Recent content by Chris2018

To be honest, there is no such thing as a "natural" diet for chickens as the is no wild chicken. Chickens are "man-made" species bred from jungle fowl.

Dump it in the trash. Being sealed in a bucket you created a low oxygen environment that is an ideal environment for anaerobic bacteria to thrive in. Anaerobic bacteria are the bacteria that you don't want in your compost or soil and will start killing out the aerobic bacteria. The bacteria...

As a "rule" I don't add manure to my gardens. The manure is first composted (in a compost pile) and then the compost is spread on/ in the gardens, I also don't use manures in my teas. The reason I don't add manure to my gardens or teas is because you will be adding bad bacteria, fungal life...

As a rule, I use 3 types of nutrients in 2 different forms. Dry -- 5-5-5 (All Purpose) Early Spring and Fall. 7-4-4 (Grow) While there in a growing stage. 2-8-6 (Bloom) While there in a bloom stage, or producing a crop below grown. Liquid -- 3-1-3 (Grow) While there in a growing stage. 4-3-6...

Below is from a Master Gardener Article on the University of Georga's Extension page. George Weigel, a Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist and journalist, claims the sunflower has natural plant chemicals (sesquiterpene lactones) which serve as a defense mechanism for fending off competitors...

The term aged manure refers to a manure that is at least a year old, you can use it much sooner BUT it wouldn't be concerned aged. A manure that sits, un-aerated for 3 or 4 months will contain less Ammonia in it since most of it leached out and wash away in the leachate but, the manure will...

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Just an update, these peppers are filling out nicely. There about 8-week-old and getting transplanted into 1/2-gallon pots. There needing to in the ground badly but the I still have until the last week of May before they can go out. I counted close to 20 buds on this guy as I was transplanting it.

I'm sorry, I didn't see your question until now. These are for me. I started about 24 of these peppers as a test run to see how they produce and grow.

If your manure is 3-1/2 to 4 months old, it is still fresh and not even close to aged. Aged manure is over a year-old minimum. Since you're dealing with fresh manure, I would compost it with yard/garden waste, kitchen waste etc. then add it to the garden at the rate of about 100 lbs. per 10x10...

The one in the picture is Hoy, its a heirloom Beefsteak type tomato that get a fruit that's meaty and pink to red in color with a average weigh of 1.5 to 3 pounds. I'm also growing Brandywine (potato leaf), Marglobe, Mega Zac, Campbells 1327, Rutgers (seeds are directly from Rutgers...

Tomatoes going into ½-gallon pots today. These month tomatoes are doing good with a healthy set of roots.

Update before transplanting them in to 1/2-gallon pots. Tomatoes are about 30 days old now and had good growth (2 inches +/-) within the last 5 days and filling out nicely. pdate before transplanting them in to 1/2-gallon pots. Tomatoes are about 30 days old now and had good growth (2 inches...

The information in the second chart was found on the Victory Seed Co. website. The information in the first chart was found on a tomato form (can't think of the name at the moment) and from a couple older seed catalogs my dad had saved over the years.

Yeah, can't do that here. The growin season is way to short.