Member MartHale7
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I have worked 5 years as an exterminator, I am a computer geek, having worked at GE Corporate working on their servers around the world. I was in charge of antivirus for about 20,000 machines at one time. I have also worked on the backend of 2 factor security with active directory.
I like to play with micro controllers, I flash esp8266, esp32 and use them with home automation software. Most of my aquaponic setup, and now my water heater is controlled via automation.
I have installed 4 mini splits, so I am so kool 😉
I have sold on Ebay lots of everglade tomato seeds. I am now working toward selling cuttings there.
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I do find it hard to isolate one aspect of a plant and say, it is because it is a nitrogen fixer that it is valuable to the other plants.
What if that plant enables certain fungi to live that help the other plants?
What if that plant brings up water from below and that waters other plants around it?
I have noted here in Florida that along the tree line you can look down and see the grass is greener under that line, it is my theory that the leaves above besides providing a micro climate, form dew in the morning and then drip water down to the grass below…
The interactions of this orchestra of instruments is indeed very intertwined.
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You have already done it. Welcome to gardening, it is normal to take up to 5 years to get a good idea of what gardening is about and make all the mistakes it takes to be a good gardener.
What can you do to make this less time?
I suggest find gardeners near you and visit them and trade. Finding a local gardener that has good garden can help easy the learning curve of gardening, as they have already figured out what is needed to grow in your area.
Also there are excellent gardeners on Youtube that you can learn from.
Gardening takes courage as you will kill plants, but the reward of getting past the black thumb is food for your belly. Keep at it!
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Many animals when they can’t find water will eat fruit to get water..
I have seen this happen with squirrels.
Pictures can help identify what you are up against, or even game cameras can help find the problem.
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I found it on Ebay for $15.00 a pound shipped. I just ordered some.
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Thank you…. I may need to look into it more.
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If it works keep doing it 🙂 I am always curious why it works, but it is very very hard to limit it down to 1 variable as we live in a very complex world.
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Looking at this it is a combo of the old tree hay method of using trees for fodder, and pruning to optimize growth…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer-managed_natural_regeneration
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Farmer-managed natural regeneration - Wikipedia
Farmer-managed natural regeneration - Wikipedia
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Thank you for sharing that. When you look at the picture you can see how the crops are doing better near the tree. Now I wonder, what kind of tree is that? What crops do well near trees? Is there an optiminal distance from the tree that works best for crops?
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I am in Florida, I had it growing and returning in one area, then I forgot I planted it there then covered it up with a solar panel 🙁
I do keep trying, I bought a bag of alfalfa sprouts, and I am getting some to start, gotta keep trying…
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I used alfalfa pellets for horses in my garden one year, it seemed to work well for my plants, thus my desire to grow it.
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Indeed it is, I have tried a few times to grow it hear. One thing I found interesting about alfalfa is you can grow it from cuttings, I was able to get it to root a few years back but have not been able to maintain it as of yet. 🙁
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Yeah most who do permaculture use the chop and drop method. dying leaf mater does feed worms, and bacteria, and the wood will feed fungi in time.
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I bought a video on organic gardening, and in that video the man planted beans, then turned in the beans, then he planted his desired crop on top of that.
In another book I read, they have a section of the garden set aside for growing nutrients like cover crops to feed the rest of the garden, much like chop and drop of permaculture.
Interesting your method to do both as you suggest, it does seem to be good to keep the food web going and also have a dying food supply for the crops. ( compost )
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Yeah, I have been working thru in my brain exactly why are they good companions?
Have we been going thru theses motions without testing it ourselves, and believing what the chart says that this works with that?
What makes a good companion plant, or guild, is it because someone saw the plants worked good together? Was it because the yield was higher? I have seen the charts, but wonder now what method was used to form them.
Does a nitro fixing plant generate nitrogen outside the nodule of the roots?
We use cotton seed meal for a nitrogen fertilizer, do other seeds have nitrogen like cotton seed that we could grind and use?
Love gardening as you are always looking for deeper answers.