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@AndersonsprairieviewfarmAnders thank you, Buddy! You are a huge inspiration to me. Thank you to you and your wonderful bride..😊 You guys are like my rock! Always there. Someday, mark my words. Youll both see NC!

@AlmostaGreenAcre-zs5eu thank you almost green, we've upgraded the system and I'm really happy about the results that we're seeing under the microscope as well as in the soils and on the plants!

@AndersonsprairieviewfarmAnders thank you, Buddy. Im planning on showing a bit more on this subject. I feel like lots of growers could use the info. To be true, I couldnt thin with Ryker around. He kept grabbing the carrots and running off! I had to quit that and divert his attention to zoomies..

@artstamper316 I'd say wait until late winter when you know spring is near. It can get pretty cold up there outside these months, and I'd hate for those seeds to rot or get eaten before the ground germination temps of 45 to 65f are reached. When you are 4 to 5 weeks early of the last frost, you can sow them to some sifted fines or sandier native earth. The key is to have fine media, or they can fork, split, or grow oddly. I'll drop mine about 10 weeks before frost, which puts me dropping garlic, onions, and carrots at the same time in August. I'll sow again 5 or 6 weeks prior to final frost of the season. Doing so helps me avoid the infernal heat of the summer. I can harvest from just prior to first frost, all the way to spring if I cover the plot. Carrots are small, so I can make the plots small, and that makes them easier to cover with hoops and poly. It's amazing what that step can do for us. I believe carrots,onions, and garlic actually need the cold to become sweeter.

@seanaames6855 humic acid will mitigate the effects of chloramine. It is capable of breaking the bonds between chlorine and ammonia. Aeration is not an effective mitigation strategy for chloramine without the addition of humic acid. Humic acid can be home made, or purchased from online retailers. We have a few videos on the subject of making humic acid at home, and for free. Im happy to drop a link, or you can simply browse for them? Btw, I use humic acid in my stuff on the regular. We are on well water. My native earth does contain 200 years of salty fertilizer. To decrease osmotic pressure, we tend to make these amends to our teas and liquid fertilizers. If salt is featured in the soil food web in hi concentrations, it tends to displace water and oxygen. Plants require both to be well endowed with their native defenses. Let me know if I can source some amends for yall. Im always happy to help out fellow growerz!😉

@seanaames6855 As far as adding minerals back to RO watered plant zones goes, Im a firm believer in mineralogy for plants. Those RO systems dump contamination as a byproduct of their function. I would strongly consider the application of SuperGreensand as a mineral replacement to improve the mineralogy of evolving soils above the native earth. If they garden in the dirt exclusively, there can be no mineral issue unless those minerals are displaced or bound by salts. Once again, humic acid, in dilute amounts, will correct for these conditions if given enough periodic applications over a protracted time frame. Feel free to direct your family my way, and I'd be happy to shine some light, directly..😄

@@CreedmoorFury Thank you!

@artstamper316 epdm is a very stable synthetic rubber used for a multitude of practical uses. It is graded as inert and has a lifespan that can exceed 50 years. It does not allow light of moisture to permeate its surface. That makes it a wonderful choice for long term service managing weed growth, grass growth as well as woody growth with no chemicals or long standing toxicity applied. Way safer than most alternatives and can often be obtained from habitat for humanity operations where building materials are repurposed at great discounts. I hope yall are doin well! Miss our live sessions..😇

@@CreedmoorFury I miss them also. I also miss UA-cam letting me know when any of my comments have a response! I just happened to look at this video again because the term “Roundup” in relation to Bermuda grass caught my eye as being amusing, like-wait-use Roundup on Bermuda grass? Not likely!! 😂

Yes, theres several videos on the site on making compost of different types. The most valuable video that I have in my opinion, on this subject is my Soil Making video. Ill try to add a link here. ua-cam.com/video/Y-VDWCtc980/v-deo.htmlsi=U0gFMkx8EdouS0BG

@CreedmoorFury , Thank you so much! I will check this out.

@francus7227 I would be more than happy to have a wealth of rice straw as my final cover. I would suggest testing out the density and depth before settling on a perfect depth. Maybe start with a few inch's to see if weeds will remain at bay, and moisture cycling into the lower soils arent impeded by compaction. Increasing depth as you get a good measure of performance. Aside from that step to assess, I'd use it in a New York minute!😉 You may be able to cover quite a bit of ground with little trouble with rice straw. More can be added in the next season or sooner if decomposition seems rapid. Btw, that's a great alternative to high carbon wood chips! It should be easier to apply. I'd expect it to be free of the weed content found in hay, as well.

