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Do you all start with seeds or plants? Also were do you get your seeds? 2008-06-10 19:22:40 Group:The choice between seeds and plants is not too tough once you understand a few basic facts, such as how hard or easy, and how expensive or inexpensive it is to do one or the other. Also, how long it takes to grow to seedling size and the value of the plant at maturity have a bearing. I'll give you some examples to illustrate:As a general rule the smaller the seed, the harder it is to grow in
Why the Mittleider method is organic 2008-05-28 17:58:20 There are several reasons the Mittleider Method of gardening is sometimes called “the best of organic”. I. Rather than teaching the use of pesticides or herbicides, we use cultural practices to eliminate the need for them. For example: 1) We eliminate all weeds – from the beds, the aisles, and even the garden periphery. 2) We never water the aisles, but keep just the root zone of the pl Read more:method
Pruning determinate vs indeterminate tomatoes 2008-05-28 05:59:50 Thanks for the replies.? I think it was most clear when Jim said "just make sure you have ONE stem growing upward, and remove everything else."? I must confess that this is what I was thinking everyone meant, but couldn't imagine it was really true!? I guess I'll have to go take it on faith and wait and see where the tomatoes actually from from then.Also, about determinate vs indeterminate. ? Do I
Gardening in Fiji 2008-05-27 06:15:34 Bula JimI've been through twice on the training discs x 4 you sent me.I intend to go through five times before I begin to& nbsp;farm.Can you advise me on the following:1.Is it permissable to spray the bush and burn the dry weeds?2.We intend to grow the eight acres with veges and root crops.3.We thought to have fish ponds on the remaining two acres.Do you recommend?4.Can you supply us with a G
Using store bought corn for seed yes or no? 2008-05-23 06:22:18 Can I buy an ear of corn from the supermarket and plant it?Ask the Produce Manager the name, or variety, of the corn. Very often corn sold in the stores is a hybrid variety, and the seeds will produce something that is different than the ear of corn you purchased. You need corn that is an heirloom.When you know the name, do a Google Search on that name to determine whether or not it's a hybrid. If
My garden 2008 2008-05-21 19:40:35 Steves garden 2008Sweet PeppersRed BeautyLuigiHavanaBig BerthaCubanelle (Green)Admiral (Orange)Green Pepper non sweet Lady BellHot PeppersCherry Hot PeppersAnchoJalapenoTOMATOESBetter BoyBrandywineBeefsteakEarlyGirlViva ItaliaLemon BoyMellon'sCantalope MuskmelonCantalope Hales BestMini Watermelons(2 to be determined)Misc.Broccoli Premium CropCucumbers Bush PickleCukes BurplessBrussels sprout Jade
Cost of Growbox materials 2008-05-20 06:09:45 Hi, I just joined the list. I was planning on doing some gardening with a grow-box for the first time but have found it quite expensive (cost of wood and things like perlite). So after reading over the materials, I don't quite understand how this is the "poor man's" method. Anyone have any rough figures on how much it would cost to build, fill, and fertilize a 20' by 4' for one season? (I did look
Creating a Mittleider rooftop garden 2008-05-19 06:04:36 I have a flat concrete roof on top of my building in eastern India andI have waterproofed an area 15ft by 50ft for installing a roof topgarden. I have put a mixture of 75% sawdust and 25% sand (as indicatedin the book 'More food from your garden') which is 8" deep and I havecovered the area with a green, porus gardening cloth about 6ft high tomake it look like a porus greenhouse to filter the hot Read more:Creating
Using rain covers over your garden yes or no 2008-05-12 06:01:15 Was wondering if planting under rain covers changes how I will need tomanage the application of weekly feed to the plants?Edwin.You shouldn't change the application of fertilizers. You may need to water those fertilizers in, however, if you have been counting on rainfall to do that for you, and if your rain covers are so effective that water is not getting into the beds regularly.Jim Kennard
The Marines and Iraqi's need your help 2008-05-08 06:00:12 Friends:We leave today for Armenia and the Republic of Georgia to work onprojects in those countries. We expect to return to the States by themiddle of June, unless something extends our work.Such as: I received a note from a father of a marine in Iraqyesterday, whose unit is trying to assist a village of 25,000 Iraqi
'sgrow fresh food for their sustenance. It's a desert community in theSouthEast o Read more:Marines
