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Although you apologized partway through the video that you were rambling, I really do love these ramblings. It feels like having a real-time conversation with someone. I always love when you give us the broader perspective on things like GMOs/herbicides. It definitely helps me feel at ease with decisions for the garden. I hope others feel the same!
Thanks so much. LOL that rambling had me lose track but that is why I started the series... so I could just go on. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I just stumbled upon this. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it. I love that you are encouraging people to think and research for themselves. "Organic" "non-GMO" words like these are widely abused. I am surprised by the sheer number of home gardeners that search for seeds that are non-GMO. If it isn't blasted on the seed pack, they won't buy it. I've been called a liar when I tell them that the general public cannot purchase gmo seeds. And Hybrids are Not GMO.
You are 100% right with GMO seeds. I spent a good portion of a video on it. People get mad at me for videos like this and unsubscribe. But thats cool. You cant buy GMO seeds for sure and if you did, they would cost a fortune. My other one is organic seeds. An organic seed is not better than the seed that are not stamped organic. A tiny tomato seed cant hold anything bad in it. LOL and you dont lie. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
You are a great person, thank you so so much for sharing your compassion. Each person's situation is different and your acceptance of this, while continuing to teach and share is such a blessing to the gardening community. Esp ppl who are new to it!
Very appreciated. I like to keep in mind we share a loved passion but are circumstances are different. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Thanks. Uh no but I will have 5 seconds of music at beginning and end. Literally 5 seconds. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Instead of throwing away all my leaves, I bought a leaf mulcher in the fall. This thing ground them up almost to powder. I have so must mulch this year I plan on laying on at least 12 in over my beds. I have wood chips layed out everywhere but in my beds. I had such great success with wine cap mushrooms that I plan on inoculating my wood chips in my garden with them and oyster mushrooms. I’m also going all heirloom varieties of tomato and peppers. Hoping for the best year ever. Hoping........
A great way to do it. I have wine caps inoculated too for next year. Good luck with you continued growth. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
The best thing about using organic matter like leaves or alfalfa for mulch is that they attract worms like crazy. Im also planning on adding a pipe to add plant matter in for the worms to help create compost while being in my plant beds.
When I was really getting into gardening, I understood I did bot know what , how & why I should/needed to do to be a successful gardener. So, in this age of poo-pooing of science, I am extremely glad I found you and a very few others who espoused a more scientific approach to gardening. It's made me a better person, a better gardener, and definitely a more successful gardener. Words cannot adequately express my gratitude to you for that knowledge!!
Science really matters. Many people think the word chemical is bad. When I say all things are chemicals, some people get mad. My point is for people to learn why or why not to use something. Very glad to share and thanks for commenting. It is motivating. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
It is so confusing. Being informed is good. I still learn new things. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Finally some reasoned thought. Thank you for providing sound and reasoned information. I bought a bag of alfalfa pellets last Saturday after watching your video.
Glad to help. I didnt even get into that GMO doesn't always mean roundup is used with it. But I just want to get some info out for people to think about. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I admire how you drop the knowledge and encourage us all to do our own research. Thanks for teaching the community how to be more self and local reliant. If I can spread one idea to the world it's this; Never forget the taste of stone soup. Happy 2021 everyone.
Happy 2021 and I think it is so important to be mostly informed when making decisions. Thanks, Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
In addition to clay retaining water, it also has a very high cation exchange capacity (CEC), meaning it will hold onto minerals that can feed your plants. Sand on the other hand has a very poor CEC. I believe clay is like 100-300 meq per 100g while sand is like 2-5 meq per 100g.
Very true. I love the clay in my soil for that reason. The CEC is a future topic. Have a great 2021. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
My first year of gardening I knew I wanted to go organic as much as possible. But I was on a tight budget and I used Miracle grow in my containers. It worked out ok and gave me time to make compost and learn. Now that I have systems in place and more money I dont use it. But your right Gary, do what works on your budget.
Perfect. All of my compost space is not enough (yet) to feed all my gardens. Soon. But start with a goal and keep working toward it. I try to be aware of everyone's unique circumstances and garden space. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Look up a Johnson Su bioreactor...great way to use wood chips (free & easy to get) to make a TON of compost in a reasonable amount of time...haven’t built mine yet but a project for this year...
