We were
out of potting soil, so I... [Read more...]
However, this plant is growing in a heavier garden soil (I ran
out of potting soil when I was transplanting) and also spent one winter on the windowsill versus under lights.
Not exact matches
Some gardeners have had success with simply digging
soil out of the garden and putting it in a
pot.
Try the same activity using different types
of soil: clay, loam, sandy, silty,
potting soil, compost, etcetera, but put a screen on top
of the cup to keep organic matter from floating
out as you pour the water into the cup.
my understanding
of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 %
of my diet in the form
of a few different colors
of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear
out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find
out if the potatoes are grown on
soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the
soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the
soil for a couple years... it can have any kind
of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that
soil is then full
of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it
out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause
of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots
of sweet
pots grown on clean
soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet
pots inhibits the absorption
of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....
In anticipation
of spring, spread
out spring flower bulbs,
potting soil, flowerpots, gardening gloves, trowels, and water.
Carpet or flooring can be tugged up, the
soil can be knocking
out of a plant
pots, sofas can be shredded and you garden can quickly become excavated.
But we're thinking that if you're really wanting to enjoy a plant without sucking the nature right
out of it, you might want to just grab a
pot, some
soil, and a really hearty variety
of houseplant.
Most
of the hard work raising vegetables and flowers from seeds comes in the beginning when you have a million little peat
pots, seed packets, bags
of seed - starting
soil mix and Popsicle sticks spread
out on the kitchen table.
Look to see if roots are coming
out of the bottom
of the
pot, or try to poke your finger into the
soil; if you can't because roots are in the way, let someone else struggle with these plants.