Forum: Site Help & Feedback
01-05-2010, 12:46 PM
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Re: Reminder about offensive content
This made me laugh... good one, seriously.
Lets not post anything about funerals either.. dead ppl make me uncomfortable... even tho one day ill be dead.
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-15-2009, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 23,954
Re: Oil and Water.(Conventional vs. Organic)
Lagniappe,
A low dose for feeding beneficials is irrelevant. The reason is, people applying chems are not focused on the soil food web, but feeding the plant, the exact reason the chemicals, directly...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-15-2009, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 168
Views: 23,954
Oil and Water.(Conventional vs. Organic)
The basics of organic gardening is simple.
Organic gardening focuses on life in the soil, we "feed the soil".
Conventional gardening feeds the plant directly, it is the chemical salts the plants...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-15-2009, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 23,221
Re: "Organic" Fertillizer
For all with fear of going to websites, Soil Food Web Inc. is the authority in testing microbiology in soil. They have a nice safe website loaded with information, they ARE a lab. Studying many of...
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
08-12-2009, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,833
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
08-11-2009, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,833
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Forum: Banana Plant Health And Maintenance Topics
08-11-2009, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,833
Re: Bananas & Diatomaceous Earth....
Yes DE is fine for plants, its actually provides silica. For DE to work effectively the soil MUST be dry, any moisture will cause it to not work and clump together. Diatomaceous Earth is single cell...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-10-2009, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 23,221
Re: "Organic" Fertillizer
I strongly suggest to you some reading at Soil Foodweb, Inc. (http://www.soilfoodweb.com)
or the book "Teaming With Microbes" by Jeff Lowenfels.
I can not begin to address the misunderstandings in...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-10-2009, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,829
Re: The Future of Fertilizer
Was having lunch at a Ghengis Grill the other day and had a talk about blood letting. Seems in times of little or no food, for energy the warriors of Ghengis Khan would cut into a vein on their...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
08-03-2009, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 17
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Re: The Vitamin B-1 Myth
Any shrub or tree of the Salix species should work. It is actually naturally occuring indolebutyric acid (IBA) in willows that is most concentrated in the growing tips. Another odd but interesting...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-13-2009, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,829
Re: The Future of Fertilizer
Richard,
Trust this one when i say i realize the proportion of land needed vs. land available to sustain a family, trust me. It is a sad, sad fact in America, of what we have done to this land...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-10-2009, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,829
Re: The Future of Fertilizer
Reality, ahhh not fun to have to deal with.
I feel much responsibility needs to be taken with each and every person.
Too many rely on the actions of few (farmers). If everyone would just use the...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-10-2009, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,829
Re: The Future of Fertilizer
This road has been traveled down many of times, and I must have to say, with respect, I disagree with this statement Richard.
Chemical fertilizers may be based off of natural occuring mineral...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-09-2009, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,829
Re: The Future of Fertilizer
I think we should all think more on terms of sustainability. I do not fear any shortage of nutrient supplementation anytime soon (bc thank heavens, nature has already provided what we need). What I...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
07-08-2009, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 12,644
Re: Potassium source for bananas
Liquid molasses (blackstrap pref.) is very high in (K) Potassium, as well as magnesium,calcium and iron. Plus it feeds the beneficial microbes in the soil. Kelp meal is very good as well, and do not...
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