@@OSGCourtWatch I have, and I will likely build one next year when I get a load from chipdrop to expand my garden and rechip the current garden area. It isnt as necessary in my third year. I already have a 4 bin compost setup that was built in my first year. I also have 2 large leaf mold bins, but the leaf mold will be used as a peat replacement. My original post wasnt about what I am doing now, but what I did in my first year when none of this was setup and there was still a need to fertilize. Compost, even made in a bio reactor takes some time to make.
We are lucky here in Saskatchewan. We farm 6000 acres of the most beautiful black loam soil. I used the top soil in my garden, only problem I had was lots of volunteer canola lol.
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Just test it out, Gary. Make a few quart pots with different amounts of non-organic pellets in increasing concentrations plus a control pot with none. Transplant seedlings of equal size and see what happens. If there is glyphosate in the alfalfa you will see poorer growth in the pots with more pellets. Or you may not see any difference at all between the pots with pellets vs the control. Which would tell you that the seedlings are getting much in the way of nutrients from the pellets. I think I will try it this spring with my brand of alfalfa pellets which are fed to my meat goats, but I don't have a channel to report the results.
I would but one issue is that GMO alfalfa doesnt necessarily mean glyophosate was used (most likely yes). If it was used I dont know the quantity of spray and how close it was done to harvest time. But it would be good experiment. The bottom line is my garden didnt struggle in anyway where I used it. I think ultimatlely it is finding a brand alfalfa that works for you. If you want to track the brands. And email results... I can put them in my FB group. www.therustedgarden.com Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Organic does not mean that gmo alfalfa was not used, organic only means that it wasn't sprayed with any pesticide or herbicide. You could grow gmo alfalfa and not spray it which would mean that it was organic but probably wouldn't because it is more expensive. Just saying your garden did okay doesn't mean that glyphosate residue wasn't present. I probably will do the test since I always have extra seedlings. I would like to add organic material to my very poor soil, but I want to add a large amount and the pellets are expensive, organic is much too expensive.
After 10 years of doing all of this and experimenting, would love to see you do a video of failed and success methods throughout the 19 years of videos. Maybe the video exists and I just haven’t come across it. Whether or not, love binge watching your videos at night
I never fail. LOL. I dont have any videos though. I do adjust and you would see my style change. Sometimes I mention why in a video. Maybe ill talk about in Friday Ramblings. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
Thanks. 90% organic. Know what you use and know why you dont choose to use is all I want people to take away from this. Appreciated. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Glyphosat is the trade name of the chemical. Earthworms such as Lumbricus terrestris here in Germany dig 3m down in the earth and earthworms with their delicate skin are very sensitive to chemicals/fertilizers.
Gary, love your vids over the years. Happy New Bountiful Year! Just curious, what is the size of your new homestead property to allow you all that gardening space?
The whole property is 2 acres. Thanks so much for watching too over the year. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
"Despite restrictions, symptoms of aminopyralid damage were recorded on crops growing in allotments in Edinburgh, UK as recently as June 2010; enquiries traced the source of contamination to a farm supplying hay to the stables from where bags of manure had been obtained. Symptoms of aminopyralid injury to vegetable crops were reported by small farmers and gardeners in Britain in July 2011.[9] New reports of contamination continue in 2020[10]" --wikipedia
Hmmm! Wonder if subsoil has any weed seeds? Maybe it would be good to dig up and mix with compost, etc, and make a good soil combination for a raised bed? Great video!
