I have a question regarding Coco Peat. This is the first year I've tried it. I purchased three bricks of it and mixed it with the suggested amount of water....
danderso
danderso@...
Apr 1, 2003 2:03 pm
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Dear Lynn, I just read an article in the March/April 2003 American Gardener (American Horticultural Society magazine) that describes an area very similar to...
valeriezamora@...
Apr 1, 2003 4:55 pm
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Hi Diana, A couple of questions: Is this the Growcoir that Seeds of Change sells? Are you using it straight or mixed? The Grocoir people recommend mixing it...
Not sure if you all have seen this from the OTA, but every little call and email helps. A very easy way to get heard on an important issue. Thanks, Scott Help...
Thanks Val! I'll see if I can find it at the library. I usually don't have problems now that we can order stuff in via internet. How did we ever live ...
Greetings! I have been trying to locate seed for Sweet Grass, the botanical name is Hierochloe Oderata. In the past I had been able to acquire braids of the...
... Renaissance Herb Farm (http://www.provide.net/~raohf/) offers the plants. You can view their catalog in .pdf form. Michelle...
Michelle Carlson
carls197@...
Apr 2, 2003 6:00 pm
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Thanks for the tip. Now if I can just find some sun..... No, the coco peat is from Peaceful Valley. I used it pretty much straight for about half the flats I...
danderso
danderso@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:00 pm
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There is a tremendous selection of herbs as well. I think I'll end up with more than just the sweet grass! Thank you for your help. ... Renaissance Herb Farm...
... My pleasure! They are pretty close to where I live and I've been meaning for the longest time to get down there and look around (and probably end up ...
Michelle Carlson
carls197@...
Apr 2, 2003 10:56 pm
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Does anybody know how to save the seeds? There has been a giant catalpa tree on our farm ever since I was a child. It produces more cigars than I can count...
Hi, all! I haven't had time to catch up with all the emails on the list lately - we've been so busy. We are getting ready to attempt organic gardening for our...
Ida Marie North-Schro...
ischroder@...
Apr 3, 2003 6:13 pm
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I recently visited Florida and picked up 2 citrus dwarf trees - blood orange and lemon. I live in Rhode Island (crummy, cold winter - still!) and was told as...
Carol Ann Farrell
caf@...
Apr 3, 2003 6:18 pm
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GardensAlive has a whole bunch of fertilizers for veggies/root crops etc. You still should add compost to the bed as well. Leafy veggies (lettuce spinach...
I use blood meal to put the garden to sleep in the fall. and in the spring I use Fish emulsion on the bottom of my plants. Also now and then I mix some Fish...
Sims, Larry
sims_l@...
Apr 3, 2003 9:48 pm
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Jerry Baker has some books on potted plants and lemon trees. His books are easy and fun to read although he doesn't always do organic. Look at your local...
Hi, Thanks to everyone for the enthusiasm about catalpas....I've read a bit more about them on the internet since my posting looking for information. I've...
Martin&Caruso
Itchpeople@...
Apr 4, 2003 1:07 pm
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I forgot to include this in my last email. I want to grow some lotus this year but the plants I have found are ranging from sixty to ninety dollars PER...
Martin&Caruso
Itchpeople@...
Apr 4, 2003 1:10 pm
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I grew pineapple sage for the first time last year. Well, actually I planted two very small plants and they grew to about four feet tall and nearly as wide,...
... This website (http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/salelegans.htm) says it should be an evergreen perennial there, but it might be that the hard freeze...
Michelle Carlson
carls197@...
Apr 4, 2003 2:07 pm
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another addition, we use gypsum. We have a rather alkaline soil (clay) so we use gymsum to make it more acidic. MsMuddyToes ... From: "littell family"...
A little plug for Seed of Change: We sell Earthjuice Grow, Bloom, Microburst, and Catalyst in pints and quarts and now we have gallons of Grow and Bloom. It's...
Thanks to everyone who responded about fertilizing our little garden. I've got another question, which will really show what a newbie I am to all this - how...
Ida Marie North-Schro...
ischroder@...
Apr 4, 2003 8:40 pm
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Testing soil--you have three options--go to your Agric. extension office and find out how to get it tested through them--there are lots of labs that will do...
Is this the sweet grass as in sea island sweet grass baskets? Where do you live? If it's the same stuff, it just grows all over the marsh around here...I'm...
Martin&Caruso
Itchpeople@...
Apr 4, 2003 9:35 pm
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Ditto what the other e-mail to your answer. You can also order test kits on line. Seeds of Change has them and so does Bountifulgardens.com and I'm sure...
I always say be creative! You have to be careful of the plastic leeching things into the dirt and eventually the plant, but I'm not sure if that would happen....
