In this video I discuss growing in hay or straw without conditioning the bales. Does bale gardening without conditioning work? Why?
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Thanks Opie for all your advice. I am beginning to see results for my efforts.
Great point! I have a friend who is a master gardener. When I told him I was doing straw bales gardening he was adamant that it wouldn’t work. I have video proof that it does 🙂 he is now considering trying a bale or two for fall garden. All thanks to you and Linda and your videos 🙂
Great information Oppe. Definitely good for beginners to know.
Rob
Great video, I had one out of 8 that didn't condition right. Moved the plants and did two-weeks on it and it was fine
Preach it Opie! Your videos were very helpful in my first attempt at bale gardening! My biggest problems this year was starting late and a little fertilizer mishap. Suggestion for a video for next year: "How to deal with light bales". Two of my bales had about half the straw of others and did not condition as well as the others until I walked on top of them to compress them down a bit.. Next year I will step those bales down early so they compost correctly. Keep up the good work!
Oppe – Great info to have. I have never tried straw bale but am curious. It's obvious that straw bales don't have the same macro & micro nutrients as soil. Seems a no brainer. How many years does a bale last for planting?
I did my homework and decided that conditioning was too much work. So I built raised beds, lol. Wow was that a lot of work! Hahaha.
Preach it brother! It is always someone else fault for the failures! Had one that kept pouring fertilizer on her bales to conditioning well after time to quit then planted her plants in it. You could see a ton of white fertilizer sitting on top so it cooked all her plants. She reported me to FB saying I destroyed her garden and tried to get me kicked out of FB. Now that took the cake.. LMBO. I see so many that DO NOT watch the step by step videos and do their own thing then come running asking what happen? I did it like you told me to! NOPE YOU DID NOT! Awesome advice my friend. Good luck and hope you have a great week!
Yes! The only way I can see to avoid conditioning with nitrogen would be to buy the bales end of summer, set them up and leave them all winter, but only in a climate where you had adequate rain/snowfall.
This is what happened to me the first time I tried straw bales gardening. But after watching all of your videos, I know better! Thanks for dropping some knowledgeable in your videos.
I can't believe I missed this. I had a few tell me that I didn't have to condition my bales but I will stick with what has worked for me so far.
Yep, if you want to grow in straw bales you have to watch Brew City Gardener. If you're thinking about growing in straw bales you really need to do a little homework.