Usually no seeds that far down. I did us what I removed in my other raised beds. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Well... thats true for any crop. What I am saying is why would farmers spray a crop 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks before and waste money. Right? It is used early so the weeds dont over grow and choke out the alfalfa. Doesn't meant there isn't residue just because it is done early. Does mean that early spraying loses it potency though. Another reason to worry less I suppose. Thanks Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Gary, I suggest doing a search for roundup and its suggested uses straight from the horse's mouth. Daylene is 100% correct in their statement, in which monsanto highly suggests spraying glyphosate (aka: roundup- roundup is the product name for glyphosate) on the alfalfa or other cash crop, a few days before harvest to encourage the drying process. This is so the drying vegetation (eg., alfalfa) won't mold during the drying. This also means an incredibly excessive and damaging amount of glyphosate residue left on the end product that you say is safe to put in the garden. I'm not trying to poo-poo your video, but please do your homework before saying gmos and glyphosate are safe. Without doing so, you've just told everyone it's safe to introduce glyphosate into their home garden- ones they are possibly trying to keep chemical-free. Please do your homework before disseminating information to the public.
We can only spray or desiccate wheat legally. Most people only use alfalfa for green feed. The seed farmers might spray alfalfa to desiccate to harvest seeds to sell to grow more crops. Really we use so little you would be amazed.
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Alfalfa can be cut more than once. It can be recommended to spray 5 days before harvest, if needed so that weeds are killed and then won't affect the second growth.
Wonderful level headed presentation of fact. Thank you. One question....after all the amendments, will there be a time where your raised beds will be too full with soil? Will you remove some then?
It is possible. I havent gotten there as the organic matter flattens. But I would just move it to other places in need. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Unless u are intentionally overfilling your beds each season u won’t...organic matter, especially compost, etc u add are so light & airy they settle a lot over a season...we need to add 4 inches to our 12” tall beds every year or so
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It sure can be. I hope to help in the garden end as I can. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Another great video! I loved the explanations on pressure treated wood and the use of the alfalfa. QUESTION: You said the organic matter you put on your beds will break down over the next 5 months or so by the microorganisms and bacteria. But what about in areas that the ground freezes. Does this still hold true or does this breakdown only occur before and after?
So when I say that... granular type and organic matter is slow release. So it breaks down over time, a little at a time, and SLOWLY give to the plants. So this will have a good bit broken down over 3-5 months but it wont be 100% composted. When warmth comes it will speed up. I will also put more down in the spring so that slowly breaks downs over the warm months. Hope that helps. Freezing shuts everything down. But a sunny days warms the matter on the surface. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I recently built some new raised beds this last fall. I order topsoil and filled them up with this premium top soil. What i found is that this premium top soil doesnt drain very quickly. What should i do with this soil? Add sand? Peat moss? How much? The beds are probably 8 to 10 inches of top soil.
Well there is a difference between pooling and sitting water and soil staying wet. If it stays wet, I think it will be fine as warmth returns. If it pools as in doesnt drain. I would think it is the soil beneath it. In that case i would break up whats below. Just plunge a shove down and lift it a bit. You want water to drain through your 8-10 inches and hit sub soil that also drains. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I would not. Too many unknown chemicals. It might be okay but I just dont know. Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications & Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Happy New Year Gary. I have a question on the Alfalfa pellets (organic or not). Do I have to worry about alfalfa grass grow in my garden in the spring after this breaks down over the winter? Thanks
Thanks for saying the Alfalfa has been sprayed with Roundup, I saw your video a couple days ago about using Alfalfa pellets for fertilizer, I was ready to go out and find a bag but now I think I’ll pass.
Doesnt mean that it is btw. Only if needed by the grower but you can find organic pellets. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I have a question about my lemon tree? It have lots of flowers, and there are 3 baby lemons coming on, it dropping a lot of leaves? Is that normal? And do I water it every week? I am in zone 7, and my tree is in side.
So leaf dropping is not normal and I lost a tree the same way. Growing indoors is really hard and I just dont having any advice. Sorry Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Is there any “safe” bagged mulch that can be purchased at big box stores? Most for them have dye in them for landscaping. You mentioned that you use wood chips as garden mulch, but where do you get it? I have your book preordered, and can’t wait for Amazon to start shipping!
I get mine from a landscape company now as a bulk drop. But I use to get shredded hardwood, no dyes at Home Depot. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
I believe the dyed mulches that are mulch and soil council certified have dyes that are safe. The red is iron oxide, black is carbon, and I think the brown is "vegetable based". Maybe you can look it up to see if it sounds safe for you.
