I have used Azomite rock dust for about 12 years and am convinced it truly improves the rigor of my plants . It seems I have less pest pressure . If I only had a couple of amendments to recommend to new gardeners/farmer's
There is a great truth to the fact that a well balanced healthy plant seldom gets pest damage. Bugs per say are natures garbage collectors. I believe pest or disease infestations are an indicator of a plant that is out of balance or has reached the senescence stage of life.
Thanks for your effort doing all these videos . I have one question though people always talk about digging up the dahlia tubers once the frost hits and to store them. What about the anatomy and ranunculus corms? Do you dig them up? How long do you leave them in the ground? Thanks for answering
Hi @Maike S We do dig both corms up but only store the ranunculus for replanting. We have found that many times in our system the anemone corms don't do well in the second season due to hidden rot or damage. we dig them once the top foliage is at least 80% desiccated, for us this is usually late May or early June.
Hi @Jennifer Case We are noticing a couple of things this year. Our Carmel White anemone corms appear to have contracted a fungal infection and are not producing well. However, the other varieties are now beginning to produce stronger longer stems than prior years which is good. Our biggest concern is stopping the fungal spread from the whites into the other varieties. We have noticed a gradual decline in the quality of our anemone corm purchases over the last several years which has manifested itself in mid to late season fungal infections. Oh well, such are the challenges of growing such a beautiful flower! We do believe the KNF has helped in general though.
Agreed on your list for sure. Not sure on the PH of cottonseed meal. We haven't had issues in the past. My thinking is that as biology acts on it it probably gets closer to the neutral zone. Seems our anemones can tolerate it quite well.
Hi @Rosie Burgon We have at times saved some but have found the hybridized anemones & ranuncs used as cut flowers are high subject to fungal rots late in the season. Since we use no fungicides we have found the return on the labor involved in saving out weighs the cost of purchasing new corms. Go figure!
This is the first time I've tried growing Anemones. I am trying your method of growing them in crates. I thought maybe I can move them out of my garage when it gets warmer. I only tried about 40 bulbs just to see what it would do for me. I'm sad to say most of them rotted. Oh well.
Hi @Heidi85 We make all our own KNF solutions. However, Chris Trump has an excellent RU-vid channel showing how to make all of these solutions. He also has a website: naturalfarming.co/ where he sells OHN and many other interesting things.
