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    I never really wash my hands when handling coco and perlite but just to answer the question, I do rinse my hands when handling the seeds and I make sure not to touch them with bare hands. One reason is I picked my nose one time and was snorting milk a few minutes later. Another reason is I...

PT: The temperature outside is around 32C during the day and around 24C at night. They are stored in the same zip baggies they came in and were stored in a drawer.   OKG: Our house isn't insulated (just concrete and tiles) so the temps would be the same indoors as what we have outdoors. I've...

I'm not really sure what's causing my seeds not to germinate. I use a ratio of 3:1 Coco dust and perlite. I don't have a PH tester/meter but I never had this problem before. I moist the medium and keep it in a very shaded area. My other trial is I kept them inside as I thought the cooler temp...

  Thanks for the info fern. I've sown 20+ seeds and ran out of coco today so rather then throwing these away, might as well continue.   Did the roots came out at all or they mold? If they did get molds, probably a drop of h2o2 might help.

I've read of people getting unwanted germination of seeds in fermenting recipes so this got me thinking. If that's possible in vinegar and paper towel, why not just in distilled water then sow as soon as they show roots. Anyone ever done this?   As an experiment, I'm leaving 5 datil seeds in the...

Ok I guess I'll just rinse mine as well and probably cover the top with a different mix (one without hulls) just in case weed seeds are present, they'd be easy picking. Thanks, PG!

You might find this link interesting too. He's one of the popular organic gardening gurus here. http://gilcarandang.com/   He's got something similar to your lacto project.

  I think the mistake on my part was the fish wasn't in correct proportion with the molasses or at least I think it wasn't   It's warm here in the Philippines all year round so I keep it outdoors. Big round totes won't have an airlock lid like I have so the garbage bag with water on top did the...

A lot of farmers here use molasses to ferment. You can ferment fruits, plants and fish as per a korean farming article I found way back. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find that book excerpt anymore but youtube has a lot of related videos on the subject. I've used FAA a few months back and my...

Hi Guru, I got a couple of sacks of rice hulls from a miller and was supposedly going to be converted to biochar. Unfortunately, my first attempt got me in trouble with the neighbors so charring them is no go. I'm afraid to use them in my mix as I think they might be carrying pests, excess...

I was about to ask some relatives to ship me a 5lb bag of masterblend but all of them are cautious about customs handling it as dangerous stuff (explosives?). Not sure if the masterblend powder is categorized as ammonium nitrate that they think it is so I wanted to confirm if anyone knew of this.

PH, are those Osmocote fertilizers?

Thanks for the link HH. Could be a few things misisng in the mix to supplement the lack of nutes being absorbed by coco.   Would it be possible that the white substance under the leaves be molds being able to attack the plants while their immunity is low or it could be something else?

My potting mix is 50% coco coir, 20% sterilized rice hull, 10% vermiculite and 30% compost. I water every 2-3 days and use slow osmocote slow release nutes.   These tomato plants have been looking like these from the start. I do notice some white flies but I do try to get them off every night...

Just found out that my cousin picks mushrooms growing in the containers in the morning!!! He's been doing it for the past 3 weeks. So now I know it's an issue of overwatering and it seems like the spare hydrotons I used as much literally has kept the soil in favorable conditions for fungi to...

I have two plants that I supposedly burnt or I think I did and after flushing for the last two weeks, the new growth isn't showing any improvements. I think I may have done something with the soil that's hindering normal growth for the plant. I'm thinking of pulling both plants and...

How about making whitefly traps? It helps bring down the number and it will never harm your plants.

I was given half a lb of the same one bobby uses and I think I'll experiment with this for now. Might cost a fortune to ask Morgan County Seed to ship here in the Philippines but I might be able to resell it and get my own persnal stash for free.   Will post updates soon. Thanks for the inputs mike!

I sure am impressed with his work too. I mean he really knows his stuff. Then again, he grows tomatoes with his diy hydro nutes whereas I'm not really sure if peppers and maters have the same nutes requirement. I'm about to mix the nutes and just getting feedback on it. Good to hear you too have...

I have access to some masterblend mhpgarderner uses to make his hydro nutes for tomatoes and was wonderring if anyone uses it as it is or if you have your own formula to grow peppers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYv9iu2NI3M