The key is to plant on a rainy day or water it in. It breaks down into flakes. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
"Chemical Farming & The Loss of Human Health - Dr. Zach Bush", Hay Gary watch that title in you tube and you may rethink what you are telling people in your videos. Like your garden, love the alfalfa as i use it too, just wanted you to be up to date on info. The trace amounts your talking about are changing the proteins not only in the plants but in your body as well. Watch the video and you decide. Keep gardening
Ill check it out. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for seeds, seed starting supplies, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com
Just because it is not organic does not mean it is GMO. Being organic certified is a major pain in the butt and still allows the farmer to use pesticides and herbacides, they just are not petroleum based. Some are just as strong and just bad for people and plants.
It is costly and in some cases silly. Ground.... after 3 years of no chemical ferts or sprays... is deemed approved for growing 'organic' seeds. Most people just look for ORGANIC stamp and dont ask what makes it organic. And yep you can use chemical sprays as you mention. IT is backwards. I want a list of what is used on my food, not a stamp saying its okay what they used... but I digress. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
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I have a horse and each fall I have the shed cleaned out which is a combo of mature, hay and dirt.. QUESTION: How long does this raw material have to break down before it's safe to amend my garden? I'm in Mn. And is the nitrogen to high for some plants?
For horse manure, I think a full year is key. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
Of course not. Whose putting round up in their garden. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
U sound pretty dug into your position on roundup...alfalfa pellets won’t have more than a trace of it in them and between the growthlife of the alfalfa and the amount of time the pellets have to break down in a garden bed if added in fall to revitalize soil nutrients, very little chemical will leach into your bed (though not sure what half life of round up is).
If you start having any chronic problems, consider chemicals, glyphosate, GMO's, roundup, in your food supply. Your reassurances, Gary, are not based on science such as lab results, or long term studies. They seem to be only your opinions. I was getting ready to buy your book but it appears we are not on the same page. Other than that, you do have some helpful hints on other topics.
Thats why I say research and dont take my opinion as is. Chemicals are everywhere. Worry where it is fit. Dont fear everything before researching. Id be glad to look at lab results. That is how I decided to not worry about wood leaching. Feel free to post them here and help others out with their personal decisions. Id love food to be labled GMO. And have what is sprayed on and around it on the label. I am not worried about alfalfa though.
What really rubs me the wrong way about GMOs is seed companies listing their products as "GMO free". All garden seeds are GMO free. Most gardeners will never even *see* a single GMO seed in their life unless they have a farmer friend; GMO seeds are just not sold to the general public normally. Its just feeding off a fear for marketing purposes.
That bothers me too and the often charge more. It is wrong. You are 100% right. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
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IT really can overwhelm new gardeners. Just start growing, learn and build the style you want. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com
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I enjoyed your ramblings! HA!! I am envious of all your compost bins. I wish I had space
Although you apologized partway through the video that you were rambling, I really do love these ramblings. It feels like having a real-time conversation with someone. I always love when you give us the broader perspective on things like GMOs/herbicides. It definitely helps me feel at ease with decisions for the garden. I hope others feel the same!
Thanks so much. LOL that rambling had me lose track but that is why I started the series... so I could just go on.
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I just stumbled upon this. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it. I love that you are encouraging people to think and research for themselves. "Organic" "non-GMO" words like these are widely abused.
I am surprised by the sheer number of home gardeners that search for seeds that are non-GMO. If it isn't blasted on the seed pack, they won't buy it. I've been called a liar when I tell them that the general public cannot purchase gmo seeds. And Hybrids are Not GMO.
You are 100% right with GMO seeds. I spent a good portion of a video on it. People get mad at me for videos like this and unsubscribe. But thats cool. You cant buy GMO seeds for sure and if you did, they would cost a fortune. My other one is organic seeds. An organic seed is not better than the seed that are not stamped organic. A tiny tomato seed cant hold anything bad in it. LOL and you dont lie.
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You are a great person, thank you so so much for sharing your compassion. Each person's situation is different and your acceptance of this, while continuing to teach and share is such a blessing to the gardening community. Esp ppl who are new to it!
Very appreciated. I like to keep in mind we share a loved passion but are circumstances are different.