@CreedmoorFury What a lengthy, informative, and wonderful reply. Thanks. I have been "visiting" this plot for the last few years in 3 month increments. I expect to obtain a retirement visa this week so I can invest uninterupted efforts. In Dec 2024 .... I am going to become a COMPOSTER and soil cultivator. Good soil equals good fruits and vegetables. Up until now, my efforts have been focused on the house and fruit trees.... and very little in gardening. 0.75 acres is plenty to "play around". I have .... -avocado trees. -mangos. -bananas. -jackfruit. -dragon fruit. -papaya. -oranges, limes, lemons, grapefruit, and calamondin citrus. I have recently acquired celest fig cuttings and some other cuttings from an unknown strain that I plan to start the rooting process next week. I have big plans.... I thought I had a "green thumb." Come to find out... Not as green as I thought. It was more like.... I put a lot of effort into growing and had a ton more success than people who don't grow at all. Now, with the power of UA-cam and content providers like you, I now know the real power is in the SOIL ! Thank you again for the response and the huge confidence boost.

@DustySplinters you-know-what? Inwas wearing a mic, but not sure which was picking up. The cam, or the mic. Ugh. Hope it was clear enuff?

@@CreedmoorFury clear enough but had to crank it up.

@AndersonsprairieviewfarmAnders thank you Buddy! Sending love to you and yours!

@artstamper316 it was just 3 to 4 carts of compost and 4 carts of raw chips. It wasn't too bad. The wife had the doggy, so I had to do the scooping myself.😆

@BmMcGo bro, he stole that thing! First plant on the right just inside the door. You know the one, its stout. I couldnt quite see what he was doin, but I had a feeling it was thievery!🤣

Good point! Since we always harvest the day before the first freeze, thats a pretty rare issue for us. It can be possible for anyone who harvests a teensy bit too soon!😉

@joshuahoyer1279 i dont worry about the cold temps at cure unless daytime temps are at or below freezing. Its fairly common for us to cure the day that we have had a freeze. Thats actually the norm, since I wait until just before freezing to harvest. When we first touch 32f, the days are still a touch above freezing. If I have rain, we will turn a fan their way to dry them some. Then solar cure the skin when the rains are gone. Sometimes, they may not need it. If they scrape easy, they need curing.. if they are tough, they can go straight to long-term storage to finish there.😉

@artstamper316 it depends on if they have tough, durable skin. We never wash them. It removes the coating that protects it from rotting. Id eat them soon, or rub some of the soil they grew in on them and store them in a semi moist cool place. They can be used as seeds later, or added to a small dish of your liking. Even skinny tubers are good.

@Paul_CarolGautschi Im gonna watch your weather for a bit and do some climate research. Id bet I can get you a fast growing variety that would work for yall!

I believe the sprinkler scares the bejeezuz out of them. After a while, the alarm becomes background noise. Sadly, when it gets super cold and water freezes, the deer are still on the prowl. By then the sprinkler becomes less effective. For that situation, I'm using a bit more k-9 scenting. That seems to be doing the trick! Thank you for the kind words!

Boo! Want me to send you some root stock? I may have some come spring.

​@@CreedmoorFury😆 I always have death

@artstamper316 wow, that was very close to my opening monolog!😆 Ill try to moderate my voice and tone a little to help keep you awake next time Shirl!

@@CreedmoorFury I didn't fall asleep; I was lost in jealousy over the size of your bushes!

@Angela-hw1rx thank you so much,means the world to me!

@carolynnisley2119 so very welcome, it is always a pleasure to help share the light Many thanks!

@artstamper316 we started these with 3 dying plants from the Wallyworld discount aisle about 13 years ago. Same family of strawberries this entire time. Every late fall, we add some chips to their top to protect them until the spring. Works like a charm.

It's all improved with a little trial and error. 😁It was a fun project and the fact that it is still in use today after nearly 3 years is surprising to me. It just never stopped working so we keep using it. If ya can, maybe you could find some 16inch flashing somewhere. I use the galvanized type because of the clay here and no ill effects to the plants or self. Ive been thinking of building another one. If I revise the build, Ill shoot some more footage to share.😉

Espoma Garden Tone Used to be one of my faves. Available at home centers and hardware strores.

@seanaames6855 well, thats difficult to pin down. Easier to declare last 2 years lows. Winter 2022-2023 the low was 9 degrees F. Winter 2023-2024 the low was 15 degrees F. Since I'm in a microclimate nestled between two rivers in the Piedmont of NC, my actual USDA Zone is slightly different from year to year. It was adjusted again this year.

@artstamper316 if you paint it the same color as the house, "somebody" might not know its there,lol! Oh Darwin... Loves!🥰

@@CreedmoorFury 🤭🥰

@socloseagain4298 simplest answer is to place them in a root cellar. Even the store bought should still be good enough to use as a seed, or to grow and sow slips from. They can be kept in a cool, semi moist enviro until late winter, then taken to a sliver of light to grow slips. We tend to do better direct sowing the entire potato. The potato has all the nutrients within it to grow a new crop. Sow 36 on center and keep to 36" diameter and a hansome harvest will follow. Sown direct to young woodchips works very well. Its a great new garden crop. Excellent border crop.

