MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
By any chance, does anyone here have experience of growing wine cap mushrooms? Because I've been talking with a local mushroom guy and might just be getting into trying to cultivate a bed of them.
I'm thinking about turning part of my garage into a seedling station because the late summer fall heat is killing all my sprouts, does anyone have grow light suggestions?
Could you please give me advice on fertilizers? I'm not quite sure which to pick for hydrangeas.
Thanks in advance
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MayabirdPecking at the keyboardRegistered Userregular
Hydrangeas - if you want them blue, keep the soil acidic. If you want them pink, let it go neutral/alkaline. An easy trick is to use pine needles or pine bark as mulch, which supplies the acid while also protecting the ground and moisture.
As for fertilizer, some compost or something mixed in the soil before you mulch. Early spring is best; fertilizers added too late in the growing season just wash away, wasting your money and polluting the waterways.
Some of it was just being dumb, but I’m about to give up on Neem oil and go nuclear.
Try to rotate your crops as much as possible, don't plant things in the same area, and ideally don't plant the same plants two years in a row. The latter is hard, but REALLY throws the targetted insects for a loop. If you can say, focus on squash, corn and peppers one year and then carrots, tomotoes and beans the next then it can really help keep harmful insect numbers down. However, it clearly sucks because you have to be so picky about what you grow.
Some of it was just being dumb, but I’m about to give up on Neem oil and go nuclear.
Try to rotate your crops as much as possible, don't plant things in the same area, and ideally don't plant the same plants two years in a row. The latter is hard, but REALLY throws the targetted insects for a loop. If you can say, focus on squash, corn and peppers one year and then carrots, tomotoes and beans the next then it can really help keep harmful insect numbers down. However, it clearly sucks because you have to be so picky about what you grow.
Definately rotate the crops though.
We got stuck with something like this on our allotment - white rot on our onions and garlic. Renders the soil unusuable for *years*. Affects two of our beds now Same bed can grow squash and rocket no problem however, just shift focus and move on.
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
Looking for some advice from someone who knows about Kaffir Lime ( or just Lime) trees:
This is my Kaffir Lime tree - it's currently Winter, heading to spring, and you may notice something about this tree - roughly one third of it consists of what I want from the tree (delicious, delicious leaves) and two thirds consists of it trying to kill everything in its vague area, via impalement. Anyone have any tips on how to convince the tree to change these ratios? I need to weed under it ( difficult, because it penetrates all gloves and sleeves I throw at it), but I'm not sure why it hates all other life with quite the intensity it does.
Is it grafted?
In this case, no it is not grafted - however, in my looking, I found that the leaves were showing signs that the plant didn't have the nutrients it needed - not surprising, I guess, in a raised bed, so I went out and found some specialized citrus fertilizer to try. Few weeks later:
It still wants to kill everything, but it looks pretty (and smells amazing) while doing it.
I had given up on my tomatillos which were flowering all summer but didn't seem to be fruiting.
Clearly something changed in the last 3 days:
Yeah mine did crap all during the summer as well. As soon as we got some rain the plants sprang to life and started producing.
The sad part is I've let my garden grow over, so I could cut it all down and compost everything. Even my previous dormant tomatoes have come back to life. Months without rain makes for a sad gardener.
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Thanks in advance
As for fertilizer, some compost or something mixed in the soil before you mulch. Early spring is best; fertilizers added too late in the growing season just wash away, wasting your money and polluting the waterways.
Try to rotate your crops as much as possible, don't plant things in the same area, and ideally don't plant the same plants two years in a row. The latter is hard, but REALLY throws the targetted insects for a loop. If you can say, focus on squash, corn and peppers one year and then carrots, tomotoes and beans the next then it can really help keep harmful insect numbers down. However, it clearly sucks because you have to be so picky about what you grow.
Definately rotate the crops though.
We got stuck with something like this on our allotment - white rot on our onions and garlic. Renders the soil unusuable for *years*. Affects two of our beds now
In this case, no it is not grafted - however, in my looking, I found that the leaves were showing signs that the plant didn't have the nutrients it needed - not surprising, I guess, in a raised bed, so I went out and found some specialized citrus fertilizer to try. Few weeks later:
Clearly something changed in the last 3 days:
Yeah mine did crap all during the summer as well. As soon as we got some rain the plants sprang to life and started producing.
The sad part is I've let my garden grow over, so I could cut it all down and compost everything. Even my previous dormant tomatoes have come back to life. Months without rain makes for a sad gardener.