you can/should order/ replace once a year. Actually I just brushed the one your suppose to buy. Seriously, it looked clean.
All forms of mycorrhizal (both endo, ecto) are parasitic. They cause a fungal infection into the root system of many plants, plants can't really stop it. However it is beneficial, the fungi are capable of breaking down stuff the plant can't, some it will convert into forms the plant can. This causes the plant to grow larger, while the fungie take sugars from the plant to live. Always found beneficial parasites interesting, it has no intentions on helping the plant, just as we get sick, or get infections same thing is happening to the plants. However in the end it helps both survive oddly enough, not really the intention, the plant needs food it can absorb, and fungie needs a host for it to feed on.
It can be turned off. There's a button below the blue light of the Plasma indicator, and that turns it off. It also is automatically off when the machine is set to 'sleep' or 'auto' mode. Now, as to what it is..... I don't know. I read about ions and I had some chemistry classes.... I can smell and almost 'taste' something in the air with them on (if I think about it). Something reminds me of the air after a rain. So I like it, but then again, it might be my imagination. But I don't think it does anything to the cleanliness of the air.
Plasmawave is some sort of wonky implementation of ozone generation inside of the unit. The function of an ionizer is to cause the particulates in the air to stick together (by positively charging them) and to attach to things like the filter medium rather than merrily passing through and out the exhaust port. This air purifier passed the CARB test, so it only emits a very very small trace of ozone (or ionized particles which escape the housing), undetectible with the sort of air quality sensor that normies can afford. Still, some people are highly sensitive to ozone. Ozone is highly reactive, and yes that has the smell of the air after a heavy rain shower, and more strongly after a lightning storm. People with multiple chemical sensitivity or severely impaired lung function will want to turn the Plasmawave feature off.
Seeing this made me grab the meter and run out and check! I concentrated on the Blueberry spots, so that area around them is now at a relatively stable 5.4! I think just a yearly application of broadcast sulfur pellets would keep it nice and low like that.
Use a pin or paper clip to press into the little hole right next to the white dot at the far right of the top panel. The little hole is inside that part that says 'reset'.
You had mentioned early in the video that if you replant the bulb or the clove you will get really really big bulbs. Now from a video stand point, tours did not look that big. I’ve never grown elephant garlic and this is my first year. I am 9b. Care to explain how you get really big bulbs, thank you and great video
yes, it's important to get them into the ground and watered in October. I usually put it off until we've had our first rains, so very often they miss out of two or even three months of growth in the autumn. That helps them a lot.... and again this year I didn't get them in until December! I am a horrible procrastinator. There's a further tip that gets them as big as softballs! I should do a video on that, but it'll take two years of NOT PROCRASTINATING to do it.
That works. It sounds worse than it is I guess, because the sulfur turns into sulfuric acid as it gets broken down by bacteria. And it is effective, and very fast because the liquid gets right to it! I prefer to do it slow, but sometimes one must make drastic changes.
It would be helpful to show the whole label on the bag. I buy the G&B Blue Ribbon Blend but have never seen their compost, so I was hoping to see the label. Is it actually labeled as “compost”? Where did you buy it?
Digging barefoot WOW. I had an idea work your soil, let it take its sweet time, buy your pants and keep them in the containers, and when the time is right start putting them in the prepared soil one at a time and see how they react to their new environment. I had a perfect raised ground area, but I forgot I have a cord or two of mesquite tree laying there, oh well plan B.
Great! I hope you enjoy them and learn some great tips! If you have any questions, do let me know. It might spur me to making a video about it! The more you can mulch ahead of time, the easier it'll be!
Cleans the air, but it sucks at dust. Horrible at filtering the air. When there been smoke or smell, even lit candles and can clear that out. But it just don’t work on dust in my home.
That's a good question! They are pricey, so it's important to know it works well! I'vbe had it for four years now, and it's been reliable. I have the testing liquid and the storage liquid, so I cna calibrate it and it's always been spot on! BlueLab is the company. I should make a video showing how I use it and the calibration procedure. Thanks for asking!
If you can put down a really heavy thick mulch that blocks out the sun and heat, and you give it some water beforehand and let things cool down, I think now would be a good time as it might give you taters by October. The secret is that thick mulch cooling the soil down.
My wife left me for an air purifier. I replaced her with a humidifier...it caught fire tho. been a bad year. they can give 2028 back to the indians as far as i'm concerned.
Thank you so much for responding! So should I just go to lowes and buy powdered sulfur and apply right now? Do I need to mix it with anything or just sprinkle directly in soil? Then in the fall check again and reapply if necessary? Is that all I will need? We bought extra bales of peat moss… doesn’t seem to do much, should I return those and just stick routinely to amending with powdered sulfur 2 x per year to reach the right ph? Is their a brand you recommend? Thank you for your reassurance 😍 Last thing, when you say year 3 and 4 do you mean the entire age of the plant or the age form when I planted that bare root in the ground? So wondering if I should pinch of any flowers and berries in the future ( hoping I actually get some next year with amendments!)
