HeidisGrace
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Greetings Milson :) Thanks!Great shots!
Hey, thanks for popping in and the advice. I am in RSA and a local search turns up products with different mixtures from the Bumper Crop one. I am winging it here, but I am guessing that I don't necessarily need rock dust because I am growing on the mountainside, so I imagine the necessary rock minerals will be in the soil naturally. I wonder if the alfalfa pellets would be a reasonable replacement for the composted bark. I can always buy some chicken manure and worm castings to mix with whatever else goes in it. I believe Bokashi is great and the Lactobacillus is easy to make. I have those on hand already, so I'd like to use these amendments if possible. I think the alfalfa has to cook for a month or something like that, before it can be mixed in?I wonder what would happen if I made a superjuice of Bokashi leachate, Kelp juice and Lactobacillus, and alternated feeds with superjuice and manure + castings solution. The soil is nice and loamy and dark, so maybe I can get away with just the liquid fertilizers I have in mind, rather than mixing biomass into the soil. I don't like the idea of disturbing the roots with unnecessary mixing.Sounds like a great plan! One cheap organic option is soil conditioner. You find it for about 12 bucks for 3 cubic feet. It is usually a mix of composted bark, chicken manure, rock dust and worm castings, and its designed for mixing into native soil.
Here is an example
They're beautiful. Look at those chunky little leaves!My seedlings were getting too tall and spindly so I potted them and they are now out in the sun all day. I also added the soil conditioner called Elemental Blend into the holes I dug for them.
My Bacteria Juice is brewing and tomorrow I add organic full cream milk to sit for a week before it goes in the bucket with the molasses. I am hoping to get a couple more seeds sprouted this week or next, then that will be my bundle for the season.
I have no idea what to expect from these plants but I suspect they may want to become trees. I will be training them. I also have a purple varietal bag seed from a friend that I want to grow for it's ornamental features. We have no idea what it is because he didn't make a note when he saved them. His was very pretty.
Aren't theyThey're beautiful. Look at those chunky little leaves!
Look at these kids now :) Molly (bottom) is 14 days, Holly (middle) 13.5 and Polly (top)13 days old.They're beautiful. Look at those chunky little leaves!
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