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Hello Anil Anil Kaushik wrote: Theo Excellent! You and I are on the same wavelength! ;-) I think SYENTHIC cultural practices in US is the result of too much hype created for the readymade (lazy-man's) products by the manufacturers and their agents probably with the motive of making profits. probably due to production and to avoid patopgenous that can destroy young breed I read of a Japanese master that when buys some plants in nurseries he knows that are hevily under chemicals to keep them fine so during one year he leaves the new bought plant grow and to get free fo chemical to rebuilt his own defenses I think he is right As the mother feed is the best for a baby, likewise mother earth (natural soil) is the best food source for a plant. Highly infected, infested and polluted soil will not support plant life. But where is the need to get such stuff then sterilize or autoclave it! I take good fertilesoil, dry it in the Sun and then sift it through a sieve that has 40 x 40 meshes per sq.inch, to remove the fine dust. Similarly we use well rotted leaf or dung compost after sifting it through 20 x 20 mesh. And adding coarse sharp sand or inert grit to it, the mixture becomes quite porous and easily last one year without clogging. In the next repotting, we recycle the old mixture by sifting it again (to remove the broken fine particles) and mixing it with the fresh mixture in 50-50ratio, adding some broad spectrum organic fertilizer. All plants grow very well in this medium. yeah I normally steam-sterilize the lava or gravel I use as it comes from soils and places I do not know so I wash and than put in a plastic bag with some water in microwave so I can recicle it over and over again and adding a little old soil plus new home made compost it helps to colonize with *home* bacteria Akadama is getting not only expensive but also degradates quite quickly so I use just a third with lava and the compost for needles I use less compost with maples 30% is ok my coarse lava or gravel is about 4-5 mm and porous so helps in air circulation aftere ripotting the old soil aka + gravel or lava + old compost is sifted the dust is thrown in nature or in my geraniums pots and the solid gravel is washed sterilized and stored for others plants whene needed in months to come As for the micro-elements are concerned, these are sufficient in organic fertlisers and soil. guess so , and anyway there are also in biogold fish emulsion and so on Regards MSN messanger / or ICQ 25 666 169 4 Private Mail : «»«»«» Just for today... don't worry .....be happy «»«»«» |
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