Oh, I'd hold onto the peat moss. I have a suspicion getting garden materials will be come more challenging as more people turn to gardening. I like peat moss in general, but I don't think it 'up and turns the soil acidic' like a lot of people say. But most organic material as it decomposes, the bacterial will release acids that acidify, so in time it may help add to the acidity. And don't overdo the sulfur, it changes things very slowly over a half year or more. I like the powdered types, they are finer and the bacteria can work them through faster (it's the bacteria doing the work). I also think the 'prilled' sulfur, in little tabs is good as it is slow release and helps stabilize the soil PH at a lower PH. And age is indeed about the age of the plant, not how long since transplanting. For a couple of years it's good to remove the flowers, the third year, keep a few trusses maybe, the fourth year more, and after that should be good to harvest as long as it grows strong. One thing, most plants are durable except to drought and overheat and frost. So the main thing now, esp with the heat, is keep it watered well enough, and you too! Have fun in the garden, but don't work in the heat too long! Have a good day! Have a GREAT garden!
Wow! I am desperately searching for how to fix my soil… I just planted 11 blueberry bushes in my backyard without any amending. I am nervous about the state of the world and have a large family to feed so I wanted to get these in the ground asap. They are 3 year bare roots plants. The lady at the farm who sold them to me said I didn’t need to amend at all as they are resilient and just to add a 50/50 blend of peat moss and compost. My soil before was 7. It has been 2 months and while the plants look very healthy only 1 plant has given me 3 blueberries. I knew something wasn’t right so I tested the soil last night and the peat moss did nothing! So I am still sitting at 7. Do I have any hope ?! Is my investment down the drain?! This video gives me encouragement but I am still overwhelmed with what to do first and how often to apply right now and then once achieved the right PH how often to I apply. If it’s possible could you please advise me on a plan on what to do and exactly what product to use? I really need advisement and of all the stuff I have watched your content has proof it works!!! Thank you so much for your wisdom!
Oh, those berries will be fine! But adding some sulfur to the soil will slowly bring it to the PH they'll do better in. A powdered sulfur will work faster and this time of year when the soil is warm the biology of the soil will work on the sulfur and release the acids that turn the soil acidic. You might consider snipping the flower trusses of those berry plants the first couple of years also. Most fruits last for years and years, and they need some time to gain some size and internal and root volume so they can support berries. So give them a couple years, the third year let a few berries develop, more the fourth and after that it's 'balls to the wall!' (basketballs or something I think that means). For faster berries consider raspberries and blackberries and strawberries. If it's the right variety you can sometimes get fruit the first year, and certainly the second! The soil mix they gave you sounds like it's good for that. The berry plants will be happier when the soil PH comes down a bit though. But if you apply sulfur this summer it should be showing a big change by fall. Then in fall test and see if you should add just a bit more. I suspect I'll have to add some to my soil twice a year. And a mulch is always a good idea or almost any plant. And blueberries are odd in that you can have the mulch up around the stems. Most plants don't like that. I still work a tiny bit to pull it back, but I don't stress over it. They like such woodsy clumpy organic materials soil, very odd plant. But when you consider the natural habitat with tilly bogs, stuff washing up around them at high tides or floods before receding. I like the combination of powdered sulfur because the fine particles will be worked on faster, and then the prilled kind (little pill form), they take some time to break down, so won't give fast results, more like over a half year they start.... but they'll also have some longer-lasting residual effects. Make sure to apply according to the label. You don't want to put so much down that it overdoes it. And it can takes months and months before you even really get a blip on the PH meter that it's changing. So it's easy to get anxious and keep adding more and then it can't be reversed other than by counteracting it with limestone. LOL. Thanks for writing!
@@Rivenrock Thank you so much for responding! So should I just go to lowes and buy powdered sulfur and apply right now? Do I need to mix it with anything or just sprinkle directly in soil? Then in the fall check again and reapply if necessary? Is that all I will need? We bought extra bales of peat moss… doesn’t seem to do much, should I return those and just stick routinely to amending with powdered sulfur 2 x per year to reach the right ph? Is their a brand you recommend? Thank you for your reassurance 😍 Last thing, when you say year 3 and 4 do you mean the entire age of the plant or the age form when I planted that bare root in the ground? So wondering if I should pinch of any flowers and berries in the future ( hoping I actually get some next year with amendments!)
@@krystalbohaker6168 There is a video I made about building blueberry soil. And at minute 2:52 is some screen shots of the sulfur I've used. Lowe's would have it also. Ask for Azalea and Rhododendron soil acidifier. They have the same cultural requirements as blueberries. The peat moss might have some acidifying effect as it decomposes, and I really like it as a soil conditioner for almost anything I plant, so if you intend to expand the garden I'd hang onto them. I also suspect there'll be a rush on garden supplies, so it may be hard to get in a few months. I think some sulfur now and then check in fall and probably you'll see some change by then, closer to 6 maybe. Then add some more once you know it's not gone too far down.... and it may be a twice a year thing for you as the base minerals and irrigation water will try to alkalinize it again. But I suspect sulfur is all you'll need :-) The years to harvest I calculate on time from planting in your spot. Like with trees for fruit, they usually are four or five years before the first fruits are allowed to set. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nbJNcXj6QI8.html
