So does anyone her practice organic gardening
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on -
This is my first time but I'm going organic in a greenhouse this year.
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Permalink Reply by bob on
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hi debra norton,i have a small greenhouse that i keep things in for the winter like apples sweetpotatos what ever,and flowers that my wife puts out in spring.some thing you may like to try - take plastic milk jugs cut ho 2" from batom cut top out leave handle fell with grass or leaves and dryer lint or 1 tb.alfalfa meal or whatever for nitrogen,add 3" soil to top of jug then add batoms of celery onions i like bacchori what ever you come up with,when spring come replant in garden they are good for soup or what ever,i do this; then let them go to seed do what you like, i save the seeds for replanting. bob
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on
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thank you for this info, Bob
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Permalink Reply by Joyce on -
I would like to get away from synthetic fertilizer in my flower gardens. Do you have any suggestions for organic fertilizers?
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on
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I'm going to use fish fertilizer and I've heard bone meal is good too and compost, but I haven't tried any of that yet.
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Permalink Reply by Joyce on
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Debra, if you have dogs, forget blood or bone meal. My dog Tally digs wherever I have either. However, the blood meal works great to keep rabbits & squirrels away! Thanks for everyone's input.
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Permalink Reply by bob on
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ruth stout in her book gardening without work said all she did was add cottonseed meal, five pounds to 100 squar feet. for my self i like alfalfa meal.for lettus / cut add alfalfa meal water,get more lettus this way,get more and not bitter,the black seed simpson lettus.alfalfa has lots of nitrogen. the big 4 for all plants. [ phosphous ] = cottonseed meal for stem and root grouth. [nitrogen] = alfalfa meal for green growth. [potassium] = granit grit for flowers and fruit. [microorganism] = leaves or hay for opening the food door to all plant life. how to renew microorganisms to soil.1 or 2 cups of forest soil and 1 cup sugar or molasses is best to 5 gal.water keep air tiet for one week. i make it in 5 gal. buckit. to make more add sugar or molasses with 2 cups of old mix, and do as befor. add this microorganism mix when you make up your compost or to your potting soil. hope this helps you a little. bob
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on
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Chris, I was enlightened to the fact (this last summer by an organic farmer in Flint) that the white coffee filters were bleached so I had to start my compost pile over to stay organic. Now I only use the brown ones.
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Permalink Reply by Debra Norton on
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Does anyone know if it is hard to grow organic blueberries?
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Permalink Reply by Pete Gasper on -
Yes. At least on the KS side the soil pH is completely wrong for them. Blueberries is a classic case of trying to work against nature. I'd suggest blackberries, which are wild around here, as a fruit that is well adapted to the area.
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Permalink Reply by Linda G. on -
I try to stick to fish emulsion and or blood meal and manure for fertilizer but I usually wind up with some sort of bug spray in a section of the garden (but not the whole thing) I may have a year or two here and there where i didnt need anything sprayed but almost every year i wind up spraying something. Im anxious to here how others control things.
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