| 6/15/2012 4:48:53 PM |
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420danimal
Nuevo, CA
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i just recently started using my nutrients from my indoor garden and have amazing results every other day aplication and no burn or nut lockup dont think ill ever go back to slow release fert. yes i am a stoner but this a conversation about my veg garden so please no horrible reaction for me being on here like to here about other peoples method to madness fellow gardner .
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| 6/15/2012 5:48:54 PM |
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sitiniraq
Calvert, TX
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Rabbit shit and peat moss is what I use .. But do not grow what I think you do ..
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| 6/16/2012 12:04:31 AM |
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420danimal
Nuevo, CA
35, joined Aug. 2011
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thats cool i used to use a similar combo when i was a kid your assumption is correct but i am talking about just plain ol veggies i mostly grow tomatoes,chiles,legumes,aromatic herbs etc. you should try a product called flora nova grow for the early veging and bloom for when fruiting begins its made by general hydroponics you wont believe the differance.
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| 6/16/2012 8:55:26 AM |
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shawnee_b
Edmonton, KY
63, joined Apr. 2010
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Trip 10 and lime, composted hay and manure from cattle, composted chicken poop, miracle grow, compost kitchen scraps.
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| 9/18/2012 12:02:35 PM |
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stanley72553
Ringgold, GA
64, joined Apr. 2008
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my favorite was horse manure made tomatoes grow good without over powering them a little urea but not much thats 46-0-0 plenty stout
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| 10/14/2012 5:12:26 PM |
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mrgatorman
Miami, FL
42, joined Sep. 2012
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| 10/24/2012 10:23:54 PM |
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catchmeifucan12
Tallapoosa, GA
43, joined Jan. 2010
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Rabbit poo, and leaves..
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| 10/25/2012 5:20:00 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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seasoned cow manure
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| 11/9/2012 11:20:11 PM |
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sillylaugher61
Murrysville, PA
56, joined Aug. 2011
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I use old kitchen scraps, no meat products and old leaves and a little dog poo.
I try to allow my compost pile two years before I use it.
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| 11/10/2012 6:44:37 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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the best outside fertilizer is seasoned cow mature
next is chicken guano
and in flower beds, especially, use fish
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| 11/11/2012 10:12:34 AM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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(this post has been flagged as inappropriate, sorry.)
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| 12/12/2012 4:43:45 PM |
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scarlett1979
Atlanta, GA
38, joined Dec. 2012
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I like Miracle grow.
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| 12/13/2012 7:46:09 PM |
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uriahrose
FPO, AP
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I usually use my own compost which isnt that hard to make. You can work batches all winter to be ready for spring as well.
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| 1/13/2013 9:35:22 PM |
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ladyrenee0702
Quinlan, TX
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Lots of rabbit raisins, leaves, grass, and kitchen composite.:.:fresh pee pee too.
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| 1/16/2013 3:14:33 AM |
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nothingchanged
Harrison, MI
63, joined Jun. 2010
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Dairy Doo
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| 1/17/2013 5:38:58 AM |
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zengoat
Columbia, SC
61, joined Oct. 2012
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probiotics
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| 1/18/2013 1:19:54 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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I use seasoned manure .... Has anyone else noticed that the annuals are already beginning to show?
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| 1/31/2013 9:30:03 AM |
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tardsmasher2
Douglasville, GA
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Think I'm going to be using a 50/50 compost aged horse manure mix for my first trial garden and see how it does since I can get the stuff free.Any opinions on that would any lime be needed?
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| 1/31/2013 2:12:41 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
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Sometimes using lime can be good ... but other times it can be bad. Do a soil sample for acidity levels before adding lime.
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| 1/31/2013 5:20:12 PM |
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tardsmasher2
Douglasville, GA
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Sometimes using lime can be good ... but other times it can be bad. Do a soil sample for acidity levels before adding lime.
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| 2/2/2013 12:07:14 PM |
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mayflylady
Conyers, GA
56, joined Jun. 2012
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10-10-10 if the plant doesnt bloom
6-12-12 or something with a higher number if it blooms or produces fruit.
