Recent content by akyramoto

I heard some where that tomatoes don't like ash. I had some planted last year over an old burn pile area, I didn't get any tomatoes all season. I could be totally wrong, but that's what I've heard.

i'm gonna laugh if all them ripen at the same time. tomato overload hehe.

I wanna see!!!!

yes i probably am. lol. thanks tho.

My tomato plants have TONS of tomatoes on them - but they're not ripening.......i saw my friends garden about 20 miles north of me & she's having the same problem. All of her plants are filled, but no red! anyone know whats going on??

I personally let my chicken poo compost it least 4 months, if not longer. I don't use the deep litter method. I have straw that gets taken out to the compost pile every week or two. I would recommend letting it compost in the pile for awhile. I would say it wouldn't be ready for that spring's...

I planted blue corn today. My friend gave me six that she had started. This weekend I planted white corn, I think it's 'Silver queen' had quite the time finding corn seeds around here this time of year.

i wish I could do that, my grass clippings have tons of foxtails in them :(

here's a little info about the companion planting of corn, squash & beans it's called the 'three sisters' The Three Sisters: Age-old Companions One of the oldest and best-known examples of companion planting is the Three Sisters garden, planted by many Native American cultures. The sisters...

My best friend who is my main 'gardening' mentor - has told me in the past to use Osmacote plant food for everything. It seems to work well. Is there something else I should be using? also is there a difference between plant 'food' and fertilizer?

i found this...... Laboratory analysis showed that raw poultry manure tea is not a complete fertilizer solution, but that nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and zinc are at adequate levels in the solution from this link - it goes into great detail about the 'tea'...

depends on how old it is, chicken poo is super hot. You can't go wrong with putting it in the compost pile

REALLY!?! wow i learn something everyday on this forum.

I honestly have no idea! i'm in zone 9 - and i just planted some onion seeds, going to plant some garlic too. sorry, I'm not a lot of help!