Fermented plant extracts
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mustard makes a good mulch for me. i cut it back and use the leaves as mulch. then it grows back and i repeat all summer long.
the thistle can be chopped up and composted BEFORE any seed head forms. even if you cut off a premature flower head, it will still turn to seed. if you get it early it makes great compost material and decomposes fast. on another note the blooms can be cut off and used for a flowering extract.
the thistle can be chopped up and composted BEFORE any seed head forms. even if you cut off a premature flower head, it will still turn to seed. if you get it early it makes great compost material and decomposes fast. on another note the blooms can be cut off and used for a flowering extract.
I've got to get out to a few local parks where they have several acres of stinging nettles that i could grab for free. 
I'm thinking that catnip could also be pretty useful and i have access to a fair amount of that.
Anyone use catnip for things besides getting cats all goofed out and for tea? It's a nice tea for people who have ADD/ADHD type energy and wish to focus a bit more.
Great info on those thistles Jay. Didn't realize they were like hydras.
I'm thinking that catnip could also be pretty useful and i have access to a fair amount of that. Anyone use catnip for things besides getting cats all goofed out and for tea? It's a nice tea for people who have ADD/ADHD type energy and wish to focus a bit more.
Great info on those thistles Jay. Didn't realize they were like hydras.
Those just got put in the ground a few days ago and they are already up and jumping.
Watching them develop is already fun. If they keep growing at this pace i might have to cut them before july to have some space! I want to grow yarrow, but i didn't know i could earn millions of dollars doing so.
If the oil were only 0.1% that would still be 100 lbs of oil to sell.
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Those just got put in the ground a few days ago and they are already up and jumping.
3rdEye
I bought 4 root starts and one of them simply looked like a piece of wood. There was absolutely nothing that indicated that it would grow anything. The other 3 weren't exactly covered with much either.
The barest of the root starts was the first one out of the ground with new leaves. Hard to believe.
RE: Yarrow
In the pack of seeds I purchased the local Yarrow variety was included. A few days later I was at the nursery and they had 4 or 5 varieties of Yarrow - one has red flowers, another has red & white flowers, another is purple and another that has the word 'blue' in the name. I can't remember the other.
These were in #1 standard nursery pots and looked very healthy. I planted them in the raised beds here and there. The growth rate of this plant is almost like something out of science fiction. The Yarrow with the red flowers already has 10-12 flower heads at < 12" in total height.
By September they should be 4 or 5' maybe? LOL
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Jaykush
Comparing Lavender with Yarrow as far as the insecticide benefit - which plant do you think has the most bang for the buck?
Would the brew time for Yarrow be similar to the Lavender Tea recipe? Dilution rate pretty much the same?
Thanks!
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Comparing Lavender with Yarrow as far as the insecticide benefit - which plant do you think has the most bang for the buck?
Would the brew time for Yarrow be similar to the Lavender Tea recipe? Dilution rate pretty much the same?
Thanks!
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as far as insecticidal properties lavender wins, as far as beneficial stimulus goes ill have to go with the yarrow. it just stimulates the goodness in all kinds of plants.
yarrow can be brewed for longer to be a nutrient extract. dilution rate is all on how strong you make it.
yarrow can be brewed for longer to be a nutrient extract. dilution rate is all on how strong you make it.
organicterra
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what i have found best for identifying plants is flickr groups. if you set up a free account and upload your photos of various plants to certain groups. most will get an ID within a day or so. ive yet to post a plant there that i have not got an ID from someone.
followed by local knowledge. if its growing around you, chances are quite a few people at least know its name.
followed by local knowledge. if its growing around you, chances are quite a few people at least know its name.
Got gifted a box of overripe pineapples at my local greengrocers... time for a nice big batch of ferment!
Might give a couple to my pigs if they lucky...
Might give a couple to my pigs if they lucky...
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It's official - the smell from fermenting nettles is beyond simple terms like vile, putrid, sewage.
Friggin' unbelievable. And it's not even close to finish. It's been 8 or 9 days and no warm weather. I can't imagining brewing this within 100 feet of your home during the summer months.
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Friggin' unbelievable. And it's not even close to finish. It's been 8 or 9 days and no warm weather. I can't imagining brewing this within 100 feet of your home during the summer months.
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yarrow
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grows great around the compost bin and as a groundcover/border plant..the blooms give a neat essence to the garden and make some killer tea's for pretty much anything you spray it on..
oh & no worries when foliar spaying with fermented plant tea's, i truly believe they make my skin softer and smoother,possibly healthier
yarrow
grows great around the compost bin and as a groundcover/border plant..the blooms give a neat essence to the garden and make some killer tea's for pretty much anything you spray it on..
oh & no worries when foliar spaying with fermented plant tea's
, i truly believe they make my skin softer and smoother,possibly healthier
GoneRooty
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Glad to hear your Yarrow is doing so great!! I just got a local Yarrow from a lady around here today, and she says they can very easily get 4 foot tall. Hope mine does that good!
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Mr Fista
Thank you for posting those terms - I looked them up to understand what you were talking about.
I was planning on using the nettle tea (and others as harvest allows) on the indoor MMJ garden. This should be a real test on how well my air filter system is working.
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Thank you for posting those terms - I looked them up to understand what you were talking about.
I was planning on using the nettle tea (and others as harvest allows) on the indoor MMJ garden. This should be a real test on how well my air filter system is working.
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Darc Mind
The photo you posted of the Yarrow with the purple flowers is one of the types I picked-up at the nursery. Beautiful plant!
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The photo you posted of the Yarrow with the purple flowers is one of the types I picked-up at the nursery. Beautiful plant!
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