Does Compost Tea Work?

...tea you need to be very careful about food safety issues. You must dilute compost tea before using. The compost going into tea must be mature and of high quality. You might be better off just applying normal compost to the soil. My personal conclusions are that if I were a farmer (which I am definitely not), compost tea might be worth looking into as a fertilizer or, in certain specific circumstances, for disease control. As a home gardener, howe...

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Soil Positive or just Soil Curious? Join Nancy Klehm For a Workshop on Soils

...ers. Her approach is one of instigation and activation of already existent communities, and her work demonstrates her commitment to redefining the way human populations coexist with plant and animal systems on this planet. Nancy has worked on projects for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Chicago Park District, the Field Museum of Natural History, the Annenberg Foundation, Heifer Project International, The Center of Land In...

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Ill advised grafting projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx1ztJROpyU Many thanks to Dr. Brew for alerting us to this Simpsons routine about crossing tomatoes with tobacco. I took a look at the research on grafting tomatoes to tobacco root stock (though it seems Homer crossed the seeds) and the technique shows some promise. According to this study, Tobacco grafting had a positive effect on the tomato plant cultivation performance; the onset of flowering was almost 15 days...

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