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I am so glad you don’t use any and annoying music. Just plain voice and truth. Thanks!
Thanks. Uh no but I will have 5 seconds of music at beginning and end. Literally 5 seconds.
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Instead of throwing away all my leaves, I bought a leaf mulcher in the fall. This thing ground them up almost to powder. I have so must mulch this year I plan on laying on at least 12 in over my beds. I have wood chips layed out everywhere but in my beds. I had such great success with wine cap mushrooms that I plan on inoculating my wood chips in my garden with them and oyster mushrooms. I’m also going all heirloom varieties of tomato and peppers. Hoping for the best year ever. Hoping........
A great way to do it. I have wine caps inoculated too for next year. Good luck with you continued growth.
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The best thing about using organic matter like leaves or alfalfa for mulch is that they attract worms like crazy. Im also planning on adding a pipe to add plant matter in for the worms to help create compost while being in my plant beds.
When I was really getting into gardening, I understood I did bot know what , how & why I should/needed to do to be a successful gardener. So, in this age of poo-pooing of science, I am extremely glad I found you and a very few others who espoused a more scientific approach to gardening. It's made me a better person, a better gardener, and definitely a more successful gardener. Words cannot adequately express my gratitude to you for that knowledge!!
Science really matters. Many people think the word chemical is bad. When I say all things are chemicals, some people get mad. My point is for people to learn why or why not to use something. Very glad to share and thanks for commenting. It is motivating.
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Which is weird since I learned everything was a chemical in 6th grade. They must of missed that day in class lol.
Love the rambles!! Thank you! So much good here. I love the intent to inform and empower by unraveling and addressing the misinformation and hype.
It is so confusing. Being informed is good. I still learn new things.
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great video, I appreciate your knowledge and you sharing it. thank you
Thanks so much
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Finally some reasoned thought. Thank you for providing sound and reasoned information. I bought a bag of alfalfa pellets last Saturday after watching your video.
Glad to help. I didnt even get into that GMO doesn't always mean roundup is used with it. But I just want to get some info out for people to think about.
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I admire how you drop the knowledge and encourage us all to do our own research. Thanks for teaching the community how to be more self and local reliant. If I can spread one idea to the world it's this; Never forget the taste of stone soup. Happy 2021 everyone.
Happy 2021 and I think it is so important to be mostly informed when making decisions. Thanks,
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In addition to clay retaining water, it also has a very high cation exchange capacity (CEC), meaning it will hold onto minerals that can feed your plants. Sand on the other hand has a very poor CEC. I believe clay is like 100-300 meq per 100g while sand is like 2-5 meq per 100g.
Very true. I love the clay in my soil for that reason. The CEC is a future topic. Have a great 2021.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thanks you too. It's good to know that you'll be doing a video on it.
thanks again for all your information
Glad to share
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My first year of gardening I knew I wanted to go organic as much as possible. But I was on a tight budget and I used Miracle grow in my containers. It worked out ok and gave me time to make compost and learn. Now that I have systems in place and more money I dont use it. But your right Gary, do what works on your budget.
Perfect. All of my compost space is not enough (yet) to feed all my gardens. Soon. But start with a goal and keep working toward it. I try to be aware of everyone's unique circumstances and garden space.
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Look up a Johnson Su bioreactor...great way to use wood chips (free & easy to get) to make a TON of compost in a reasonable amount of time...haven’t built mine yet but a project for this year...
@@OSGCourtWatch I have, and I will likely build one next year when I get a load from chipdrop to expand my garden and rechip the current garden area. It isnt as necessary in my third year. I already have a 4 bin compost setup that was built in my first year. I also have 2 large leaf mold bins, but the leaf mold will be used as a peat replacement. My original post wasnt about what I am doing now, but what I did in my first year when none of this was setup and there was still a need to fertilize. Compost, even made in a bio reactor takes some time to make.
We are lucky here in Saskatchewan. We farm 6000 acres of the most beautiful black loam soil. I used the top soil in my garden, only problem I had was lots of volunteer canola lol.
That is golden! Ill take volunteers with black loam.
