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Organic Fanatics - Australia
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wilbur
I 'm wondering Bonsai if pineapple's high acidity slowed things down?
Silver, I am SO flat out. woody weeds (wattles) are flowering and need cutting down now so they don't regrow. flowering only happens every now and then so the opportunity must be siezed ... unless I use roundup on the stumps which I don't want to do.
and turning all my piles, 300 litres of t/nest needs pH up and 600 litres of aged human waste/cowshit/chookshit is taking a lot of time and more so energy because I have this cancer-like illness and to manage it I 'm ingesting my own sativa instead of the recommended indica cos I can't get any so I 'm half off my head and speeding around until I collapse in the deck chair ... and organisation? what's that?
and I am SO hanging out for rain up here so I can get on with the next stage of gardening. rain'll be here soon, according to the pythons which never move about unless there's a decent rain coming ... but how long?
so, this is like farmer wilbur, leaning on the electronic fence between his place and yours ... talking about how dry it is ... CHEERS!
Silver, I am SO flat out. woody weeds (wattles) are flowering and need cutting down now so they don't regrow. flowering only happens every now and then so the opportunity must be siezed ... unless I use roundup on the stumps which I don't want to do.
and turning all my piles, 300 litres of t/nest needs pH up and 600 litres of aged human waste/cowshit/chookshit is taking a lot of time and more so energy because I have this cancer-like illness and to manage it I 'm ingesting my own sativa instead of the recommended indica cos I can't get any so I 'm half off my head and speeding around until I collapse in the deck chair ... and organisation? what's that?
and I am SO hanging out for rain up here so I can get on with the next stage of gardening. rain'll be here soon, according to the pythons which never move about unless there's a decent rain coming ... but how long?
so, this is like farmer wilbur, leaning on the electronic fence between his place and yours ... talking about how dry it is ... CHEERS!
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Guest50138
My 1st Bokashi going into a hole today
Lots of good info here, thanks guys.
i've just got a compost/recycled soil/worm farm going on atm, been going for about a year, at the bottom is highest concentration of worms i've ever seen (30-50 per handful). I just layer organic waste and mulch, seems to be working very well.
I'd love to try a full organic grow though.
Btw that mushroom compost rocks!
And nice looking plants SSog, strain?
i've just got a compost/recycled soil/worm farm going on atm, been going for about a year, at the bottom is highest concentration of worms i've ever seen (30-50 per handful). I just layer organic waste and mulch, seems to be working very well.
I'd love to try a full organic grow though.
Btw that mushroom compost rocks!
And nice looking plants SSog, strain?
Well i shelled out the 20 bucks for the Gogo juice. It says to use it monthly so should last for ages.
Thats a nice furry bokashi bucket very oldman!
That pic is some Bubblicious. Great strain to go with little or no veg time. It smells awesome and very sticky to boot
Hey wilbur i hope those wattle clippings going in the compost! I dont have a problem with weedy ones (quite the reverse). Sucks about your cancer like shit. Hopefully the old sativa do the trick.
I also been making compost. Its not quite finished yet. Soaked my clover hay in a bathtub full of urine, worm runoff, various ferments/em1 stuff and water. Also soaked some carboard i used and added some fresh comfrey and yarrow as activators.
The old pile i turned hasnt been hot composting. I think not enough nitrogen and too compacted. So i turned it over and added lucerne (alfalfa) pellets and some more woody stuff to aerate and stop the compaction of the hay and horse poop.
Thats a nice furry bokashi bucket very oldman!
That pic is some Bubblicious. Great strain to go with little or no veg time. It smells awesome and very sticky to boot
Hey wilbur i hope those wattle clippings going in the compost! I dont have a problem with weedy ones (quite the reverse). Sucks about your cancer like shit. Hopefully the old sativa do the trick.
I also been making compost. Its not quite finished yet. Soaked my clover hay in a bathtub full of urine, worm runoff, various ferments/em1 stuff and water. Also soaked some carboard i used and added some fresh comfrey and yarrow as activators.
The old pile i turned hasnt been hot composting. I think not enough nitrogen and too compacted. So i turned it over and added lucerne (alfalfa) pellets and some more woody stuff to aerate and stop the compaction of the hay and horse poop.
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wilbur
Silver, can I see a particular type of woody but smelly weed in the background of yr first image?
mate, my land is a deep gullied mile by a quarter of a mile! I have untold wattle mulch on the ground to be raked up anytime. is it good for compost? thought it might be too acid and woody. although come to think of it, when used for mulch it doesn't last long before another layer needs adding ...
mate, my land is a deep gullied mile by a quarter of a mile! I have untold wattle mulch on the ground to be raked up anytime. is it good for compost? thought it might be too acid and woody. although come to think of it, when used for mulch it doesn't last long before another layer needs adding ...
Y'mean the yellow flowered one? Yeah its everywhere round here.
I am more concerned with the towering gum trees that are near my compost heap. Thats why i love the wattle. Its natures line of defence against the king of Australian trees. All round here there are banks of silver wattle, acacia dealbata that form a barrier between gums and more open areas.