Why using Poo in a garden is a bad idea 2008-05-06 05:56:48 highly recommend you consider carefully before using manure and compost in your raised-bed garden. It is believed that more than 90% of the composted materials available to the family gardener have NOT been sterilized in the composting process.To be sure you have clean materials you would have to know that they had been composted at 140 degrees for 3 weeks. That's what it takes to produce compos Read more:Why using
Stopping powdery mildew 2008-05-05 05:48:46 You can buy a gallon of skim milk(non fat) and just spray it from thebottle. No dilution necessary.Or, you can buy non fat dry milk and mix it as followsone part dry non fat milknine parts water.A good schedule is every two weeks or oftener if you see a problem soonerthan the two week period.It is really important to spray in the cool of the day, I do it in theevening after leaves have cooled down
Growboxes how and when 2008-05-04 17:33:56 My husband has been a member of the group for about 2 years, and Ijoined more recently. We have the Garden Master program, and books, andhave followed these quite carefully. We have 3 boxes that are 18" x 30'and 3 boxes 4' x 30'.A local company mixed the fertilizer to 16-16-16 and we used this tomake up the weekly feed using that and your Mittleider Magic micro Mixwhich we ordered from your websit
Growing sweet potatoes 2008-04-28 05:41:24 I'd like to grow some sweet potatos....can they be grown in a raisedbed (in Provo Utah)? Any ideas where to find sweet potato seed in Utahcounty?dkd2200 & Group:Sweet potatoes need a longer warm growing season than we have in Northern Utah, so you shouldn't expect much.If you take sweet potatoes from lyour produce section and cut out the eyes, then plant those in your greenhouse or window sill in Read more:Growing
Removing grass for a garden space 2008-04-23 06:07:20 What is the best method to remove grass
(have no clue what type) froman area intended to be turned into a garden?Marie & Group:All grasses are perennial and have rhyzomes and runners, which must be removed from the garden. Remove grass as sod, as if you were going to transplant it somewhere else, and do so if you can use it to advantage - or give it to a neighbor. This means that you will be doing
Tomato Blossom drop - How to Sustain Production Through the Summer 2008-04-22 06:03:43 Tomato Blossom
drop - How to SustainProduction
Through the Summer
This is mys first year using the Mittleider method. Living in westGeorgia our summer heat can be rather stout and is often over 90sustained for most of the summer. In past veg gardens I haveexperienced blossom drop on tomatoes and production has fallen offduring hot summer months. Thus we get a nice slug of tomatoes earlyand nothing Read more:Tomato
Feeding Trees and Shrubs with the Mittledier magic nutrients 2008-04-18 12:28:05 Feeding Trees
and ShrubsQ. How much should I feed my berry bushes and other plants and trees in my yard?A. All plants, shrubs and tree will bless you with healthy growth if you will feed them the Mittleider formulas. Pre-Plant once each year, and Weekly Feed three times each year is good for trees and shrubs. Any plant, bush or vine that is expected to grow and mature fruit quickly, such as be Read more:Feeding
Using particle board sawdust in your Mittleider garden Yes or No? 2008-04-14 06:10:20 About twenty years ago, I was renovating a lawn on rental property. Theheavy, clay soil needed some help, as water would run off the lawn and downthe street instead of soaking in, and I tilled in several yards of sawdustand added nitrogen to compensate for the drain sawdust can create while itdecomposes. The cabinet shop was making their products out of industrialgrade particle board, which uses a
Createing a soiless mixture 2008-04-13 17:15:01 Hi Jim and everyone, I have a little problem that I never had with myregular garden soils. I am using "Pro Mix" by Premier Horticulture,its thier Professional Mix. I think there is a draining problem orthis mix retains too much water. The plant germinate great in this andgrow really good after I transplant, but about 2 weeks after thetransplant my plants are turning light light green and just wilt
Large scale Mittleider gardening yes it works. 2008-04-11 06:13:18 HiI'm a newbie, and just love what you are doing.I will be making some Grow Beds this gardening
seasonand using Mittleider Method's.I also have some pasture land and would like to try theMitteider Method on 2 or 3 acres. If possible?How much pre-plant would I use per acre?How much Micro-nutrients per acre?How often?ThanksHillwertHillwert & Group:If you are broadcasting you need 1,000 pounds per ac