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Just test it out, Gary. Make a few quart pots with different amounts of non-organic pellets in increasing concentrations plus a control pot with none. Transplant seedlings of equal size and see what happens. If there is glyphosate in the alfalfa you will see poorer growth in the pots with more pellets. Or you may not see any difference at all between the pots with pellets vs the control. Which would tell you that the seedlings are getting much in the way of nutrients from the pellets. I think I will try it this spring with my brand of alfalfa pellets which are fed to my meat goats, but I don't have a channel to report the results.
I would but one issue is that GMO alfalfa doesnt necessarily mean glyophosate was used (most likely yes). If it was used I dont know the quantity of spray and how close it was done to harvest time. But it would be good experiment. The bottom line is my garden didnt struggle in anyway where I used it. I think ultimatlely it is finding a brand alfalfa that works for you. If you want to track the brands. And email results... I can put them in my FB group. www.therustedgarden.com
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Organic does not mean that gmo alfalfa was not used, organic only means that it wasn't sprayed with any pesticide or herbicide. You could grow gmo alfalfa and not spray it which would mean that it was organic but probably wouldn't because it is more expensive. Just saying your garden did okay doesn't mean that glyphosate residue wasn't present. I probably will do the test since I always have extra seedlings. I would like to add organic material to my very poor soil, but I want to add a large amount and the pellets are expensive, organic is much too expensive.
After 10 years of doing all of this and experimenting, would love to see you do a video of failed and success methods throughout the 19 years of videos. Maybe the video exists and I just haven’t come across it. Whether or not, love binge watching your videos at night
I never fail. LOL. I dont have any videos though. I do adjust and you would see my style change. Sometimes I mention why in a video. Maybe ill talk about in Friday Ramblings.
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valuable information.Thanks.
Glad to share
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You share such great information. Thank you.
Glad to share.
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Happy new year. Thank you for the information.
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And it's fed to horses so I'm sure it's safe. I'm definitely doing this very soon.
Good luck this year.
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I’d say you have a common sense approach to gardening that I agree with
Thanks. 90% organic. Know what you use and know why you dont choose to use is all I want people to take away from this. Appreciated.
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Thank you for sharing
Yep
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Glyphosat is the trade name of the chemical.
Earthworms such as Lumbricus terrestris here in Germany dig 3m down in the earth and earthworms with their delicate skin are very sensitive to chemicals/fertilizers.
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@James Zaros organic food cannot be sprayed with glyphosate.
If something is growing in glyphosate then it contains glyphosate, putting it in your garden now your garden contains glyphosate
Useing alfalfa pellet in my garden and compost now. Praying for a better growing season
I think it will help.
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Thanks for sharing
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Gary, love your vids over the years. Happy New Bountiful Year! Just curious, what is the size of your new homestead property to allow you all that gardening space?
The whole property is 2 acres. Thanks so much for watching too over the year.
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You're thinking of aminopyralid contamination in manures and compost.
I think that is similar but a different topic too. This ramble was about the GMOs designed to be immune to 'roundup'.
"Despite restrictions, symptoms of aminopyralid damage were recorded on crops growing in allotments in Edinburgh, UK as recently as June 2010; enquiries traced the source of contamination to a farm supplying hay to the stables from where bags of manure had been obtained. Symptoms of aminopyralid injury to vegetable crops were reported by small farmers and gardeners in Britain in July 2011.[9]
New reports of contamination continue in 2020[10]" --wikipedia
If youre talking about whats on the alfalfa I have a feeling its not. Those are used against broadleaf plants. I think alfalfa is a broadleaf.
great information Thank you Gary
Glad to share.
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Hmmm! Wonder if subsoil has any weed seeds? Maybe it would be good to dig up and mix with compost, etc, and make a good soil combination for a raised bed? Great video!
Usually no seeds that far down. I did us what I removed in my other raised beds.
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I did some research on round up and alfalfa. I found round up can be sprayed 36 hours before harvest to dry it out quickly.
