You can make your own Bokashi Bran "from scratch" with this DIY recipe. The purpose of the bran is to inoculate the food waste with microorganisms to help them ferment - the main organism is lactic acid bacteria. My experience has been that this simple method of culturing lactobacillus from rice starch makes for an effective bokashi starter. I gather the starch from rice wash (rice water), culture the lactic acid bacteria using milk, then finally inoculate the wheat bran. When finished, the bran can be dried and stored for a year or more. This method is quite inexpensive compared to buying the bran in small batches commercially or even buying the EM starter liquid.
Looking for colorful ornamental plants for the fall garden? These 10 perennials will not disappoint in September and October(if you live on the temperate northern half of the globe!). I've featured some of these picks in past videos on perennials, and some are brand new recommendations. Some of these late bloomers could technically be called shrubs (because they're woody to a degree) but in practice I take them down to the ground in spring and grow them as herbaceous perennials. Only one (mirabilis) is tender, and it can be saved by digging the tubers.
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Let's talk about nursery pots & trays. Different size & shapes of pot may more useful for a particular plant or stage of growth. In this video I'll first discuss the effect of pot height on water (and thus air) holding capacity of your potting mix. Next, I'll talk about the practical differences in using square or round pots/trays. I'll also discuss material (mainly plastic) and overall soil volume.
Here's the link to that University of California article on soil porosity & pot height: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=29390
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Back to the old garden roses, here I describe another two varieties: the Centifolia and Moss classes. There's some confusion of the history of the Centifolia - with even experts sometimes placing the Centifolias back in the time of the Roman empire. Their true origin appears much more modern, with Dutch (and then French) breeders in the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s. These are the roses immortalized in the Dutch Golden Age of Art.
The Moss Roses originated as a sport mutation of the Centifolias, so they belong in the video as well.
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Photo credits:
Rosa × centifolia ‘Fantin Latour’, Botanischer Garten Berlin, photo by Salicyna used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Rosa × centifolia ‘Muscosa’, Botanischer Garten Berlin, photo by Salicyna used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Ogród Różany w Szczecinie - Petit de Holland, photo by Joanna Kośmider used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Rosa centifolia muscosa 'Mme. William Paul', photo by R.P. Braun used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Rosa × centifolia ‘Fantin Latour’, Ogród Botaniczn, photo by Salicyna used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Rosa centifolia muscosa ‘Marie de Blois’, photo by Salicyna used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Rosa 'Bullata', gr. Centifolias, Photo by A. Barra used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Rosa × centifolia ‘Parvifolia’, photo by Salicyna used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Rosa 'Rose de Meaux', gr. Centifolias, sect. Rosa. Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, photo by A. Barra used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Rose, Burgundian Rose photo by T. Kiya used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Rose, Chapeau de Napoleon, photo by T. Kiya used wihtout changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Rosa 'Nuits de Young', photo by Nadiatalent used without changes under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Roses in a Vase, Auguste Ren
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I'm always happy to have a look at new technology, and goodness knows we have enough lawn to give this a try. This is a Robot Lawnmower at the Kickstarter stage - and instead of using boundary wires, it maps the area by satellite and plans a full mowing pattern, resulting in more straight lines and less time "wandering". I hope you find this look at the product interesting!
the KOWOLL company will re-launched the KOLMOWER M28E on Kickstarter. To ensure you stay informed about their latest news and updates, follow them on social media and join their Facebook group. They are also working on other new smart lawn- mowing products, so please be patient, as it won't be long before they return with these items.
Pre-launch link: https://m28e.kowoll-garden.com/
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/kowollgarden
KOWOLL Introduces New Kolmower M28E Robotic Lawn Mower, World's First Lawn Mowing Robot with 3D Lidar Slam
KOWOLL, a leading pioneer in robotic lawnmower technology, has just announced the release of the Kolmower M28E. This robotic lawnmower is the first in the world to use 3D LiDAR SLAM technology.
3D LiDAR SLAM stands for 3-dimensional Light Detection and Ranging Simultaneous Localization and Mapping. This technology allows the Kolmower M28E to create a detailed map of your lawn, which it uses to navigate and mow efficiently.
The Kolmower M28E is also equipped with some other features that make it a top-of-the-line robotic lawnmower, including:
A powerful motor that can mow up to 4,000 square meters of lawn in 24 hours.
A weatherproof design that can withstand even the most extreme weather conditions
A theft alarm that will alert you if the mower is moved
A user-friendly app that allows you to control the mower from your smartphone
The KOWOLL Kolmower M28E is the perfect choice for homeowners who are looking for a reliable, easy-to-use, and high-performance robotic lawnmower.
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Sorry, I have no secret "recipe" of amendments for planting your own-root rose - in fact, it's my bias to keep planting simple: tease out the roots a little, dig a modest sized hole, backfill firmly with your native garden soil, and bury the crown of the plant at or near ground level. I'll explain these questions in a little more detail, and also talk about how planting an own-root rose differs from the planting of a grafted rose. If your experience/opinion differs from mine, why not begin a discussion in the comments section? I'm sure other rose lovers would appreciate the benefit of your knowledge.
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The short version of the story. For more details on how to grow great seedings, here are my picks:
Fix Leggy Seedlings: https://youtu.be/qxzoDsAebQs
3 Stages of Growing Seedlings: https://youtu.be/ENKBp7cTpls
Grow Great Seedlings After Germination: https://youtu.be/AIqIMvlee5I
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After germinating your seeds, here are some early steps to caring for your plants: watering & fertilizing, transplanting, thinning, and pinching. I do this video as a follow-up to my topic "Grow Lavender from Seed", and you'll be able to see the progress of my seedlings so far. Here's the original vid: https://youtu.be/BBgZz3Q0JXY
I usually forget to say one thing or another. In this video, when talking about thinning (or separating) the lavender seedlings at the plug stage, I say that it would be "okay" to go ahead and transplant the plug with all three seedlings. I should have gone on to note that you'll have nicer overall results if you eventually pinch off (kill) two of the three seedlings so that there's only one well-branched plant per pot.
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Thornless blackberry plants can bear exceptionally large fruit. I compare them here to wild-picked berries, and they're so much larger. Please note that I haven't given my garden blackberry bush any advantage with fertilizer or extra watering. It's growing in the same conditions as those across the fence. In this video I'll show you how to prune blackberries, raspberries, and once-flowering rambling roses that bloom and bear fruit on 2nd year ripened wood.
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The way you train and prune your climbing roses can make a huge difference in increasing blooms in your garden. The wonderful thing about climbers and ramblers is that they throw very long stems that can be trained up or across a structure (wall, fence, trellis, archway). The main trick is to "think horizontal" in the way you secure those rose canes. In this video, I'll show you a couple of roses: 'Super Dorothy' and 'Altissimo', each with it's own growing habit. You may note that one of these roses is grown in a container - the other in the ground, but it really doesn't change the method in any way.
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Photo credits:
Climbing Iceberg photo by T. Kiya (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Seven Sisters photo by F.D. Richards (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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