What Are You Doing Right Now? (311 Viewers)

[Hust]

I don’t really use manure anymore. More of a fan of Sea Soil (mix of fish and forest fines 50/50). Organic, composted for two years, and guaranteed to be weed free. Doesn’t have all the seeds in it that manure can bring into the garden. And is guaranteed herbicide free which can be aproblem if you don’t know the source of your manure and the farming practices used.

Manure is still great of course. Especially aged manure. And if you are tilling it into your soil in the fall it should be no problem for burning or for pathogens as by the time you are growing it should start to break down, more so if you have a high number of worms in that soil of yours. As soon as you feel you’ve amended your soil enough through tilling I would recommend not tilling the soil anymore as it is destroys fungal networks and the soil structures that support the ecosystem there. Better to mulch on top each year, and allow the worms to break it down into the soil.

As an aside, you should look up Hugelkultur. Really neat permaculture growing method.

Learning a lot here, thank you.

Question: if using manure it initially will burn the plants as its still hot right? Won't it also burn any weeds/grass that are growing in it similar to your composting? How does composting guarantee weed free in the soil? I will till the soil really well in October then let it sit until spring. That's my plan.

I do have a TON of worms in my soil though, all over the place especially when it rains there are hundreds that get onto my driveway lol

 

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Learning a lot here, thank you.

Question: if using manure it initially will burn the plants as its still hot right? Won't it also burn any weeds/grass that are growing in it similar to your composting? How does composting guarantee weed free in the soil? I will till the soil really well in October then let it sit until spring. That's my plan.

I do have a TON of worms in my soil though, all over the place especially when it rains there are hundreds that get onto my driveway lol

That’s a nitrogen burn and doesn’t really seem to effect the seeds in the same way. There are actually hard coated seeds that have to pass through a digestive system before becoming viable to germinate lol. I read an article years ago that said manure can contain up to 75,000 seeds a ton. Which is wild. Lots of ways to deal with that though. Best is hot composting. It kills most weed seeds at a certain temperature (which is how that sea soil does it).

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/kill-weed-seeds-cow-manure-104263.html

 

[Hust]

That’s a nitrogen burn and doesn’t really seem to effect the seeds in the same way. There are actually hard coated seeds that have to pass through a digestive system before becoming viable to germinate lol. I read an article years ago that said manure can contain up to 75,000 seeds a ton. Which is wild. Lots of ways to deal with that though. Best is hot composting. It kills most weed seeds at a certain temperature (which is how that sea soil does it).

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/kill-weed-seeds-cow-manure-104263.html

lol I'm going to have a jungle in my garden is what you're saying?

 

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lol I'm going to have a jungle in my garden is what you're saying?

Well... jungles are pretty cool, amirite?

 

[Hust]

Well... jungles are pretty cool, amirite?

lol I just wanna be able to grow veggies

 

[Post Ironic]

lol I just wanna be able to grow veggies

You don’t wanna be able to run your own little homegrown ayahuasca ceremonies at Casa Hustini?

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Some of the first soil I got for my garden was full of poppy seeds. Had no idea at first, but they were opium poppies lol

 

[Hust]

You don’t wanna be able to run your own little homegrown ayahuasca ceremonies at Casa Hustini?

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Some of the first soil I got for my garden was full of poppy seeds. Had no idea at first, but they were opium poppies lol

lol that's awesome

you should see my garden now...I pulled most of the veggies out as the season is coming to a close and there is about 6 inches of manure in there now LOLOL

 

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lol that's awesome

you should see my garden now...I pulled most of the veggies out as the season is coming to a close and there is about 6 inches of manure in there now LOLOL

You said fresh manure, right? How are you stopping the smell?

 

[Hust]

You said fresh manure, right? How are you stopping the smell?

it doesn't smell that bad I'm used to it from where I grew up in ohio.

I tilled some of it into the soil already so maybe that is helping

 

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it doesn't smell that bad I'm used to it from where I grew up in ohio.

I tilled some of it into the soil already so maybe that is helping

Nice. I grew up out east by farm country too, but for me that created a lifelong aversion to the smell lol

 

[Hust]

Nice. I grew up out east by farm country too, but for me that created a lifelong aversion to the smell lol

Exactly. The only smell I can't stand is chickens...and my wife ordered 3 to roam my backyard without telling me.

So I have that going for me now

 

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Exactly. The only smell I can't stand is chickens...and my wife ordered 3 to roam my backyard without telling me.

So I have that going for me now

Eggs are great, chicken meat too for that matter, but I find those beady-eyed, pea-brained little fuckers annoying lol. And chickens coops are gross.

 

[ALC]

I wanna raise quails. They’re a better version of chicken

 

[DAiDEViL]

Chicken meat too for that matter, but I find those beady-eyed, pea-brained little fuckers annoying lol.

 

[Hust]

Eggs are great, chicken meat too for that matter, but I find those beady-eyed, pea-brained little fuckers annoying lol. And chickens coops are gross.

The eggs are amazing, not gonna lie, much better than store bought and we get about 12-15 a week from these little fuckers but I just shelled out 20k for a new patio and they keep shitting on it


I make the wife clean the coop.

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They are fun to pet, but they are a mess.

 

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My nieces and nephews all love them too. Lol

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@DAiDEViL @Hustini

 

[ALC]

The eggs are amazing, not gonna lie, much better than store bought and we get about 12-15 a week from these little fuckers but I just shelled out 20k for a new patio and they keep shitting on it


I make the wife clean the coop.

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They are fun to pet, but they are a mess.

Damn, that must be a huge patio

 

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The sky is yellow. Looks like my window has a piss filter on it.

 

[campionesidd]

The sky is yellow. Looks like my window has a piss filter on it.

Great. Now they can actually film the Mexican scenes in Better Call Saul without needing to use a yellow filter.

 

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Great. Now they can actually film the Mexican scenes in Better Call Saul without needing to use a yellow filter.

I am more than 1,000 miles from Albuquerqe