This is great information for those of us who are starting out with new garden beds and want to make sure we have good soil. it's so much better to test before we start amending and planting away! I do like your scientific approach to gardening - it makes sense and is not based on current trends. Thank you!
I have access to rabbit manure. I also have a compost pile. I keep the rabbit manure in a special pile for about a year before I use it. I have used some homemade compost that was aged for a couple seasons. I have had some of my compost batches that I used in my soil where few seeds germinated. So I’m cautious about adding too much compost to my pots. Usually I add it in my garden soil a couple weeks before I plant. There’s a few chemical additives used in agriculture for a variety of uses mostly in weed control. A few do not break down and will survive the compost process and can damage plants. I try to be cautious about some common bags of compost sold in the gardening section of some box stores because of reports of effects on seedings and veggies dying.
Im unclear about the compost you used, it was from kitchen scraps so what do you think was in it that would cause the seedlings to look like that? I used some straw in my compost pile, it was not organic so it may have herbicide in it....bad choice on my part to use the straw....I think I will used this compost when it is finished on ornamentals instead of food crops.
This machine is not creating compost, this is only food scraps whiteout water, but if you put this scraps in to real outdoor compost it will by change to compost.
Not all additives are what the sellers claim. A dose of skepticism is useful.
This is great information for those of us who are starting out with new garden beds and want to make sure we have good soil. it's so much better to test before we start amending and planting away! I do like your scientific approach to gardening - it makes sense and is not based on current trends. Thank you!
I have access to rabbit manure. I also have a compost pile. I keep the rabbit manure in a special pile for about a year before I use it. I have used some homemade compost that was aged for a couple seasons. I have had some of my compost batches that I used in my soil where few seeds germinated. So I’m cautious about adding too much compost to my pots. Usually I add it in my garden soil a couple weeks before I plant.
There’s a few chemical additives used in agriculture for a variety of uses mostly in weed control. A few do not break down and will survive the compost process and can damage plants. I try to be cautious about some common bags of compost sold in the gardening section of some box stores because of reports of effects on seedings and veggies dying.
Wow! Big difference in the two.
Thank you so much. I benefit greatly from all the information you so generously share!
Good experiment ☃️❄️🙃💚
Nice informative video, thanks. Awesome shirt as I respect all types of insects including arachnids .
Thanks you for this tip!
What is the name of the herbicide you mentioned that affects seedlings?
Im unclear about the compost you used, it was from kitchen scraps so what do you think was in it that would cause the seedlings to look like that? I used some straw in my compost pile, it was not organic so it may have herbicide in it....bad choice on my part to use the straw....I think I will used this compost when it is finished on ornamentals instead of food crops.
They were from an electronic composter, which does not not compost as claimed. So they were basically dried kitchen scraps.
Man, I hope all your seeds sprout 100% also.
This machine is not creating compost, this is only food scraps whiteout water, but if you put this scraps in to real outdoor compost it will by change to compost.
You may want to clean that drip pan