Nova Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 A thread for gardeners.If you have problems with a plant,we can help each other.(Its like the thread on weasyl).Since i have many plants you can ask me. This is an serios thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) I'm a big Organic/Probiotic gardening enthusiast! I focus on building a living soil and taking care of the many bacteria/fungi, and other macro/microorganisms that live within it. In all reality, its the life in the soil that makes the nutrients available to the plants and allows them to defend themselves. With synthetic, salt-based nutrients you're cutting the microbes out of the equation and the salt buildup in the soil eventually kills them off, leaving the soil/plant defenseless against pathogens and essentially turning your plants into drug addicts. With no microbial life to make the organic matter in your soil available to the plants, they rely solely on those chemical fertilizers and if you stop using them, they have serious withdrawals.I culture wild Lactobacillus and other yeasts to make a homemade, local version of EM-1. Lactic Acid Bacteria Serum, or LABS, can be made so easily and does wonders for your garden as a soil drench and a foliar spray. I also use it to start fermentations, I basically make my own nutrient solutions by fermenting specific plant material.If none of you fellow gardeners have ever messed with EM/Probiotics in the garden I would highly recommend it. Not only can you have some of the healthiest plants, but the runoff from your garden is actually capable of bio-remediation of the native soil. A lot of the techniques I use can be found in Korean natural farming etc.. A jar of wild blackberry leaf ferment, smelled good enough to drink! Edited October 6, 2015 by grassfed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 I have an plant that can get very big... The alocasia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Pretty sure you can eat the corm of that plant, its Taro! Or maybe thats Colocasia? either way that might be Taro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thats alocasia, taro is from the same family but looks different.Alocasia have upright glossy leafes and taro has leafs that show down and are not glossy but have lotus effect.Only the alocasia mac is eatable but i think many taro kinds are eatable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 We have a vegetable garden. We're in northern Virginia so a very good growing season, sun, humidity levels, and rainfall. The soil is generally red clay but we till in garden soil. We're having a hell of a time growing onions and broccoli. Tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peppers, ettc. no problem. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Onions require a raised 'bed' of fairly loose soil with good drainage. Topsoil, perlite, and vermiculite mixed does the trick. Broccoli requires a more acidic soil, pH 6.0 preferred, and does not like temperatures below 60 or past 72, so broccoli is thus a fall/winter vegetable for most of the USA.Awesome, thank you! You make it easily understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 No wonder our lettuce is always bolting or failing! Thanks again. I'll try that indoor solution this winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Husky Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) This is cool. I am not sure I have seen on any other furry board a topic relating to plants and keeping plants.I was not blessed with a green-thumb.Skills with plants are questionable when one kills every plant they have had left in their care. My record is six hours. I killed a Silver maple tree that I bought from a nursery and planted in the ground from the potted bucket. The leaves even wilted and turned brown. I felt so awful.Does anyone here know of a good hearty plant that I might be able to start out growing so that I might be able to expand and grow into a new talent? Edited October 8, 2015 by Skylar Husky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Yeah I was gonna suggest succulents, Aloe and Portulacaria grow like weeds in my yard, not much required. and keep in mind, its easier to overwater than underwater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Husky Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Cool. Thanks to both of you (6Tails and Grassfed) for that input. Edited October 8, 2015 by Skylar Husky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#00Buck Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I only have weed in my garden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I only have weed in my garden. Nothing wrong with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) One of my favorite plants to grow! Props to gettin in HT, I personally can't stand that mag nowadays These are the 4 little gals I grew last yearhttp://i.imgur.com/nTPu2AS.jpg?1 Edited October 9, 2015 by grassfed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 One of my favorite plants to grow! Props to gettin in HT, I personally can't stand that mag nowadays These are the 4 little gals I grew last yearhttp://i.imgur.com/nTPu2AS.jpg?1Nice! Wish I could find me some seedz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I got a nice lil collection, I'd send ya some if it wasnt so sketchy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 You can always send them to me, I'm legal and licensed!Oh man lets trade like Pokemon cards!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I got a nice lil collection, I'd send ya some if it wasnt so sketchy yeah, i hear you. thanks though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 If you really want to, I've got some landrace genetics lying around somewhere. Fresh raw material to work with to create a new strain, though they've not been stored in the best of conditions so perhaps it's best I try to get a few bred for fresher seed stock.I really want some landraces actually, we may have to talk come the end of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayonnaise Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Onions... I've been trying to get the seeds by planting store bought ones and waiting for them to bolt. No seeds so far, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) Onions... I've been trying to get the seeds by planting store bought ones and waiting for them to bolt. No seeds so far, any ideas?Wish I could help, I had a couple green onions that stayed alive almost 2 years and never went to seed! I know lettuce will bolt if it gets too hot/dry but my green onions went through it all I just took down all our tomatoes, they werent really producing anymore. gotta top dress the raised beds, water in some EM/LABS and let the soil condition until I can plant an assload of strawberries and broccoli Edited October 9, 2015 by grassfed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayonnaise Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Wish I could help, I had a couple green onions that stayed alive almost 2 years and never went to seed! I know lettuce will bolt if it gets too hot/dry but my green onions went through it all I got them to bolt but there's no seed. They don't bolt at the same time though... that might be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 What is the best way to grow green onions? Raised beds in cool weather? I really love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catilda Lily Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I feel like a garden failure this year. I had deer come in and eat all my flowers I was growing for the wedding, right when they were about to bloom...even the roses right next to the porch. The frost took out my deer resistant (haha) ones that I had planted in the rock wall I built for the backdrop of where we were saying our vows. I did get some tomatoes to survive though, and a few Gladiolus to bloom. I also managed to get a dahlia grow from seed, too bad frost killed it before it bloomed. What, other than a very expensive fence, will keep out deer? I tried so many things to stop them, fishing line, sprays, blood cakes, scarecrows, dog hair...none of it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Well, as a deer I can tell you we aren't deterred by any of that nonsense. You need an old fashioned bow and arrow. That's when we see you mean business. Edited October 10, 2015 by Yarra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catilda Lily Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Well, as a deer I can tell you we aren't deterred by any of that nonsense. You need an old fashioned bow and arrow. That's when we see you mean business. Ha, the funny thing about that is that I have my bow and arrow out. I practice with it nearly every day. I was so close shooting at a deer too. I had a blunt arrow loaded and drawn back, but at the last minute I decided against it. That night they struck my garden again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I'm sure it was full of tasty treats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catilda Lily Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I'm sure it was full of tasty treats!Probably lol. I hope they got indigestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 That's too bad. Our back yard is fenced in so we don't have that problem but the deer brazenly walk down our sidewalk. The rut is coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Man these strawberries have gotten so much juicier/sweeter after giving them foliars/drenches with LABS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassfed Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I guess my pineapple never died, these little daughter plants have been growing for about 2mo, I need to transplant this into a bigger pot asap, along with the 2yr old Aloe Vera you can kinda see in the corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarra Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 We harvested a tremendous amount of pole beans this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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