[yortbogey]

Von... U'r knowledge is priceless..,and the endeavor used to carry this information to the rest of us....is GREATLY appreciated.....I long for the day we share a joint and reflect....

[VortexPower420]

Von- Nice bud. Propagating and growing you own nutrients. I have read in you old post about all the goodies you have around you. I am also lucky to have a great wealth of accumulator plants growing everywhere. I spend most of my time driving on roads eying the side of the road to see if there is anything I can go and wild craft.

I would be interested to find out how the horsetail works out for you. Planting by a swamp seems like a good plan. If you have it locally already relocating it another natural habitat i don't feel it would be bad.

I commend you for you diligence on not importing invasive species. It is something every organic gardener should think about. (all people for that matter)

I don't think I will be propagating my own.

I love the thrill of the hunt!

I am planing on doing the same thing as you collecting A LOT of biomass this year so this winter when I start up again and next summer I will be rolling in HIGH QUALITY worm castings and ample left over for topdressing/mulches until next spring/summer when It starts all over again.

Diversity is king.

Timbuktu

[VortexPower420]

HEre is a pic of some of the plants I have wild crafted Yarrow on the left, some horsetail and my favorite comfrey. The comfrey is from a small plant I have in the back of my house I use this one for teas and my wife makes medicine and creams from it.


This is a 55 gal trash can filled with dried comfrey ready for the weed wacker to be turned into mulch. This is one of about 5 trash cans I have filled. Worms love it, and plants roots love it.

When I harvest the comfrey people must think "what is this asshole cutting down from the side of the road and filling up the bed of his truck with". Lucky wild crafting in my area is smiled upon.

One truck load wet comfrey = 55 gal dry = about 3 gals chopped.

The next picture is what roots do when exposed to a comfrey mulch



Timbuktu

[Coba]

yea man, Von, you're a class act.

[Coba]

So with all these minerals available in volcanic rocks... anyone using volcanic rock dusts as fertilizer shouldn't need much of anything else, besides nitrogen huh?

is it the fungus is what breaks down these minerals in these rocks so the plants can use them?

[anonymousgrow]

How does Comfrey withstand the snowy mountainous winters? also how does it do being planted at the end of summer? thinking about ordering some root cuttings...

Originally Posted by anonymousgrow

How does Comfrey withstand the snowy mountainous winters? also how does it do being planted at the end of summer? thinking about ordering some root cuttings...

I planted mine and some are up already. I will cover my area with straw this winter and protect it from the cold. It should be rooted enough to survive. And then be up early next spring. The area I planted in gets early morning sun.

V

Originally Posted by Coba

So with all these minerals available in volcanic rocks... anyone using volcanic rock dusts as fertilizer shouldn't need much of anything else, besides nitrogen huh?

is it the fungus is what breaks down these minerals in these rocks so the plants can use them?

Most of the minerals we use come from volcanic rock....basalt being one of them. These rock dusts take time to be processed by both the fungi and bacteria and of course the worms in our bins. I have always use GRD in my bins so by the time it reaches the soil mixes it has been precessed and is in the ionic form for the plants.

And yes you need the other elements for the diversity in your soil. FBM which takes 3 or 4 cycles to diminish, Fish meal, alfalfa, neem and others take time also but not the length of time the rock dusts to to decompose.

I am no geologist by a very long shot´but I do understand the soil biology and what their functions are and of course I am always learning as most of you are. It is one of the things I enjoy about organic gardening is the learning experience that comes with it......it will take a life time. The more that I learn the more effective I become as a gardener.

Yort and Coba I just do what I love to do. Garden and pass on what little information I have to others so they can build on what they learn.

And if I can get someone away from the myths that surround cannabis gardening and put them on the path to true organic growing then I feel I have accomplished something.

One love gang.

Originally Posted by yortbogey

Von... U'r knowledge is priceless..,and the endeavor used to carry this information to the rest of us....is GREATLY appreciated.....I long for the day we share a joint and reflect....

Seattle..............

[xmobotx]

i was kind of disappointed when WSLCB nix'd the "pot-bar" concept

WA could be the new amsterdam ~lol