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04-23-2024, 12:45 PM
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i use ammonium sulfate and citric acid to lower my lawn soil PH. it has worked through the years.
i blend the citric acid with ferrous iron to make my lawn even more green
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04-26-2024, 12:53 PM
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I am wondering how disastrous it would be to buy a bail of hay and use it in the garden…
a) to add some mulch and organics into the soil.
b) to use on the surface as a mulch to decrease weeds.
Is there a lot of weed seeds in a hay bail? Don’t want to infest my veggie garden with even more weeds
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04-26-2024, 01:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
I am wondering how disastrous it would be to buy a bail of hay and use it in the garden…
a) to add some mulch and organics into the soil.
b) to use on the surface as a mulch to decrease weeds.
Is there a lot of weed seeds in a hay bail? Don’t want to infest my veggie garden with even more weeds
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My garden is 4' row centers. Between the rows & up the new plants I put straw. Thick , lasts 2-3 years. Helps hold moisture = less watering.
Another plus side is even after watering / rain , you can get into the garden without getting muddy boots.
Each time I till I do not take the straw away from the rows. I till it in & put more straw to keep it tight to the plants. I do not till between the rows where I walk. This also keeps the weeds down.
I do not use hay. This can intrude weeds.
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04-26-2024, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Reeves1
My garden is 4' row centers. Between the rows & up the new plants I put straw. Thick , lasts 2-3 years. Helps hold moisture = less watering.
Another plus side is even after watering / rain , you can get into the garden without getting muddy boots.
Each time I till I do not take the straw away from the rows. I till it in & put more straw to keep it tight to the plants. I do not till between the rows where I walk. This also keeps the weeds down.
I do not use hay. This can intrude weeds.
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Cool. So just buy a few straw bales then. Wonder where in south Calgary a fella can buy a couple?
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04-26-2024, 03:14 PM
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straw
Golden Acres sells bales.I use it also ,spread alfalfa pellets and cover with straw.
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05-04-2024, 01:41 PM
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Planted my peas before the snow.
Planting my kohlrabi, cucumbers, potatoes and carrots today.
Plucked all the mummy berries off the Saskatoons and will sprinkle sulphur around the base today.
So far my crop is getting better each year with just cleaning out the diseased berries.
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05-04-2024, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Tungsten,
Golden Acres sells bales.I use it also ,spread alfalfa pellets and cover with straw.
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I’ve used dry alfalfa pellets before. Maybe again next year.
Lone Star Tack and Feed had clean straw for sale so picked up some. Cheapest around. 1/3 the price.
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05-04-2024, 02:17 PM
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I took old farm fuel tanks and cut them across in half then lit fires inside to clean them out. How have large pots 40 in. across and 40 in. tall. Filled with normal soil and topped with good soil mixed with old manure. Spray painted the outside black, which causes the soil inside to be warmer than normal surface soil, plants love the warm soil. We have 12 of these pots, no need to bend down to seed, weed or harvest. Peas, cucumbers and trailing plants hang over the side. Buying old tanks gave a cost of $35 per pot, which will be good for longer than I ever need. Tomatoes crop was huge last year, I think it was partly a result of warmer soil. Hose was split and fitted over the cut edge.
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05-04-2024, 05:25 PM
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Finished planting the potatoes, peas, carrots, kohlrabi and cucumbers.
Hoping to add some corn and sunflowers later.
Now we wait and see if we get frost. Takes a couple weeks for the seeds to sprout. Any die I’ll just replace at the end of the month.
I also spread clean straw all over the top to keep moisture in. Really hoping we don’t have any weed seed problems.
Planted a large number of tiny stunted perch with the potatoes. Great fertilizer.
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05-04-2024, 05:40 PM
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05-05-2024, 11:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
Planted my peas before the snow.
Planting my kohlrabi, cucumbers, potatoes and carrots today.
Plucked all the mummy berries off the Saskatoons and will sprinkle sulphur around the base today.
So far my crop is getting better each year with just cleaning out the diseased berries.
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Does the Sulphur help with the "bug's/ parasite?" that dry's up the fruit in mid summer? What other benefits does it offer? I surrounded mine with wood chips hoping that will help? But am looking for all the help I can get.
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05-06-2024, 11:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
Finished planting the potatoes, peas, carrots, kohlrabi and cucumbers.
Hoping to add some corn and sunflowers later.
Now we wait and see if we get frost. Takes a couple weeks for the seeds to sprout. Any die I’ll just replace at the end of the month.
I also spread clean straw all over the top to keep moisture in. Really hoping we don’t have any weed seed problems.
Planted a large number of tiny stunted perch with the potatoes. Great fertilizer.
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There will be seeds from the crop that will come up. Cut them off before they develop seed heads.
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