Can I Grind up Drywall to add Rock Dust to My Garden? & More Organic Gardening Q&A
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers your organic gardening questions. In this episode, John you will learn the answers to the following questions and you are sure to learn something new. 01:50 Can I add live worms to my self watering container? 03:30 My garden is being taken over by mushrooms, are the mushrooms sapping away nutrients from the soil? 07:30 How soon can one garden in soil that was contaminated by swimming pool back wash? 09:25 You always say to use Rock Dust or Gypsum in your garden. Can I grind up some drywall sheets for the same effects? 11:35 I live in Canada and can't find Azomite. Is there anything else I can use instead? 14:55 How would you stop a huge ant problem? 17:10 Can you feed rock dust to the worms without negative effects?
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews Josh Cunnings of the Boogie Brew Compost Tea Company about Why Compost Tea Doesn't Work and How it can Improve Your Garden.
In this episode, John will ask Josh over a dozen questions regarding Compost Tea and if it actually works or doesn't' work in people's gardens. You will discover the truth about compost tea and if you should use it in your garden or not. You will also learn about a published study that show the benefits of compost tea on growing edible vegetables.
In this episode, John will ask Josh the following questions:
00:35 Three Ways Why Compost Tea Won’t Work
02:55 Does Compost Tea Get people Excited about gardening?
04:10 Should a single video on YouTube Judge if Compost Tea is Not Good for your Garden?
06:20 Why are there few Journal Published Studies on Compost Tea?
07:38 Does Compost Tea add Bacteria to your soil? What about adding nutrients?
09:06 Is using compost alone in your garden enough? Or should someone use Compost Tea also?
10:47 Are synthetic fertilizers more nutritious to the soil than Compost Tea?
12:28 Are you culturing bad bacteria when you make Compost Tea? Is it dangerous?
14:47 Does compost tea work because you are watering more?
16:46 Can Compost Tea make an Imbalance in your Soil?
18:04 Is the type of water you use to make Compost Tea important?
19:28 Does Compost Tea grow Giant Crops ?
25:41 Is foliar Feeding of Compost Tea good or Bad? Are you spreading Bad Bacteria in your garden?
27:18 Can Compost Tea be used in Container Gardens?
29:11 Why would someone want to get Boogie Brew Compost Tea instead of make their own?
30:34 Is it fair for someone to test Compost Tea at a standard chemical laboratory?
36:07 What percentage of Boogie Brew Customers are repeat customers?
37:12 Are there instances when Boogie Brew Compost Tea Won’t Work?
41:26 How can I get the lowest price on a Compost Tea that REALLY works?
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Referenced Video:
Open source compost tea recipe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI
Link to Boogie Brew Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/boogiebrew1/videos
Get Your Soil, Compost and Compost Tea Tested at
http://microbialmatrix.com/
Link to Journal Published Study on Benefits of Compost tea
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564151/
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his Achocha vines. In this episode you will learn about the Cyclanthera brachystachya "fat baby" plant that is a lesser known relative to the standard cucumbers. John will share with you how this fruit has grown for him, as well as how to harvest and use this fruit. John has found it to be more productive than the standard cucumbers he is growing in his garden.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ visits Moringa Place, a nursery in Loxahatchee, Florida and shares with you the best variety of Moringa Oleifera he has found. In addition he shares many unique cultivars of some herbs, spices, fruits and vegetables. You will learn about unique and rare varieties of:
Dragon Fruit that is a blue/purple color
Comfrey Bocking 14
Stinging Nettles without the Stingers
Lemon Grass from South America with Higher Oil Content
Epazote with different leaf shape and mild flavor
Fig Trees that are adapted to the Tropics
Stevia that is sweeter with less after taste
Moringa that produces more seed pod faster with improved taste.
