This video talks about How to Make Comfrey Manure Tea as well as how to apply it. Comfrey manure tea, also known as comfrey tea, provides many nutrients to plants that it is applied to. It is very high in nitrogen and potash. Check out the blog article at: https://greatescapefarms.com/how-to-make-comfrey-manure-tea/
How to Propagate Maypop Passiflora incarnate Like a Professional - can be done via hardwood or softwood cuttings, layering, or by digging up rooted suckers from the mother plant. This post is about digging up rooted suckers from the mother plant. More information can be found at https://greatescapefarms.com/how-to-propagate-maypop-passiflora-incarnate-like-a-professional/
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This is a SHURflo 4008 Product Review. The product is needed for a rainwater harvesting system to provide instant on water pressure to a garden hose. The requirements are to provide instant on access to water with pressure that can keep a mist irrigation system running. It needs to be a system that runs on 115v and does not need a person to set it up or power it on or off every time it is used.
The Pump
I ordered my system from Amazon and it has a part number of ShurFlo 4008-171-E65. It is a 115V 3GPM and is in ShurFlo’s Revolution series of pumps. It is designed for high flow demand, low noise, can run dry without damage, and no rapid cycling. The pump has 4.4 stars out of 5 on Amazon.
Product Test
In order to test the product, I needed to put it together to run it. This involved putting PVC pipe on the input side to draw water in. I used hard PVC so it would draw water out of my fish pond. Then on the output side I used hard PVC pipe connected to a hose bib. This allowed me to connect the system up to a 75-foot garden hose. This is the way it will actually be used in the field and the garden hose actually gets pressurized allowing instant on pressure. I mounted the system on a piece of 2x6 I had laying around.
Not Weather Proof
The pump is not weather proof and needs to be housed in some kind of system to protect it from the elements. This does not matter for my use, but I just wanted to let you know so you are not surprised by that.
½” Connectors
I could not find anywhere online what size the connectors on the pump are. It turns out they are ½” PVC type connectors. Even with a ½” PVC connector connected to a ¾” hose, it still kept the system pressurized and flowing well.
The Demo
I tested the system out and was quite amazed by the amount of pressure that the system put out. It kept the hose pressurized and the pump automatically shut off when I turned the hose off. Then when I ran the hose, the pump automatically came back on after a couple of seconds and kept the water flowing. The water shot out of the hose under pressure to a distance of about twenty feet from where I was standing.
The Review
I love this little pump. For just over $100 on Amazon Prime, I could not have asked for more. It met all of my needs and was very affordable.
Amazon Product:
SHURFLO 4008-171-E65 Revolution Pump-3.0 Gpm, 115 Vac: https://amzn.to/2wDosBx
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Harvesting Kousa Dogwood Seeds Harvesting Cornus Kousa Seeds shows you how to harvest the seeds, get the pulp off and prepare them for 120 days of stratification.
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This video shows How to Remove T Posts with a T Post Puller.
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This post and video show the Channel Catfish in the Farm Pond as well as the blue gill. These were incorrectly identified as Bullhead catfish initially. They are indeed channel catfish. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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This post is about Transplanting Plant Suckers. We describe what a sucker is, the difference between a sucker and rooted cuttings and how to transplant suckers.
Elderberries
I have a number of elderberry plants at my Pasadena, MD homestead. There is one in particular that not only has loads of fruits, but also has loads of suckers every year.
What’s a Sucker?
A sucker in plant terms is a new plant that pops up from the roots of the existing plant. Sometimes this is caused by a damaged root. Other times it is just one of the ways a plant propagates. That is the case for elderberries. All of my elderberries propagate via suckers, but the Adam’s elderberry has a lot of suckers.
Rooted Cutting
Suckers are not rooted cuttings. A rooted cutting is when you cut softwood, semi-softwood, or hardwood branches off of the plant and then put it in the ground. If that cutting produces roots and begins to grow, it is called a rooted cutting.
Transplanting Plant Suckers
When transplanting plant suckers, you want enough of the root to keep the plant alive, but not so much of the root that you harm the original plant or that the root is so big that it is cumbersome to work with. I try to get the root system without disturbing much of the soil around the roots that I’m taking the sucker from.
Trim the Top
You will also want to trim off some of the plant canopy. I usually try to get about five to six inches of roots and only have about five to six inches of branches with leaves. By trimming off some of the canopy it helps prevent shocking the plant and allows it to build a strong root system of its own.
Selling Suckers
I will be selling plant suckers on Great Escape Nursery. I will make sure to differentiate between rooted cuttings and suckers, so keep an eye out for each in the spring.
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This How to Grow Wonderful Blackberry Vines in the Backyard video shows you how I trellised blackberries in the fall of last year and how great they are doing this summer. I have been harvesting blackberries for over a month now and still have buckets on the vine getting ready to ripen.
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Harvesting Paw Paw Pulp Harvesting Paw Paw Seeds shows you how to harvest and save a large amount of paw paw pulp and how to harvest and prepare paw paw seeds for planting.
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Here is a link to an awesome book "For the Love of Paw Paws: A Mini Manual for Growing and Caring for Paw Paws--From Seed to Table" that gives the best details I've seen anywhere on Paw Paw plants and fruit: https://amzn.to/3oXxq26
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This is a Seed Starting Indoors to Save Money video. I'll have a transcript up in the next couple of days.
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