There are a good number of potential choices that organic herbalists face when selecting fertilizers to feed their hungry herbs. Many of us were drawn to organic gardening not only for the quality advantages that might be inherent in organically grown herbs, but perhaps also because it seems to be an environmentally friendly way [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>Here’s an interesting look at the potential of seaweed as an alternative agricultural product for coastal farmers in India, originally sourced from India’s National Newspaper, The Hindu.
Seaweeds provide alternative income for coastal fishermen
It is an ideal vocation for womenfolk of the fishermen community
by M.J. PRABU
# Growing red algae would benefit the industries dependant on them
# [...]
Here’s a press release from June of ‘07 that touts a recent commercial kelp harvesting project involving First Nations peoples here in British Columbia. Places like Norway have long been top producers of Kelp, but there’s no reason that the abundant kelp resources that abound off our coastline shouldn’t be put to good use [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>Things have been hectic lately at the 3lb’s Birdnest, and with all the colds and flu that went around this last winter, both Tweedy bird and I are feeling kind of drained. We’ve planned and outlined a bit more original material to be written, but we never seem to have the energy left at [...]
Read the rest of this entry >> LUI Day 40 - Day 1 Flowering
here’s a beauty at day 40, then a look at the nice tight internodes, and a couple wider shots including one of the whole bunch of LUI’s . . . the three LUI buckets are in the foreground backed up by a container of Herijuana which [...]
LUI Day 20
our normal routine would be to top-clone these babes and as soon as we’re sure that the new cuttings/clones are rooted. . . then the originals (from the seed) move to bloom. . . so looking at a calendar we’ll be doing some top-cloning in the next few days. . . .then it’s [...]
LUI Day 18
today we gave the LUI’s a light spray with a liquid kelp solution. . . . this is a form of foliar feeding. . . . for new growers this means our plants will actually absorb nutrients and hormones directly through their leaves. . . . [...]
LUI Day 16
the intermediate step is usually gallon or 5 quart “ice cream” buckets. . . . . . from there we’d normally step up to our 2′x 3′ containers but in cases where the babes are not sexed yet we’ll use 3 gallon or 5 gallon containers as the final destination. [...]
LUI Day 15
the advantage of more frequent light waterings is better soil oxygen levels
and therefore better plant vigor and health. . . . we believe in getting the soil
good and damp throughout but never sopping wet. . . . plant roots like a mix of
water, nutrients and oxygen and light waterings provide this. [...]
LUI Day 11
The lil LUI’s continue to show great development. . . individual plants were rotated in their planting flats to make sure everyone grows straight and any outer edge seedlings do not lean in towards the light. . . today the seedlings got a soil drench with a light fert solution. . . [...]
LUI-Day-9
no special action or care was taken on day 9. . . . the lil seedlings were simply checked on and admired. . . .
since we provided “ad copy” for the ferts we’ll follow suit where possible with all the products we use. . . . here’s the info on the GardenSafe soil . [...]
LUI Day 8
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here’s a nice view of a lil LUI seedling at day 8. so far so good!
tonight the LUI seedlings were fed a very mild solution containing fish fert and liquid kelp. the plants weren’t soaked. just a light watering
from above for each container. the fish fert is [...]
