How to use NHRT
Karen33
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Alafalfa pellets. Anyone use em? How do you use em?
Comments (18)I remember finding a recipe on rose forum...Lets me see if I can find it now.. Here is one post I kept: Angela, I do what Pete does, just put a cup or so of alfalfa pellets under the mulch and close in to the base of the plant, and then soak with a little water. But, to get to your question, a good recipe to start off with is probably the original recipe for alfalfa tea, as described by Howard Walters, the Rosarian Rambler, in an ARS article: "Alfalfa tea is a great spring or fall potion that doesn't interfere with normal seasonal processes. Alfalfa tea releases a growth hormone that makes everything work better. Just add 10 to 12 cups of alfalfa meal or pellets to a 32-gallon plastic garbage can (with a lid), add water, stir and steep for four or five days, stirring occasionally. You may also "fortify" with 2 cups of Epsom salts, 1/2 cup of Sequestrene® (chelated iron, now called Sprint 330) or your favorite trace element elixir. The tea will start to smell in about three days. Keep the lid ON. Use about a gallon of mix on large rose bushes, 1/3 that much on mini's. And keep the water going. When you get to the bottom of the barrel, add water to fill it up again! One load of meal or pellets will brew up two barrels full, but add more fortifiers for the second barrel. You'll see greener growth and stronger stems within a week." I stir the "witch brew" almost every day...Keep it or 3-7 days, and then water everything with it- other plants besides roses will appreciate the "potion". Gardeners from upnorth recommend using it a few times a year, but I use it here a lot more often. I like to put a trashcan out in the rain, so it gets filled up. Then, add the pellets and wait for it to brew. Hope it helps :) Olya...See MoreHow long should the 5-1-1 sit before using if I used powdered lime?
Comments (9)Re the extra hole - don't bother. One is adequate. Plants don't care if it takes 6 minutes vs 60 seconds for a pot to drain. More holes affect only the speed with which the pot drains, not how fully it drains. IOW, if you have 1 hole in the pot bottom and a 4" perched water column at container capacity (the amount of water remaining in the pot at the point in time where a fully saturated medium has just stopped draining) and you add 5 or 10 more holes, you'll still have a 4" perched water column at container capacity, which = no return for the extra effort. The best place for a drainage hole is through the bottom AT the sidewall. That way, if needed, you can remove a lot of excess water by tipping the pot. The shaded area in the image below represents saturated soil. Compare B to A to see how much difference the simple act of tipping the pot to a 45 angle makes. Al...See MoreHow to decide which shade of Haint Blue to use on porch ceiling
Comments (4)SW Aged White seems quite beige at least on my screen. Perhaps you could also consider SW Oyster White. What ever you decide, test the colour before proceeding. Perhaps you can replace the metal awning with a retractable one? We don't see the front door nor a walkway so I show a walkway and some landscaping....See MoreHi I used pledge and if left these weirds marks how do I fix
Comments (8)I am sorry, but I think anything that can remove that silicone contamination is also going to harm the finish. Please give the above suggestions a try (on out-of-the-way test spots first), and I hope you will get back to us on whether any worked. It would be good information since you are far from the first person this happened to, and won't be the last. Pledge is awful stuff, serves no purpose (but SC Johnson's decades-long marketing campaigns have convinced people it does), and I would like to see it removed from the market....See MoreLeigh_K
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