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- Sat 19-Feb-2022, 10:09
- Forum: Seeds
- Topic: Maintaining Compact Early Started Seedlings
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1708
Re: Maintaining Compact Early Started Seedlings
I was just coming to ask about this! This is my first time starting seeds indoors and I fear they're all too leggy. But I'm not really sure? I've got scallions, peppers, celery and rosemary in these pics. I'd be grateful for advice from someone with more experience. Too leggy? Should I start over? M...
- Thu 10-Feb-2022, 09:28
- Forum: Mulching
- Topic: Mulching/Direct Sowing question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1419
Mulching/Direct Sowing question
I just layered a few inches of pine straw from my front yard onto my newly built beds. This is the first time I'll be direct sowing in a bed -- peas and radishes go in next week -- and I'm curious how much space I need to clear for them, or do I layer the mulch back on top once I've seeded?
- Thu 10-Feb-2022, 09:26
- Forum: Mulching
- Topic: Burying Mulch?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1294
Re: Burying Mulch?
I'm not the expert here but I've been doing a ton of reading/youtube watching on this and since you haven't yet gotten a response, Ill give it a go... my understanding is that it's the tilling that's damaging. You're releasing carbon and disrupting the soil food web, breaking up the fungal networks ...
- Sat 05-Feb-2022, 06:31
- Forum: Mulching
- Topic: Living Mulch?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1588
Re: Living Mulch?
Super helpful, thank you!
- Sat 29-Jan-2022, 13:03
- Forum: Seeds
- Topic: Soil recipe for seed starts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6075
Re: Soil recipe for seed starts
THANK YOU for this. Just the info I've been looking for. Is it crucial that the vermicompost be 12 mos old? If so, very curious as to the reason why.
- Sat 29-Jan-2022, 13:00
- Forum: Growing Transplants
- Topic: What cell trays works best for starts?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3043
Re: What cell trays works best for starts?
Just saw Andrew's post on this in the Seed thread so never mind! Wondering if anyone's got advice on a growing medium? I was looking at coco coir but from the reading I've done, I'm not clear if I'd also need to use something with nutrients in it. I read that the seeds have everything they need to g...
- Sat 29-Jan-2022, 09:23
- Forum: Mulching
- Topic: Living Mulch?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1588
Living Mulch?
Does anyone have experience interplanting clover in a small garden? I'd love to hear about it. I'm considering it for both my pathways and in between rows in my beds. I expect it will create a bit more work to make sure it doesn't overtake things but there are a few reasons I find the option compell...
- Thu 27-Jan-2022, 10:31
- Forum: Growing Transplants
- Topic: What cell trays works best for starts?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3043
Re: What cell trays works best for starts?
I have a similar question! Thanks for all these references Tom (and for your compost thoughts on that other thread. I got busy with work and never got around to responding). I ended up buying some recycled paper trays that will only be good for one use I suspect. Wanted to avoid plastic and peat but...
- Fri 07-Jan-2022, 11:02
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Nashville
- Replies: 1
- Views: 878
Hello from Nashville
Hi folks! Really enjoyed reading everyone's introductions. Excited to have found this course and community. I've been gardening on a small scale all my life, having learned from my miracle-gro loving mother. Until last year I lived in a tiny cottage in Los Angeles with a small patch of astroturf cov...
- Fri 07-Jan-2022, 10:29
- Forum: Bokashi
- Topic: Bokashi (and other composting) questions...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6958
Bokashi (and other composting) questions...
Very excited to have found this resource. I started a bokashi bucket a few months ago. I already had a 3 bin, hot compost system in the yard, and a worm bin in the basement. The draw of Bokashi was 2 fold - 1. I'd read it was a high source of nitrogen to help heat the pile, and 2. that it could proc...