Please note: George's Web site is not yet up. I spoke with him yesterday and he said it will be up later this week. He is "garden guy" not an "tech guy" so the best way to contact him is to call 561-633-8751. Multiple viewers have written me to say George has taken money and not shipped products.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he is propagating his purple perennial tree collards. In this episode, John shares with you his favorite perennial vegetable that grows year round to provide him with bountiful harvests of delicious purple collard greens.
You will discover the two different ways you can propagate this plant from cuttings and see how it is actually done. After watching this episode, you will learn how easy it is to clone or propagate this amazing brassica family vegetable to make new plant starts for yourself or your friends.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to whitelock urban farm in Baltimore, MD. In this episode, John will share with you the concept of this Urban Farming operation in the heart of Baltimore, MD. In addition, he will give you a tour of the farm and share with you some of the crops that are currently growing. Finally, John will share some of his growing tips with you that he observed from the farm, so you can have a successful garden whereever you live.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his install of a reusable reflective plastic mulch that has been show to increase yield of crops, repel pests, better maintain soil moisture and regulate soil temperature.
In this episode, John will show you how he is installing metallic insulation as a reflective mulch to create a better soil habitat for the food soil web microbes and creatures in the soil. You will learn the specific product he is using as well as how he will perfectly cut 3.5" diameter circles in the reflective insulation so that he can plant his peppers in this raised bed garden.
First, John will show you how he is installing the reflective insulation in his garden. You will learn about the spacing John will use to cut holes in the insulation. You will see the special protractor that he uses to cut circular holes. You will see how he easily uses a bulb planter to dig out just enough soil to plant his transplants.
Next, you will learn about some of the organic fertilizers John adds to each planting hole and why. You will discover why John sprinkles his transplant roots with a mixture of microbes and what he back fills each planting hole with.
Next, you will see all the pepper plants planted out in the bed and learn why John will stake up and put a temporary shade cloth over this reflective mulch raised bed garden.
Finally, John will talk about some of the reusable plant clips that he will use to securely hold the fragile plant stems to the bamboo stakes. He will also share his tips on experimenting in the garden and why he decided to use the reflective mulch.
After watching this episode, you will learn more about using the best reusable reflective mulch that can help to increase yields, prevent pests, and create a better habitat for the food soil web creatures.
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Referenced Episodes:
Prevent and Reverse Disease with this Organic Fertilizer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS1OGWuxJ7o
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In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
02:26 Do I need to filter rain water for gardening? Will it cause a pressure drop?
05:29 Should I add Rock Dust and Mycorrhizae to my compost pile to make it go faster?
10:14 Are you using something to inject fertilizer or compost tea into your drip system?
11:48 Where can I get Ice Lettuce?
13:28 Im starting to plant a garden. What should I grow in Florida Zone 9?
15:54 What kind of grow light do you use inside to grow your plants indoors?
Microgreens episode with the bulbs I recommend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blBwFvAghTs
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the best raised bed irrigation system he has ever used to grow the tallest, most productive vegetables in his garden. In this episode, you will learn more about the water saving aquajet high-pressure subsoil irrigation system and how it works. John will share some of his experiences with the aquajet irrigation system and why he had some challenges and how they were overcome. John will also share his comments on the last video he made sharing his experience with the aquajet irrigation system.
Learn more about the Aquajet at:
Original Installation video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2Mx7m2gfA
Questions and Answers about the Aquajet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8SN4hGzzE
Original Episode with the original review of the Aquajet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQaLEMNelKI
Learn more and purchase the Aquajet at:
http://www.intelligentirrigationllc.com
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you his review of his the Lifetime Dual Composter that he purchased from Costco.
In this episode, John will will unbox and share with you his opinions of the Plastic Lifestime Composter Model 60130U that he purchased at Costco for $149.99.
John believes this model is exclusively available at Costco at this time, and not available anywhere else. You will learn how long it takes to assemble this compost tumbler, as well as John's thoughts about this plastic composter with dual chambers.
Finally, John will share with you his tried and true easy method for composing his food scraps, yard waste and shredded trees achieving perfect results every single time.
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