Well... thats true for any crop. What I am saying is why would farmers spray a crop 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks before and waste money. Right? It is used early so the weeds dont over grow and choke out the alfalfa. Doesn't meant there isn't residue just because it is done early. Does mean that early spraying loses it potency though. Another reason to worry less I suppose. Thanks
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Gary, I suggest doing a search for roundup and its suggested uses straight from the horse's mouth. Daylene is 100% correct in their statement, in which monsanto highly suggests spraying glyphosate (aka: roundup- roundup is the product name for glyphosate) on the alfalfa or other cash crop, a few days before harvest to encourage the drying process. This is so the drying vegetation (eg., alfalfa) won't mold during the drying. This also means an incredibly excessive and damaging amount of glyphosate residue left on the end product that you say is safe to put in the garden. I'm not trying to poo-poo your video, but please do your homework before saying gmos and glyphosate are safe. Without doing so, you've just told everyone it's safe to introduce glyphosate into their home garden- ones they are possibly trying to keep chemical-free. Please do your homework before disseminating information to the public.
We can only spray or desiccate wheat legally. Most people only use alfalfa for green feed. The seed farmers might spray alfalfa to desiccate to harvest seeds to sell to grow more crops. Really we use so little you would be amazed.
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Alfalfa can be cut more than once. It can be recommended to spray 5 days before harvest, if needed so that weeds are killed and then won't affect the second growth.
Wonderful level headed presentation of fact. Thank you. One question....after all the amendments, will there be a time where your raised beds will be too full with soil? Will you remove some then?
It is possible. I havent gotten there as the organic matter flattens. But I would just move it to other places in need.
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Unless u are intentionally overfilling your beds each season u won’t...organic matter, especially compost, etc u add are so light & airy they settle a lot over a season...we need to add 4 inches to our 12” tall beds every year or so
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Thanks for another informative video. @8:23, what are those arched metallic trellis in your fire-pit-beds?
Those are builders mesh from Home Depot. The are for house siding and such I think. Repurposed.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank you so much! I love your pragmatic & rational approach, best of luck in 2021 :)
Thanks for promoting common-sense. It's in pretty short supply these days.
It sure can be. I hope to help in the garden end as I can.
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Another great video! I loved the explanations on pressure treated wood and the use of the alfalfa. QUESTION: You said the organic matter you put on your beds will break down over the next 5 months or so by the microorganisms and bacteria. But what about in areas that the ground freezes. Does this still hold true or does this breakdown only occur before and after?
So when I say that... granular type and organic matter is slow release. So it breaks down over time, a little at a time, and SLOWLY give to the plants. So this will have a good bit broken down over 3-5 months but it wont be 100% composted. When warmth comes it will speed up. I will also put more down in the spring so that slowly breaks downs over the warm months. Hope that helps. Freezing shuts everything down. But a sunny days warms the matter on the surface.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thanks Gary. Your reply definitely was helpful.
I recently built some new raised beds this last fall. I order topsoil and filled them up with this premium top soil. What i found is that this premium top soil doesnt drain very quickly. What should i do with this soil? Add sand? Peat moss? How much? The beds are probably 8 to 10 inches of top soil.
Well there is a difference between pooling and sitting water and soil staying wet. If it stays wet, I think it will be fine as warmth returns. If it pools as in doesnt drain. I would think it is the soil beneath it. In that case i would break up whats below. Just plunge a shove down and lift it a bit. You want water to drain through your 8-10 inches and hit sub soil that also drains.
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Can I use the wood ash from duraflame logs? Thank you for all your videos.
I would not. Too many unknown chemicals. It might be okay but I just dont know.
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Happy New Year Gary. I have a question on the Alfalfa pellets (organic or not). Do I have to worry about alfalfa grass grow in my garden in the spring after this breaks down over the winter? Thanks
Nope. Very little if any seed in it.
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Thanks for saying the Alfalfa has been sprayed with Roundup, I saw your video a couple days ago about using Alfalfa pellets for fertilizer, I was ready to go out and find a bag but now I think I’ll pass.
Doesnt mean that it is btw. Only if needed by the grower but you can find organic pellets.
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I have a question about my lemon tree? It have lots of flowers, and there are 3 baby lemons coming on, it dropping a lot of leaves? Is that normal? And do I water it every week? I am in zone 7, and my tree is in side.