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| 2/2/2013 12:08:52 PM |
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mayflylady
Conyers, GA
56, joined Jun. 2012
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Thank you will do cheer was thinking about that it would be worth the few dollars for a PH tester I think do you know which one is decent? I've seen mixed rviews on the cheaper ones not real sure yet which one to get.
Take a soil sample to your local county extension office. Costs about $8 and will tell you exactly what to put out and when. The home pH kits may tell you the pH but they dont tell you what to do to correct the problem. Pretty much a waste of money.
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| 3/31/2013 9:50:36 PM |
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sierratoo
Grande Prairie, AB
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Well, I tried worm compost.
It was a challenge to separate the scat from the wigglers and the egg saks but some had to be sacrificed!
Soaked it up in a 5 gallon pail for a day or so then poured it on all my plants - mostly tomatoes.
Well the tomatoes have shot up at least a foot and there are blooms everywhere. One even has what appears to be a double bloom.
Then the mud - for now - is put into my compost buckets so it can be put outside when we thaw up here.
My next batch of compost is being made now. From peat moss and shredded newspaper. They seem much happier now.
Happy gardening everyone!
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| 4/3/2013 10:33:55 PM |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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I believe my tomatoes taste best when they've been fertilized with horse manure.
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| 4/4/2013 7:56:39 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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pure, OD, homegrown manure
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| 4/6/2013 4:08:46 AM |
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63sardonicpeeps
Lodi, CA
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Compost and poo 
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| 4/6/2013 8:05:26 PM |
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bluecougareyes
Chelan, WA
73, joined Nov. 2008
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I use 'Alaskan ' liquid fish emulsion diluted with water, put it on lightly but more frequently with a watering can.
IF YOUR TALKING ORGANIC GROWING....
When I put out plant sets in the spring or any time of year, like broccoli, tomato, peppers, cabbage, squash or what ever, etc. Like the long season growing heavy feeders.
I dig my hole and then put a 1/8 cup of Korean kelp granules and 1/8 cup powdered bone meal in the hole, then stir it around a little and set in the plant and water / sock well with a cup or more of diluted fish emulsion.
Later in about two weeks, add more fish water and throughout the growing season. I finally put on a side dressing of old horse manure or some of my compost, when the plants are starting to put on blossoms and starting into fruition, that's when they need that extra summer feeding the most, that they natural demand for good size and prolific production, you can do that twice or more as needed to stretch out you veggie / fruit production.
I also use some home made compost, one year old, made with, leaf, horse ( chicken if I can get it) grass cuttings, and the few kitchen scraps I have. ( other good things are, feather meal, old alfalfa hay or alfalfa pellet for rabbit feed, ground up leather scraps, rice hulls, almond hulls, cotton seed meal, apple pumas > left over from making /pressing apple cider. Fresh wheat straw, if kept out of the rain ( when it looks bright and shiny) a little applied as a mulch, contains and releases some potash to your plants.
*** Never use any thing relating to English walnuts or Black walnuts, BAD BAD !.
I also add some cuttings from a patch that's close to home source, of "Horse Tail " ( look it up) a wild plant that has lots of silica.( prehistoric plant / grass). Silica help your plants stand up strong and strait and can with stand the strong winds better.
If you can't get KELP granules. There is a product called " Maxy Crop " that is kelp in a concentrated form, looks like instant coffee crystals, that dilute fast in water.
Kelp contains lots of minerals, can also be applied ( diluted w/water) as a crop leaf spray, just as can be done w/ the fish. << both of those are also good to spray on your fruit trees in early spring time when leaf buds emerging / but for sure before any blossoms buds are showing swelling or emerging.
But also can be used after ALL blossoms have set fruit, it can be used again trow out the growing season. PS: it will be absorbed through the bark of the tree with a very early spring spraying, even with out any leaf showing, that will also help strengthen you fruit blossoms and during the cooler night too !
Happy growing my Friends ...
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| 4/7/2013 3:08:49 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
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I use field cured manure.
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| 4/7/2013 3:09:20 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
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.....mixed well with good soil, too
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| 4/7/2013 3:35:16 PM |
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woodsnut55
Virginia, MN
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Fish emulsion and for plants that like high nitrogen....... manure tea.....take manure and add water into big bucket cover use to water near roots. Both are quite pungent so beware!