Because the wattles are leguminious (they take nitrogen from the air and suck it into their root nodules) they can feed themselves and survive right next to the gums which are highly aleopathic (they kill most anything nearby).
This means they also break down very quickly and arent much good for building outdoors with (although i use em as bean poles etc).
This also makes them perfect for compost, mulch and as companion/pioneer species.
Plus they look and smell awesome in the spring!
Plus they contain the drug DMT (which the brain releases naturally at birth, death and deep dream states) in some species.
This is also why you will find our glorious federal government passing laws to outlaw the sale of certain wattles. ****s.
I am more concerned with the towering gum trees that are near my compost heap. Thats why i love the wattle. Its natures line of defence against the king of Australian trees. All round here there are banks of silver wattle, acacia dealbata that form a barrier between gums and more open areas.
Because the wattles are leguminious (they take nitrogen from the air and suck it into their root nodules) they can feed themselves and survive right next to the gums which are highly aleopathic (they kill most anything nearby).
This means they also break down very quickly and arent much good for building outdoors with (although i use em as bean poles etc).
This also makes them perfect for compost, mulch and as companion/pioneer species.
Plus they look and smell awesome in the spring!
Plus they contain the drug DMT (which the brain releases naturally at birth, death and deep dream states) in some species.
This is also why you will find our glorious federal government passing laws to outlaw the sale of certain wattles. ****s.
Wattles, acacia sp, are nitrogen fixers, this is in the form of bacteria living in the root nodules. The plant can take nitrogen from the atmosphere fix it into the roots and subsequently release it into the surrounding soil. Thus it will enrich poor soil.
I know where I'm putting my outdoor plants this year...in a bunch of wattles...and there are plenty of them in my area.
I know where I'm putting my outdoor plants this year...in a bunch of wattles...and there are plenty of them in my area.
Acacia maearnsii, Black Wattle...they grow everywhere around here. At home I've got acacia leprosa, "Scarlet Blaze" Discovered in 1995 by bushwalkers in Victoria. The only known natural speciman ever found. It features red or scarlet flowers shaped like a ball. Not the normal yellow flowers.
These bushwalkers had an inkling that something was unusual and took cuttings of the plant to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. The plant was cloned and the original plant in the bush dropped dead.
Thus "Scarlet Blaze" was born and is now available commercially. This is a clone only strain. The red flowers are only retained from clones of a red flowering form. If pollinated the plants revert to the yellow flowering form when the seed is germinated.
I've got some and they are flowering right now...I'll take some pics tomorrow for your enjoyment.
I've got a few other wattles too, all are flowering now...summer is nearly here.
These bushwalkers had an inkling that something was unusual and took cuttings of the plant to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. The plant was cloned and the original plant in the bush dropped dead.
Thus "Scarlet Blaze" was born and is now available commercially. This is a clone only strain. The red flowers are only retained from clones of a red flowering form. If pollinated the plants revert to the yellow flowering form when the seed is germinated.
I've got some and they are flowering right now...I'll take some pics tomorrow for your enjoyment.
I've got a few other wattles too, all are flowering now...summer is nearly here.
One more thing, wattles acacia sp are pretty easy to clone with the usual methods. Like many native plants they will take a bit longer to root than cannabis. Give them 6-8 weeks...it's amazing what you can clone with patience...but don't bother with eucalypts or she oaks, seed is better for them.
WATTLES IN MY BACKYARD
WATTLES IN MY BACKYARD
Due to their nitrogen fixing abilities I plant wattles, acacia sp, in my backyard. Here's a few.
ACACIA LEPROSA, "SCARLET BLAZE", CLONE ONLY. THE ONLY RED FLOWERING FORM AVAILABLE.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE
ACACIA FIMBRIATA, DWARF FORM
ACACIA FLORIBUNDA
These are just a few of many at my place. I don't have to worry about how big they get being on a few acres.
The property has many mature wattles and the soil is much the richer as a result. Nitrogen is constantly being released into the soil and the rest of the plants seem happy for it.
WATTLES IN MY BACKYARD
Due to their nitrogen fixing abilities I plant wattles, acacia sp, in my backyard. Here's a few.
ACACIA LEPROSA, "SCARLET BLAZE", CLONE ONLY. THE ONLY RED FLOWERING FORM AVAILABLE.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE
ACACIA FIMBRIATA, DWARF FORM
ACACIA FLORIBUNDA
These are just a few of many at my place. I don't have to worry about how big they get being on a few acres.
The property has many mature wattles and the soil is much the richer as a result. Nitrogen is constantly being released into the soil and the rest of the plants seem happy for it.
Wow shes a beauty all right! 
Nothing like the green and gold (crismson)
I have these cool red flowered broad beans coming out now. On my hugelkulture pile. I will take some pics once it stop pissing down.
I think i also have that acacia fimbriata but they all do look very similar.
Hey bonsai thats cool. I borrowed a mates copy of Alexander Shulgins book Tihkal (triptymines i have known and loved). - http://www.amazon.com/Tihkal-Continuation-Alexander-Shulgin/dp/0963009699
In there he names a couple acacia's also high in DMT. I wrote down the names but not on hand right now. Soon.