So leaf dropping is not normal and I lost a tree the same way. Growing indoors is really hard and I just dont having any advice. Sorry
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Is there any “safe” bagged mulch that can be purchased at big box stores? Most for them have dye in them for landscaping. You mentioned that you use wood chips as garden mulch, but where do you get it? I have your book preordered, and can’t wait for Amazon to start shipping!
I get mine from a landscape company now as a bulk drop. But I use to get shredded hardwood, no dyes at Home Depot.
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I believe the dyed mulches that are mulch and soil council certified have dyes that are safe. The red is iron oxide, black is carbon, and I think the brown is "vegetable based". Maybe you can look it up to see if it sounds safe for you.
The problem is you keep saying top soil when "top soil" is already understood as a low grade dirt...Other than that, good info!
Well it is called topsoil. Just used to name bagged products too. Bagged topsoil is low grade dirt.
Do you have any problems with rabbits using alfalfa pellets?
The key is to plant on a rainy day or water it in. It breaks down into flakes.
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"Chemical Farming & The Loss of Human Health - Dr. Zach Bush", Hay Gary watch that title in you tube and you may rethink what you are telling people in your videos. Like your garden, love the alfalfa as i use it too, just wanted you to be up to date on info. The trace amounts your talking about are changing the proteins not only in the plants but in your body as well. Watch the video and you decide. Keep gardening
Ill check it out.
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I agree
Cheers to that.
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Just because it is not organic does not mean it is GMO. Being organic certified is a major pain in the butt and still allows the farmer to use pesticides and herbacides, they just are not petroleum based. Some are just as strong and just bad for people and plants.
It is costly and in some cases silly. Ground.... after 3 years of no chemical ferts or sprays... is deemed approved for growing 'organic' seeds. Most people just look for ORGANIC stamp and dont ask what makes it organic. And yep you can use chemical sprays as you mention. IT is backwards. I want a list of what is used on my food, not a stamp saying its okay what they used... but I digress.
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I say as long as it doesn't have chemicals I'll use it
That works
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I have a horse and each fall I have the shed cleaned out which is a combo of mature, hay and dirt.. QUESTION: How long does this raw material have to break down before it's safe to amend my garden? I'm in Mn. And is the nitrogen to high for some plants?
For horse manure, I think a full year is key.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank-you for answering back so promptly.👍😁
When it smells like dirt and not poop
@@laurieperrot7040 hahahaha
Roundup is ok now in the garden? Insane
Of course not. Whose putting round up in their garden.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN you put bags of crap in your garden! You actually eat the things you grow?
U sound pretty dug into your position on roundup...alfalfa pellets won’t have more than a trace of it in them and between the growthlife of the alfalfa and the amount of time the pellets have to break down in a garden bed if added in fall to revitalize soil nutrients, very little chemical will leach into your bed (though not sure what half life of round up is).
If you start having any chronic problems, consider chemicals, glyphosate, GMO's, roundup, in your food supply. Your reassurances, Gary, are not based on science such as lab results, or long term studies. They seem to be only your opinions. I was getting ready to buy your book but it appears we are not on the same page. Other than that, you do have some helpful hints on other topics.
Thats why I say research and dont take my opinion as is. Chemicals are everywhere. Worry where it is fit. Dont fear everything before researching. Id be glad to look at lab results. That is how I decided to not worry about wood leaching. Feel free to post them here and help others out with their personal decisions. Id love food to be labled GMO. And have what is sprayed on and around it on the label. I am not worried about alfalfa though.
What really rubs me the wrong way about GMOs is seed companies listing their products as "GMO free". All garden seeds are GMO free. Most gardeners will never even *see* a single GMO seed in their life unless they have a farmer friend; GMO seeds are just not sold to the general public normally. Its just feeding off a fear for marketing purposes.
That bothers me too and the often charge more. It is wrong. You are 100% right.
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It doesn't make me a bad person doesn't make me not organic 🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅
ur silly
Sometimes you just have to say it out loud and laugh.
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Too many rules and myths make gardening inaccessible to people. Such a shame!
IT really can overwhelm new gardeners. Just start growing, learn and build the style you want.
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