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Organic Fanatics - Australia
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Gday, just thought I'd post some nutes I got for my cherry tomatoes and chilli, looks ok as a general organic feed for weed too.
Got it from good ol Bunnings, Yates Uplift:
Contains the following 5 growth boosting ingredients:
Fish, a natural source of organic nutrients
Seaweed, to boost plant health and root development
Bio-Activ™ beneficial soil microbial technology
Fulvic acid, to improve nutrient uptake and soil bioactivity
Natural wetting agent,to ensure nutrients filter readily down to the plant roots
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Got it from good ol Bunnings, Yates Uplift:
Contains the following 5 growth boosting ingredients:
Fish, a natural source of organic nutrients
Seaweed, to boost plant health and root development
Bio-Activ™ beneficial soil microbial technology
Fulvic acid, to improve nutrient uptake and soil bioactivity
Natural wetting agent,to ensure nutrients filter readily down to the plant roots
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Sat X RB
Yay! back on thread Saibai!
don't want to be a doomsayer but ... now that Nutri-Tech is suspected of using Fulvic acid from China with Benzene in it (and trying to cover this up) I 'm a bit freaked that even bigger companies may care proportionately LESS about the integrity of their products ...
don't want to be a doomsayer but ... now that Nutri-Tech is suspected of using Fulvic acid from China with Benzene in it (and trying to cover this up) I 'm a bit freaked that even bigger companies may care proportionately LESS about the integrity of their products ...
Yeah i saw that stuff on the shelf and had a look the other day. If i didnt already have kelp and other stuff by the bucket full i would probs give it a go. Certainly better than miracle grow etc!
Yes the Nutritech thing came as a surprise but will give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Its all just more reason to stick with what is locally available and keep turning that compost heap. Turned mine the other day and happy to report it looks great and had the most worms in it i have ever seen
Yes the Nutritech thing came as a surprise but will give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Its all just more reason to stick with what is locally available and keep turning that compost heap. Turned mine the other day and happy to report it looks great and had the most worms in it i have ever seen
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Sat X RB
Silver, am looking at my pile of t/nest and pile of cowshit which I was going to mix 2 parts t/n and one part c.
BUT I 'm wondering how much advantage there is to adding cowshit to the t/n ... other than adding necessary bacteria to the fungus dominated t/n?
I 'm thinking that the t/n is 100% organic from various forest leaves and twigs ... and the cowshit is 100% organic from grass growing on better soil.
while the cowshit may be from better soil it may not contain the variety of nutrients that a forest provides ...
so how much better than t/n might cowshit be, do you think?
BUT I 'm wondering how much advantage there is to adding cowshit to the t/n ... other than adding necessary bacteria to the fungus dominated t/n?
I 'm thinking that the t/n is 100% organic from various forest leaves and twigs ... and the cowshit is 100% organic from grass growing on better soil.
while the cowshit may be from better soil it may not contain the variety of nutrients that a forest provides ...
so how much better than t/n might cowshit be, do you think?
I would use it for sure mixed in or just chucked on top. Cow poo and sheep poo for example are more of a soil conditioner or slow release if we think of them as plant additives. It will attract a lot of earthworms and then the benefit of the humus from their castings which is very helpful as well as trace elements and minerals from whatever they have been feeding on.
I am trying to keep things as efficient (lazy) as possible but still making up nice mixes for seedlings and picking camellia flowers for nutrient soaks.
I also have a nice big tasty pile of compost oozing with thousands of worms that have been feasting on lucerne cubes and canola meal as well as clover straw and loads of weeds and even old jeans and cotton clothes. Most of the cloth is totally gone which i was pleased with.
I am particularly pleased with my bathtub wormfarm which gives 10 litres of tea after a good rain. Its where i chucked a bag of cow poo i got from the bottom of my road and some lucerne cubes for good measure.
Diversity if king so chuck that shit in!
I am trying to keep things as efficient (lazy) as possible but still making up nice mixes for seedlings and picking camellia flowers for nutrient soaks.
I also have a nice big tasty pile of compost oozing with thousands of worms that have been feasting on lucerne cubes and canola meal as well as clover straw and loads of weeds and even old jeans and cotton clothes. Most of the cloth is totally gone which i was pleased with.
I am particularly pleased with my bathtub wormfarm which gives 10 litres of tea after a good rain. Its where i chucked a bag of cow poo i got from the bottom of my road and some lucerne cubes for good measure.
Diversity if king so chuck that shit in!
It's a mantis...just leave it be.
Awesome thats a good companion for your plant!
They have been spotted down here but i have yet to see one.
Been making char, planting all kinds of seeds and blending up comfrey and other plants growing here to use for foliar sprays and soil drenches.
Got a Cherokee Purple tomato today from the local hardware store. Its an heirloom said to be grown by the native american indians and taste amazing. I had never heard of it before but hopefully it goes well.
They have been spotted down here but i have yet to see one.
Been making char, planting all kinds of seeds and blending up comfrey and other plants growing here to use for foliar sprays and soil drenches.
Got a Cherokee Purple tomato today from the local hardware store. Its an heirloom said to be grown by the native american indians and taste amazing. I had never heard of it before but hopefully it goes well.
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SeaMaiden
Purple Cherokee are delicious! If I could I'd send you some of my Japanese black trifele and Isis Candy cherry seeds. Both good heirlooms that perform well, too. None of them really like it now that it's cooled off, but the Isis Candy are still maturing nonetheless.
That's the tiniest praying mantis I've ever seen! It's here for bugs. Got bugs?
Ours out here are in the late breeding stages. We've had a male coming around our back deck in the evenings, preying on all the moths and stuff. They're not long for this world now.
That's the tiniest praying mantis I've ever seen! It's here for bugs. Got bugs?