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| 4/10/2013 1:57:30 AM |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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Fish emulsion and for plants that like high nitrogen....... manure tea.....take manure and add water into big bucket cover use to water near roots. Both are quite pungent so beware!
I have used fish emulsion, goose droppings, kelp meal, bone meal, and all sorts of amendments some years when I couldn't haul manure in but it seems that my best tasting tomatoes have been from the years when I've used horse manure...just saying.
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| 4/12/2013 12:32:14 AM |
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bluecougareyes
Chelan, WA
73, joined Nov. 2008
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10-10-10 if the plant doesnt bloom
6-12-12 or something with a higher number if it blooms or produces fruit.
For helping set veggie blossoms. There is an ORTHO Product, Called "Bloom Builder" it's water soluble.
Not sure of the NPK ( could be 0-10-0 ) - Cant remember right now.
Look for it at your 'ACE Hardware' store or at the local 'Garden Shops'
Basically: I Do almost all Organic Gardening ! Especially with Food Growing that I will eat !
No Chemicals Fertilizers or Chemical sprays. There are many natural things to use.
just do a web search and you will find what ever INFO. you need.
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| 4/12/2013 1:07:21 AM |
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tbirdracer
Gainesville, GA
54, joined Nov. 2007
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Some really good info here. I like using homemade compost now, and adding dolomitic lime here in Ga to correct ph and low magnesium levels.
A warning, couple years ago I built a new raised bed and bought some composted cow manure. The first year, potted tomato plants turned yellow and died. I planted again and these plants developed curled leaves and failed to grow. I tilled and added composted grass clippings, and the next year the plants started with curled leaves but got a few tomatoes. I had the soil tested and found long acting herbicide, must have been sprayed in the pasture the cows grazed. Just be careful. Check the internet for symptoms, maybe check the source of your compost.
I also use a lot of dried grass clippings for mulch around my plants to reduce weeds and hold moisture. They break down during the year and add to the soil. Here again, be aware of chemicals used on your lawn.
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| 4/21/2013 11:17:35 PM |
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deepinside1369
Los Angeles, CA
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I am using a fertilizer from a guy in Auburn, MI. No matter what I put it on, fruit trees, corn, tomatoes, etc, I get a bumper crop. Stumbled on his web site and he told me of a 6 inch lime tree that grew 2.5 FEET in four months and had fruit. I said bs but after using the stuff, it worked.
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| 4/23/2013 1:30:24 PM |
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robert33801
Lakeland, FL
38, joined Mar. 2013
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I dont use fertilizers. I just hope for the best.
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| 4/26/2013 3:13:07 AM |
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tardsmasher2
Douglasville, GA
55, joined Jun. 2010
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The free kind well 10 bucks for the use of their bobcat at the stables.Mountain of horse poop.
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| 5/1/2013 10:54:57 PM |
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sleekviper
Normal, IL
53, joined Mar. 2012
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Gibberellic acid and miracle grow.
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| 5/2/2013 12:31:17 AM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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some things get fish buried in the soil
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| 5/4/2013 12:03:11 PM |
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ucntplzvry1
Huntsville, AR
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Two gardens ( north & south )this year planted in the south garden and taking the barn & chicken house cleanings to the north garden.
In the fall after harvest time to switch.
All natural and inexpensive.
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| 5/8/2013 11:03:18 PM |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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I only use compost tea brewed with molasses, worm castings, compost and a little horse manure.
What is the purpose of making the tea? Why not throw these directly into the garden?
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| 5/9/2013 6:34:16 PM |
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skiwino
Redford, MI
55, joined Feb. 2007
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tea allows nutrients to go straight to the roots, it adds beneficial bacteria and fungi, and when sprayed it acts as a natural pest repellant. i use it once a week in the place of water.
I think I've heard that it helps combat fungal diseases when sprayed on the plants too. I've never tried it.
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| 5/9/2013 10:57:38 PM |
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tardsmasher2
Douglasville, GA
55, joined Jun. 2010
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Yes I'm sure that's very effective if you want to go to all that trouble but I think I'll be trying the seeping method take some compost and manure stuff it in a sack or whatever I find just let it leach into the water for about 3 days occasionally stirring. This is my first year so I'm no pro but I really like all I've read about the square foot gardening thing that what I'm doing in my raised beds and also my self watering containers I figure an 18 gallon tote is two squares and using jute twine to make my grids in my beds.