I would love to be able to extract the good shit and touch the stars
Nothing like the green and gold (crismson)
I have these cool red flowered broad beans coming out now. On my hugelkulture pile. I will take some pics once it stop pissing down.
I think i also have that acacia fimbriata but they all do look very similar.
Hey bonsai thats cool. I borrowed a mates copy of Alexander Shulgins book Tihkal (triptymines i have known and loved). - http://www.amazon.com/Tihkal-Continuation-Alexander-Shulgin/dp/0963009699
In there he names a couple acacia's also high in DMT. I wrote down the names but not on hand right now. Soon.
I would love to be able to extract the good shit and touch the stars
Beautiful wattles HC
http://shaman-australis.com.au/shop/index.php?cPath=21_26_72
scroll down about halfway for info on special acacias and corresponding pics too
http://shaman-australis.com.au/shop/index.php?cPath=21_26_72
scroll down about halfway for info on special acacias and corresponding pics too
Beautiful wattles HC
http://shaman-australis.com.au/shop/index.php?cPath=21_26_72
scroll down about halfway for info on special acacias and corresponding pics too
Nice link b00m, wattles have always been a favourite of mine. When I see them flower I know the snow melt is on and the long hot days of summer are on the way.
Mind you some wattles, like the Coottamundra wattle are a significant weed threat in areas where they do not naturally grow. Wattles pump out a shitload of seed with a very hard shell. After a bushfire they are usually the first plants to get going again When bushfires go through the area I live it turns into wattle city.
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wilbur
yes High Country, my situation here is that wattles grow in thickets due to the "burning off" the cattle fuc ... farmers do each season. at present I see they have set fire to the mountains again ... which depending on the dryness of the season ... may burn for months and end up threatening myself who is thirty k's or so away from where they are at present.
I had to laugh when I learned here that some wattles are high in dmt. Nature's a bitch for Authority, isn't it?! something they can't EVER control.
the sad thing about around here is that all the good things wattles can do/provide is minimised by the century or so of clearing and annual burning that has left the ground very low in organic carbon. in fact it seems to me that each year the grass that grows only does so on the thin layer of char remaining after each fire.
so wattles spring up everywhere as Nature tries to compensate for the deficit ... and that translates in daily life here to be a weed 'problem'.
the argument about whether wattles fix nitrogen and thus are useful rages on around here without resolution. scientifically, yes they do. but most of the ground here is soo marginal that it will probably take centuries of wattle mulch to see the results.
thanks guys for a very interesting twist to this thread!
and Silver ... are those eucalypts 'rose' gums? we don't have them here. and lucky you that it's pissing down!
I had to laugh when I learned here that some wattles are high in dmt. Nature's a bitch for Authority, isn't it?! something they can't EVER control.
the sad thing about around here is that all the good things wattles can do/provide is minimised by the century or so of clearing and annual burning that has left the ground very low in organic carbon. in fact it seems to me that each year the grass that grows only does so on the thin layer of char remaining after each fire.
so wattles spring up everywhere as Nature tries to compensate for the deficit ... and that translates in daily life here to be a weed 'problem'.
the argument about whether wattles fix nitrogen and thus are useful rages on around here without resolution. scientifically, yes they do. but most of the ground here is soo marginal that it will probably take centuries of wattle mulch to see the results.
thanks guys for a very interesting twist to this thread!
and Silver ... are those eucalypts 'rose' gums? we don't have them here. and lucky you that it's pissing down!
Organic carbon? Bio-char is an excellent way of adding useful carbon. Check out the links on my Terra Preta thread. If the areas of the world being slashed and burned were instead slashed and charred it would enrich the land instead of destroying it.
Not sure about the gums. I suspect either some kind of peppermint, swamp or yellow Need to examine the flowers and nuts etc to be sure but they must be at least 10-20m high before they branch out!.
Not sure about the gums. I suspect either some kind of peppermint, swamp or yellow Need to examine the flowers and nuts etc to be sure but they must be at least 10-20m high before they branch out!.
High Country: Looking lovely! Thanks for uploading the pics.
b00m: great link, appreciate it. A good mate and permaculture enthusiast was talking about acacias and their N-fixing qualities this arvo, I think I'll have to point him in the direction of those seeds if he wants to plant some. We've got plenty here in the Dandenong Ranges, I should take a closer look while they're in flower and easier to identify.
b00m: great link, appreciate it. A good mate and permaculture enthusiast was talking about acacias and their N-fixing qualities this arvo, I think I'll have to point him in the direction of those seeds if he wants to plant some. We've got plenty here in the Dandenong Ranges, I should take a closer look while they're in flower and easier to identify.
Bonsai, you can clone wattles relatively easily and this is probably a quicker way to do it than seed which has a very hard shell and may have to be scarified to get it to germinate. Most nurseries stock them as well and are pretty cheap to purchase.
Alternatively just go bush and dig out some seedlings and transplant to your location. Seedlings are better cos you can get all the root system and with local wattles you know they are suitable for that environment.
Mind you I've planted wattles from QLD at my place and they do just fine. One must consider their weed potential though.