Ours out here are in the late breeding stages. We've had a male coming around our back deck in the evenings, preying on all the moths and stuff. They're not long for this world now.
Yep got heaps of bugs. There's also a little white spider that has the same motivation. They seem to rock up all by them selves so... leave them be it is. I don't know what type of mantis it is but its different from the usual green ones its kind of a brown and white sandy colour.
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SeaMaiden
I'm not 100%+, but I think they're sexually dimorphic, males are brightly colored and females drab.
Hallo! i want to show u one try to make banana peels fert. I think everything is clear on the pics.I will fill up the bottle with aprox.10 liters of water. I,m bubbling it for a night or two. the peels were fresh this time. Any suggestions about better way to make that or may be better proportions? i,m using this fert for the latest flower stages and i think it works fine. What i know is it has K and P in it mostly.
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Do you need to add anything to adjust the ph? I've used them in compost and in the worm farm before so they break down but not straight up like that.
In this experiment they let the peels break down for a month or two first.
http://www.musalit.org/pdf/IN070084_en.pdf
In this experiment they let the peels break down for a month or two first.
http://www.musalit.org/pdf/IN070084_en.pdf
Cool study there jarmon. Lots of organic fertilisers and amendments are alkaline (basic) and if used too heavily can cause problems. Especially if already using a liming agent and say biochar. My bat guano pellets are also quite strong.
I have never used banana peels but the best way would be a ferment. A tablespoon of EM1 in that brew Ina would do the trick plus maybe some sea salt and or molasses. But i guess if you use it quickly it would work, i have no idea how much of the nutrients would dissolve in a couple of days though. Do you also use the solids after straining?
I have never used banana peels but the best way would be a ferment. A tablespoon of EM1 in that brew Ina would do the trick plus maybe some sea salt and or molasses. But i guess if you use it quickly it would work, i have no idea how much of the nutrients would dissolve in a couple of days though. Do you also use the solids after straining?
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auto guerilla
you can let banana peels naturally decompose on the soil beneath the plants. cover with mulch and good bacteria breaks them down even faster. personal experience says hells yeh don't need to boil and whatever. banana's break down very fast and provide heaps of potassium and a little n+k
Yeah cool sounds good. I was thinking about doing this with some prawn heads and scraps but i thought NAH! into the worm bin instead... too stinky!
Mulch is king. As is compost
Anyone here who isnt already should read this thread from start to finish. Its a gold mine!
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=241964
Just be aware the recipe at the beginning calls for lots of peat moss. Don't think its readily available down under (certainly not in bulk down here) as its mostly harvested in Canada and N.America. I have only seen it in small bags. Anyway i think its best to replace with more topsoil and compost of some kind plus biochar and some coco coir to lighten it up and add long lasting structure (lignin)
My ideal mix right now would be something like
3 parts quality topsoil or composted cow poo
1 part river sand or perlite or biochar
1 part high quality compost
1 part coco coir
Then the usual dolomite, oyster shells, rock dust, perhaps some aged manure as topdress or a scavenged roadkill wallaby in the hole first... y'know, the usual
But really if you use good compost and soil you will grow a great plant with water and a dash of Seasol and some kind of fish emulsion.
Mulch is king. As is compost
Anyone here who isnt already should read this thread from start to finish. Its a gold mine!
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=241964
Just be aware the recipe at the beginning calls for lots of peat moss. Don't think its readily available down under (certainly not in bulk down here) as its mostly harvested in Canada and N.America. I have only seen it in small bags. Anyway i think its best to replace with more topsoil and compost of some kind plus biochar and some coco coir to lighten it up and add long lasting structure (lignin)
My ideal mix right now would be something like
3 parts quality topsoil or composted cow poo
1 part river sand or perlite or biochar
1 part high quality compost
1 part coco coir
Then the usual dolomite, oyster shells, rock dust, perhaps some aged manure as topdress or a scavenged roadkill wallaby in the hole first... y'know, the usual
But really if you use good compost and soil you will grow a great plant with water and a dash of Seasol and some kind of fish emulsion.
auto guerilla:i,m letting everything in just like you mentioned without filtering or something. I made that fert about 3,4 times and for now there is no other problems caused by the peels or mold or something else.
Silver Surfer: I,m not sure but i think when the peels are fresh and you are waiting too long it can become something like...alcoholMay be the best way is to make the peels on compost,right,but if you need it right now...i think it works.
Silver Surfer: I,m not sure but i think when the peels are fresh and you are waiting too long it can become something like...alcohol
May be the best way is to make the peels on compost,right,but if you need it right now...i think it works.
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Sat X RB
here's a couple of purple rhinos growing together.
note the diversity. one plant is foxtail like, the other much more branched and leafy.
germinated early october and the foxtail plant began flowering as soon as it was able ... and has kept on flowering.
not familiar with Indica spp. and am wondering if the foxtail plant is 'reveging'? see the stem growing up on the right hand side? that stem is flowering too.
so can anyone wise me up on 'reveg'. (are you there High Country?)
been hot as fuq here and no rain for weeks now. OH isn't life a struggle sometimes?!
but cheers anyway ...
(Ooops. PICTURE in my next post.)
note the diversity. one plant is foxtail like, the other much more branched and leafy.
germinated early october and the foxtail plant began flowering as soon as it was able ... and has kept on flowering.
not familiar with Indica spp. and am wondering if the foxtail plant is 'reveging'? see the stem growing up on the right hand side? that stem is flowering too.
so can anyone wise me up on 'reveg'. (are you there High Country?)
been hot as fuq here and no rain for weeks now. OH isn't life a struggle sometimes?!
but cheers anyway ...
(Ooops. PICTURE in my next post.)
