Straw Bale Garden Tour Part I
...plants to make sure they have enough nutrients. Leave your questions in the comments....
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Root Knot Nematodes, Meliodogyne spp.
...e. Bad stuff. I have had plants that mysteriously won’t grow. No amount of fertilizer, water or sunlight seems to make them happy. Then, I pull out the plant and find the tell-tale sign of root knot nematodes- galls on the roots. The roots are stunted and distorted. They look like they are covered in tumors. According to my California Master Gardener Handbook, plant parasitic nematodes (including the root knot type) can form complexes with pathoge...
Straw Bale Garden Part IV: Almost Ready to Plant?
...keeping the bales moist in our hot and dry climate. Tarps may have helped. The next step will be to plant seedlings and add a balanced fertilizer (fish emulsion) every other week....
What’s in Worm Leachate?
...It’s pretty strong stuff! Gillman concludes, this could be a great liquid fertilizer if it were used properly. I’d recommend diluting it somewhere between 1:1 and 1:5 worm juice : water before applying it, and I’d only apply it once every week or two. If you want to use it, try it on something that you’re not too concerned about first, just to make sure that it doesn’t do anything too terrible (It shouldn’t, but I believe in caution). To see a fu...
A Cheap Soil Testing Service
...for the standard test plus organic matter. The standard tests includes heavy metals. That’s a bargain, and you don’t have to be a resident of Massachusetts. They also offer compost, fertilizer and plant tissue tests at reasonable prices. Read a review of UMASS soil testing by master gardener Amy Thompson at Cool Tools....