@@socloseagain4298 definitely consider sourcing organic varieties if you can!

@@CreedmoorFury Oh wow so you think planting the entire potato would be better compared to if i were to make slips out of it? 🤔Thats really interesting! so 36 inches for me is about 91 cm so I plant just one potato in that range and the plant will make many slips around in that diameter if I understand correctly? 😲I did not expect that! Also just for my knowledge how do you guys make the slips? I have heard u need to dip the potato half in water and it will make some slips is that how you do it aswell? 🤔Thanks alot for answering! 🙂

@socloseagain4298 no, not exactly. If you plant one single potato you'll get an entire crop out of that potato, but, it will grow Vines for many miles. So we want to keep those vines managed to a diameter of 36 inches, and all of the potato crops will be deposited right there. Let them go wild, and they'll waste energy in the pursuit of new energy. They'll set small roots all over instead of larger roots near the center of the plant. If you get 3 months of warm temperature in your region, you'll end up with a nice little crop merely by planting those potatoes. It's not necessary to grow slips and then break them off of the potato to make new plants if you can get enough potatoes to use as seeds. Whatever slips grow off of the potato that you put in the ground are going to become your Harvest at the end of the season, only they will be converted to tubers. We learned many years ago that the sweet potatoes do really well just by putting a sweet potato in the ground. Get it in the ground as soon as the last frost day and then harvest it the day before the first frost. Begin a short solar cure of one day per side, and then those potatoes can be cured in something that mimics a potato cellar. Even an old refrigerator can work.

@socloseagain4298 we dont bother with slips. I published some other vids on trials we did with head to head comparisons of slip, and whole potato sowing. The whole potato did the best! The slips made smaller potatoes and less of them in the same time span. You can even plant the whole potato indoors, grow roots and sow a living plant outside in the spring. When we did take slips, you have to wait for the potato to grow them, first . All the while, were growing the potato from seed. It cuts out a step if you can get a dozen potatoes. If not, let some light bleed in and the potatoes will slip, quickly. Cut each with a tiny bit of potato and it can be planted in soil blocks or hydro rooted. Then after sown to soils in large cups. To me, its a waste of time. I can find small sweets and use those as seeds. The seed is the food for the plant to grow. Separation doesent really increase yields, it mostly just lets ya take a single potato and grow several slips each. Conversely, sow a single potato and each vine can be used to grow an entire new plant. Thats even easier, but still takes longer to come to frootition.

@jolenemeverden6603 ill make some more, but without the music and rain. It was a bit distracting, wasn't it? Stay blessed!

Thank you, it was very distracting unfortunately, rain isn't always a bad thing. I really wanted to hear what you said. I found you on fb back to eden and started following you here cause I want to learn everything I can. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge with everyone

@artstamper316 if they treated with Milky Spores, theyd likely have mentioned a return trip is needed at a later date . If not, they may have used another something else. Once the barrier is reinforced a second time properly, the parent J beetles will chose other areas to feed and multiply themselves. They have some sense of things that limit their lifecycling. For the few who may remain, they turn white and milky and dont become beetles. Its a very effective strategy for those who can irrigate without chlorine water. Chlorine will kill the spores. Same for salt. In the spring, we can dig up a grub or two to check for impact. Its easy to see when they have met with the spores and will become fertilizer.

@@CreedmoorFury I'll have to do it myself or pay a couple hundred dollars. I didn't have them do it last year because I didn't realize it would be a problem.

@@rosecalabrese2624 awe, thank you for such kind words, means the world to me! Always willing to share the word😁

@artstamper316 lol! It's pretty cool, well, warm so far. Truest test this morning, we were down to frosting, and it held up well. We didn't get below 54 all night. It really is amazing how inexpensive these things are. The larger one in the field cost MANY TIMES that amount! It, however, is more of an engineering marvel and a world of orders of magnitude more robust. That house held right at the "chill hours" temp for my citrus. Fingers crossed for some homemade lemonade soon!

@@AndersonsprairieviewfarmAnders Thanks, my friend! Hope to show it again when we get it to the next level.

@philippinephoenix6869 Absolutely! The simple fact is that when it comes from the cow, it's full of fats that go on to make the best butter and buttermilk! LABs are a part of the cows vast aliment, and if the cow is healthy, it makes a great reservoir for Lactic Acid Bacteria species. I would not hesitate to use milk or cream from a healthy, organically managed heifer. If theres any questions of efficacy of the culture, a quick view with a microscope can reveal the bacterias presence and species viability.😉