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| 5/10/2013 4:19:58 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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favorite is cow manure ... for roses its fish
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| 5/13/2013 4:56:32 AM |
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tardsmasher2
Douglasville, GA
55, joined Jun. 2010
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I'd probably go with the cow manure too just cant find a ready source locally thats why I'm going with horse
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| 5/15/2013 4:22:00 PM |
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jazminx2
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jan. 2010
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cupocheer
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| 5/16/2013 9:47:50 AM |
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hlkeoo
Ogden, UT
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No one is willing to go Guano hunting with me. Bat droppings all the way!
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| 5/26/2013 12:43:31 AM |
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robb2k
Mocksville, NC
44, joined Oct. 2011
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Bullshit and vermiculite and peat moss, that's about it haha.
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| 6/1/2013 1:59:06 AM |
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vanillaone
Huger, SC
69, joined Jan. 2013
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i like that good ole elephant poop
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| 6/2/2013 8:03:40 AM |
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hlkeoo
Ogden, UT
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A buddy of mine raises c*ckroaches and wants me to see if their "left overs" will work as manure. Looking at the texture and consistancy it looks well and suited. Anyone else ever tried this b4?
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| 6/2/2013 12:06:47 PM |
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robb2k
Mocksville, NC
44, joined Oct. 2011
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I wouldn't even think of it. I would suggest you do a thorough search on that topic before trying it.
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| 6/7/2013 11:19:25 AM |
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luckylouie42
Cedar Grove, WV
75, joined Mar. 2008
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those growing your plants in shit, do know that the plant root system takes in the shit, dont ya.
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| 6/10/2013 7:15:33 PM |
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robb2k
Mocksville, NC
44, joined Oct. 2011
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Yes, the nutrients from it, like nitrogen and vital minerals 
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| 6/19/2013 5:58:24 PM |
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gatr4life
Ocklawaha, FL
37, joined Jan. 2013
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I use a 12-2-14 with the bulk of nitrogen sulfur coated and liquid treatments every 14 days with 20-20-20 ,
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| 7/8/2013 6:14:22 PM |
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33maybe
Roseburg, OR
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| 7/8/2013 7:20:03 PM |
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33maybe
Roseburg, OR
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those buckets are fresh Bull cow chit. I do mean fresh, like running off the shove as I scoopped the poop up.. what you see is maube two months of sitting in the sun , butt cover with that trap to kept the rain off....
BUTT, on the right is maybe 15 yr old chicken. I put about half a bucket ( 5 gal) in that barrel, which is half a 55 gallon drum, so say 25 gals of water, wait at least two days.
Dig pockets around the plants with connecting channels, Then just fill those up with soup.
using half bucket ( 2 1/2 gals ) of chit I can refill the big barrel at least 4 x's before needing more chit...
I live in the country, but the city people have taken over , So chit is not easy to come by. So I ask a guy if I could just go out and fill up buckets. I got about 6 full one's,of BULL maybe 4 of chicken ... which will be more than enough for this yr, my garden is pretty big ...
FYI,, This is old school pot framing method. for the days of backpacking everything in..yep bags of shit ...ta grow the good shit 
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| 8/17/2013 11:50:16 PM |
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tango159
Gainesville, FL
37, joined Jan. 2012
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I use old kitchen scraps, no meat products and old leaves and a little dog poo.
I try to allow my compost pile two years before I use it.
liberal ammounts of sugar works immediately before watering
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| 8/18/2013 5:34:43 AM |
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frank_underwood
Columbia, SC
61, joined Jun. 2013
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Epsoma: Gardentone, Planttone, Biotone, Hollytone, ....
these fertilizers are rich in diverse organics & probiotics
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| 8/18/2013 11:46:34 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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dung
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| 8/19/2013 5:03:53 PM |
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frank_underwood
Columbia, SC
61, joined Jun. 2013
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magic mushrooms grow on cow patties, exclusively
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| 8/31/2013 9:17:45 AM |
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midori11
San Diego, CA
57, joined Jun. 2011
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Miracle-gro potting soil, ground egg shells and coffee grounds.
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