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Thanks, great info. My first crop of salanova is ready, but it seems really flat to the ground. Is that normal?
I think I saw the gnome at the very beginning beside the tarped greenhouse looking thing right behind you–to the left of the greenhouse
You could use a mowing scythe on the carrot tops 😀
Transplant shock and root bounding is also a good reason to use soil blocks.
Plug or blocks. I thought I'd try blocks cos my plugs were difficult too get out in on piece. Read your soil blocker mix in your book and went to my local massive home and garden store (UK) to get potting soil, peat based with perlite. Everything was peat free. Also the bags of perlite seemed like the pellets of perlite were really big to use in such small soil blocks. Came home empty handed and then read this in my search for answers http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/today_in_your_garden/ethical_peat.shtml... Thoughts? Peat free and vermiculite????
When you put plant material into a compost pile, it is the indigenous microbes that break it down. So whenever a gardener experiments with a compost pile to get it to work better, the gardener is actually experimenting with ways to assist the local microbes in doing what they do. The right moisture, carbon to nitrogen ratio, turning the pile to add oxygen, etc. When the gardener adds compost to the soil he/she is inoculating the soil with zillions of microbes who continue to break down organic matter in the soil for the benefit of the plants. Which benefits the gardener.
Hey curtis I didn't ask this week's question about IMOs but when I first started watching your content at the beginning of this year I remember asking you if you did anything with compost tea and anything like EM-1 or IMOs and quickly got my question answered as doing anything like that, unless it is in the set up phase, is a massive waste of time and doesn't fit into the profitable frame. that being said I am a biology major and microbiology in relation to the optimal growing method is what I'm passionate about and I see the microbes as the key to everything. I've done a lot of research on the topics of IMOs, compost tea, and EM-1. There is this guy, Drake, that I consider to be the microbemeister I highly recommend watching his videos on the topic https://youtu.be/IoCrZMnr5KE despite how poorly edited they are, the IMO series is 9 parts but the information is priceless. Your guess on what an IMO is was exactly correct, in biology technically speaking there's no such thing as "indigenous" microbes, that idea doesn't makes sense in the terms of microbes because how would we determine what the most "indigenous" of microbes are (primordial soup) and do they even fit the context of our purpose(generally no) so the term "indigenous" is just a practical term to locate the type of microbes in your general area. the process of creating your own imo is very lengthy and much more involved and complicated than simply brewing some compost tea and I have yet to make my own IMO this year with so much going on school-wise for me. the essential goal with applying IMO is to get the local fungal network from a healthy ecosystem close to your own to take hold and that boosts various microbial and plant functions in the soil, and essentially really establish a permanent fertility. the essential process is getting beneficial microbes to inoculate rice out in the forest, you then isolate the desired microbes based on color, then you put them in a jar and ferment the rice/microbes in sugar, wait a couple weeks, eventually a compost tea-like liquid will form and that is the basis of the IMO and is applied in the same way compost tea is. EM-1 is "effective microorganisms" and generally speaking this is lactic acid bacteria and the way it's been anthropomorphized into my human understanding is that the EM-1 acts like super soliders that eradicate any and all biological impurities in your system the only issue is that they are heavy feeders and may compete with plants and other more benign beneficial microbes, using EM 1 initially on one of my tomatoe beds last year produced insane yields and no pests while the others that weren't inoculated failed. EM-1 should only be seen and used as a remedial option or start-up fortification. These farming methods are thousands of years old and come from Korean natural farming and have been brought to America through the efforts of drake and the wisdom of Master Cho. definitely not something to focus on in a context like what Curtis is doing but for home gardeners this is a necessity to boost soil biology, fertility, and really add that feel of enchantment to ones food. Drake believes in the power of these IMOs so much that he claims they eat hydrocarbons, he has 2 tankers on the back of his truck and sprays the microbes behind him on the highway at night to lower pollution levels its some amazing work. The true microbial ambassador!
You're everything that's right about America but you're Canadian… so it's perplexing.
Do you source tomato boxes online?
Subtle new book drop.Willing to share any info about it??
Karatepop….where you at ? I suspect in some parts of the world there is loads natural peat so it's less of a issue. I bet given time we'll all be using it.
Have you thought about buying rent houses and using the land to grow on but also rent out so you're essentially doubling if not tripling your profit on the same property. Might even help keep the property rented if you let them have a percentage of product too.
which video log is the income in?
gnome, sorry
Have you considered using the greens harvester, and only taking half the tops of the carrots off. Then going over it a second time, with the harvester, to get the other half. Or would that be slower than just cutting them off by hand? My thought is that by only taking half at one shot would keep them from getting wrapped around.
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Sorry if you've answered this already, Curtis, but I had a question about the tomato plants being trained up the strings. Are the strings just tied to the base of each stem and pulled taut at the top anchor point? I tried using stakes this year, but even with the longest coated metal ones I could find, they bent as the plants reached about two meters high, so I am wanting to get everything planned out to make a big shaded hoophouse next year using the string system you use.
Sorry for the long-winded question, and thank you for the time as well as the videos! I should finally be buying your book soon, too.
I think the another good reason to use soil blocks is the they reduce root bound that are often found in plugs or potted seedlings. then the roots have to put more energy into redirecting the roots to the soil, just like with planting the sunflower shoots.
johnny
Can you do a video on the green washing area 3:50?
Q&A excellent, thankyou
What do you think of using a lawn mower with a bag to cut/collect the carrot tops instead? The tops are just put in the compost afterward anyway, right?
Edit: Sorry if you are completely annoyed with these suggestions lol just thought mine was different somehow.
I was wondering if you were happy with the tilther?
Fantastic video series – thank you Curtis. You seem to get fantastic shelf life out of greens, and it seems mainly from harvesting them as dry as possible without their wilting. I think I noticed in another video holes drilled into the lid of one of your totes (I assume to let the greens breathe in storage), do you drill the totes themselves or just the lids?
Love your Videos. You should realy try Ormuson yourmikrogreens and make avideo about that . Please. Greeetz from Wuppertal Germany LG Maik
is better to harvest tomatoes leaving some green on the top or is just a presentention thingy?
Thank you for your work. I have been doing an internship at an urban farm in Vancouver 3 days a week and consider you the "online portion of the course". Thanks for the update on the overwintered kale! I left mine in over winter too and am still harvesting!
I believe a time lapse of a full days work on your farm would help people understand the grind better.
where do you guys your boxes?
Do you make your own compost? How to make simply organic compost?
You spend a ton of time harvesting carrots. There is a flail mower attachment for the BCS tiller that although expensive would cut atleast 1 hour per bed for each harvest.