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Food refuse
When I was growing up, my parents put food refuse in milk carton. Let if
ferment for awhile, them mixed it in the soil or just dumped it in the garden. They dumped it when the fungus started growing on top. I tried that, but the hungry ants got the topside stuff right away, and somehow got to anything buried a few inches in the earth. Know this may sound "gross", but I went a bit further with the ferment process. I used an airtight container. After 2 weeks, a white fungus starts growing on the top. That's when I stopped putting in more food. Left it sealed. 6 weeks later, a greenish/yellow very watery broth was the only thing left. It stank like a septic tank. The ants won't eat it, and doesn't seem to bother the tomatoes and jalapenos so far. Don't put any food refuse with seeds, nor bones in the pot. Animal fat/grease, and vegetable oil is no problem. All else is consumed, if you will. If you have problems with insects toting off your food refuse, you might try this. The smell will permeate most plastic containers. Stick with glass or metal, airtight of course. Can't vouch for positive results, just no negatives so far. Let you know next spring. I'll be growing more juice in the meantime and giving it to the soil on one side. The other side, I'll leave as is. -- Jonny |
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