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Posted: Apr/05/2005 8:33 PM PST
compost tea...two big shovel full in a 5gallon bucket ...add water..cover with screen..let steep for a few days and then water your plants with it... |
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 2:08 AM PST
Organic mix fertilizer, bonemeal, and transplanter...  anything slow release, the less you have to do it the better
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 11:01 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by vegemm compost tea...two big shovel full in a 5gallon bucket ...add water..cover with screen..let steep for a few days and then water your plants with it...Uhm. How much water do you add?? I was just thinking it's time to empty some of my compost and I have plenty. |
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 1:18 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by myscrewsbeloose Uhm. How much water do you add?? I was just thinking it's time to empty some of my compost and I have plenty.I think you fill up the 5 gallon bucket with water.........lol  
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 5:02 PM PST
I like Monty's Joy Juice. The houseplants especially love it.
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 5:14 PM PST
I use composted manure for the entire garden in a heavy treatment at the beginning of Spring - I also toss in some used coffee grounds (ask the owner of your local coffee shop - mine was delighted by the idea.) For my roses I add a treatment of 1/3 cup bone-meal, 1/3 kelp meal and 1/3 epsom salts twice a season. Then, once a month, from May - September, I feed my roses with a slurry I make with 1 banana peel, 1 egg shell, 1/3 cup used coffee grounds, 1/3 cup of milk and 12 oz. of water - run it through the blender and spread it in a shallow (2") ring around the bush about 8" out from the base. Scratch it in a bit, cover over with soil, and then water well. This also gives me the chance to freshen up the mulch with new grass clippings. I like to do this one when rain is in the forecast for the same night or next morning. For my perennials and herbs, I do a healthy dose of compost at the beginning of the season and a light dose of compost mid to end July. Most perennials, and almost all herbs, really don't like to be overfed. For my annuals, I still like Miracle-Gro in the hose-end sprayer every other week. You can take the spray head off of their bottle and attach it between 2 hoses, which I need anyhow because of where the garden faucet is located. Then I put my watering wand on and water all the annuals first. I remove the Mircacle-Gro bottle and finish watering as usual, first thing in the morning. For seedlings, I use eggshell water - 2-3 eggshells, crushed and put into a recycled gallon milk container. Fill with water, let sit for at least 24 hours and use 1:1 with water. Also, if you have an aquarium, tank water 1:1 with regular water is good for seedlings. When I don't have seedlings I just toss the tank water into the garden. When I do a major tank cleaning I can remove up to 15 gallons of water (it's a 55 gal. tank.) |
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 7:54 PM PST
Compost Tea My Favorite too! I also will add blended foods between the harvests. Trying to do more year round veggies this year. Kale
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Posted: Apr/25/2005 7:59 PM PST
My favorite is Gro Power its amazing. And if I have a plant that is struggling and when I add new transplants I use Super Thrive. Thanks for asking! |
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Posted: Sep/01/2005 1:54 AM PST
I use compost and good old 10-10-10. In my section of MA, lime also helps the soil. I used 10-10-10 on my perenniels -- just threw some extra on the the bed in late fall, as well as some extra lime I had. That bed bloomed me out of house and home this year. I also use MiracleGrow when planting annuals, but a ring of 10-10-10 around the plant far enough away not to burn also boosts the annuals. |
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Posted: Sep/08/2005 9:47 AM PST
Compost. I keep a nice large pile just for that reason. |
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