Companion planting yes or no? 2008-04-10 06:16:16 I want to grow 1000 tomato plants using the Mittleiter method,interspersing another 1000 basil and a handful of goodcompanion plants such as garlic, onion, marigold, melon...(We don't recommend companion planting
at all - JK)How many grow boxes should I make to fit them all?I know the formula for 'normal' agriculture is nine squarefeet for each plant, but I figure using this method, I willneed a l Read more:Companion
Is the Mittleider method organic yes or no? 2008-04-09 05:58:11 Question: "Is this method
OMRI approved. I was told at Steve Regan itwas not organic. Please enlighten me." PatriciaI've written quite a few articles - in the archives of the Group andin the FAQ section of the www.growfood. com website - on this subject,and you can find out more by reading some of them. I'll try to giveyou a brief answer here:All of the natural mineral nutrients used in the Mittle
Can I leave grass between my soilbeds? 2008-04-08 06:07:25 I will have a small residential garden (3 20 ft rows) to start. Is itOK to leave grass
between the rows?-BillBill & Group:I consider it a very bad idea for several reasons.1. How do you water it? If by sprinkling you will also water the vegetables the same way, which wastes much water and encourages weeds, bugs, and diseases.2. If you don't water it it becomes ugly and unpleasant.3. Either way it
Correct sizes for growboxes 2008-04-07 05:56:56 In many of the books the Grow-Box width is very different. What is thelatest recommendation on the ideal size of Grow-Box width? 1 foot? 18inches? 4 feet?MikeMite & Group:Thanks for the question. The need for the question illustrates thefact that Dr. Jacob Mittleider experimented with the different aspectsof his growing procedures throughout the many years of his worldwidehumanitarian work. He tes Read more:Correct
, sizes
Soybeans 2008-04-02 06:07:31 I am in NH, and have grown soybeans for the past two years to eat asEdamame.Last year all my Edamame seeds rotted in the ground,and I thought Iwas out of luck for the year.Then I remembered I had some soybeans for sprouting to eat.So I planted them and got a good crop.Came up packed close together, so not as big as real Edamame.Also smaller because not real Edamame seeds.I should have thinned them
asparagus 2008-07-09 06:25:53 i am newbie here who is based here in the philippines. i was firstinterested with hydroponics until i read about your "poor man'shydroponics" version. actually this is the first time i heard aboutthe mittleider since it is not that popular in my country. i havesome questions and i hope you can help me on my queries,1. i have some experience with asparagus
but the system is quitedifferent with this
Eggplants not setting fruit what gives 2008-07-01 06:12:28 I planted a six-pack of Japanese eggplant seedlings on March 17. Theplants are very healthy-looking and have had many blossoms, but I seeno fruit setting. Am I giving too much water, too much fertilizer?I water every day and fertilize once a week. Last year, we wereloaded with eggplant in the same vegetable boxes. We have had someintense heat in the nineties and above recently. Thanks for yourfeed
Growing Roma tomatoes 2008-06-30 15:05:03 I am trying this (tomato) for the first time and I notice that it looks more like a very thick bush, does anyone know if this is something I should thin out or do I just leave it alone?roydcole & Group:Prune Romas just enough to keep leaves off the ground and allow light into the center of the plant,Indeterminate plants can and should be grown vertically by taking off the sucker stems.Determinate Read more:Growing
Earwigs and Grasshappers 2008-07-22 16:38:54 Hi from Gede & Darsi in BaliWe've written before about grasshoppers - catch them, blender with water, strain and spray the affected area - we didn't have problem again for over a year - even through rainy season. It's easy and effective - from a Permaculture friend. Why not try with earwigs - we don't have a problem in the garden but do around the house - so you've given me a new idea to try itl
Mittleider gardening classes 2008-07-18 06:21:11 Hi all...me again with questions.Are there ever classes taught on this method? I'd never heard of thisuntil I read a blog belonging to another Idahoan who does itsuccessfully. I think this is a wonderful gardening
method, one I amtransforming my garden with!BethBeth & Group:We are only able to teach in-person classes when we get a large group together who are willing to commit substantial time to
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