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What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?

 
Lance Roseman From BC

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no clue about pesticides, best thing for everyone is top use
"deterrents" not harsh chems.


for fertilizer i can reccomend fox farms. their bloom and guano stuff is available on amazon. i use it to grow veggies and weed. its organic n shit. they make it near my house....

fox farms. big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big.
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thanks so much! Never heard of fox farms
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You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
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lance is 100% correct but you can buy their liquid fert solution on amazon.... pretty sure it can go to canada.
Lance Roseman From BC

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lance is 100% correct but you can buy their liquid fert solution on amazon.... pretty sure it can go to canada.
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The liquid prolly can...Haven't looked. Fox Fire was the cutting edge for med grows here for a bit...then 'poof' it was gone.
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I know of Diatomaceous Earth.

Anything else?
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I know of Diatomaceous Earth.

Anything else?
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Pull the weeds with your hands, or I will pull you.
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Gibberish. Do a full sheet mulch. If you need the data for that I will tell you. I don't fell like writing it out again if no one pays attention.
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protip most animals wont go near garlic.... plant it in abundance. old ancient italian wisdom fer ye
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awesome tip! So maybe line the garden with garlic plants?
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The deer love my garlic, onions and hot peppers.
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I wonder if its necessary to grow our food using manure and other animal feces/blood. In a way its disgusting. Aren't there other sources of nitrogen that would be just as good as a fertilizer?
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Re: What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?
no clue about pesticides, best thing for everyone is top use
"deterrents" not harsh chems.


for fertilizer i can reccomend fox farms. their bloom and guano stuff is available on amazon. i use it to grow veggies and weed. its organic n shit. they make it near my house....

fox farms. big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big.
 Quoting: Plato II


thanks so much! Never heard of fox farms
 Quoting: StrongLion


You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
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Are you a farmer?
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I bought some land and I'm building a perma-home there. Pretty close to get fully independent in there. In one or two years, I'll move there and never come back.
 Quoting: MaybeTrollingUAgain


that is awesome. So you're into permaculture?
 Quoting: StrongLion


Totally! Allow me to describe what I got done already:
The land is around 10 acres. Parts of plain land, parts with some elevations. Lots of native Atlantic forest.
There is a medium sized creek. From it, I dug a "trench" canalizing the water to a small hydro generator. It generates around 3Kwa/hour, more than enough for like 4 regular houses. I still need to make some safety circuits and a better inverter, but its already usable. The river runs the whole year with not much of a difference in the flow, so power is guaranteed.
I built 6 greenhouses 6x30 meters. Inside them, still building aquaponics systems. This part needs a lot of work yet, but I'll get there, I got only one working fully.
I raise, chickens and bought a miniature cow that, believe it or not, produces milk. Around 1 and a half gallon/day, but I don't need more than that. There's also a small pond where the ducks and geese love to hang out and I got some tilapia growing in there.
There is plenty of land for crops. For now, I got cassava, corn and sugar cane growing in permaculture(harvest some, plant it back).
Lots(really LOTS) of fruit trees. I could go live there right now if I really wanted or needed and I would be somewhat ok, but I still need some money to finish the barn, build bigger chicken coup, buy a bigger tractor and its implements, plain some more land for rice crops and various tools/machinery.

As soon as I got it all, you'll not be seeing me here so much(maybe never again, which some will like)
 Quoting: MaybeTrollingUAgain


Wow, that's amazing! That sounds like a lot of work, but completely satisfying to be self sustainable. Do you have a farming background? Are you planning a business or just farming for yourself. Congrats, I would like to do this one day. Don't know about South America though. Fruit trees are amazing I guess they would grow better there.
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Are you a farmer?
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I bought some land and I'm building a perma-home there. Pretty close to get fully independent in there. In one or two years, I'll move there and never come back.
 Quoting: MaybeTrollingUAgain


that is awesome. So you're into permaculture?
 Quoting: StrongLion


Totally! Allow me to describe what I got done already:
The land is around 10 acres. Parts of plain land, parts with some elevations. Lots of native Atlantic forest.
There is a medium sized creek. From it, I dug a "trench" canalizing the water to a small hydro generator. It generates around 3Kwa/hour, more than enough for like 4 regular houses. I still need to make some safety circuits and a better inverter, but its already usable. The river runs the whole year with not much of a difference in the flow, so power is guaranteed.
I built 6 greenhouses 6x30 meters. Inside them, still building aquaponics systems. This part needs a lot of work yet, but I'll get there, I got only one working fully.
I raise, chickens and bought a miniature cow that, believe it or not, produces milk. Around 1 and a half gallon/day, but I don't need more than that. There's also a small pond where the ducks and geese love to hang out and I got some tilapia growing in there.
There is plenty of land for crops. For now, I got cassava, corn and sugar cane growing in permaculture(harvest some, plant it back).
Lots(really LOTS) of fruit trees. I could go live there right now if I really wanted or needed and I would be somewhat ok, but I still need some money to finish the barn, build bigger chicken coup, buy a bigger tractor and its implements, plain some more land for rice crops and various tools/machinery.

As soon as I got it all, you'll not be seeing me here so much(maybe never again, which some will like)
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That's actually a lot of work, 6 greenhouses? Are you going to take in Woofers? Or volunteers/part time workers?
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Re: What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?
no clue about pesticides, best thing for everyone is top use
"deterrents" not harsh chems.


for fertilizer i can reccomend fox farms. their bloom and guano stuff is available on amazon. i use it to grow veggies and weed. its organic n shit. they make it near my house....

fox farms. big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big.
 Quoting: Plato II


thanks so much! Never heard of fox farms
 Quoting: StrongLion


You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
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Well, if you are not those are the best soils on the planet because...you can use the mix's as kind of like a sourdough, you start out with one of their bags and you compost with gumption and you can make as much new and awesome soil as you wish. Sometimes I wish I could just write on Permaculture but it doesn't go over well here...so ConspiraQy with gardening tips now and then will work.
If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell.
“It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius
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Rabbit manure is ideal fertilizer and easily broadcast and tilled under.
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protip most animals wont go near garlic.... plant it in abundance. old ancient italian wisdom fer ye
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awesome tip! So maybe line the garden with garlic plants?
 Quoting: StrongLion


The deer love my garlic, onions and hot peppers.
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damn! what region do you live in?
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Rabbit manure is ideal fertilizer and easily broadcast and tilled under.
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You don't even need to till it. Just lay it on the surface of the beds...
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DDT and 2,4,D.

They kill bugs dead.
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Rabbit manure is ideal fertilizer and easily broadcast and tilled under.
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You don't even need to till it. Just lay it on the surface of the beds...
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Use with caution, it is very hot. I used to sell it from my rabbit barn. One guy over did it, it turned the soil blue and killed every weed and everything. Was good soil a few years later.
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I dilute Epsom Salt and water in a sprayer. My grandmother always used it as a fertilizer. I also use fish emulsion to fertilize.

I haven't yet found anything to deter deer.
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One thing is for sure, human remains are not acceptable in any form even sluge form.
The other one is humans excrement and other sewage.

Keeping these biowaste materials out of agriculture is the best thing we could do to prevent sickness and other ill affects from it.
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thanks so much! Never heard of fox farms
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You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77661007


Well, if you are not those are the best soils on the planet because...you can use the mix's as kind of like a sourdough, you start out with one of their bags and you compost with gumption and you can make as much new and awesome soil as you wish. Sometimes I wish I could just write on Permaculture but it doesn't go over well here...so ConspiraQy with gardening tips now and then will work.
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What are some tips on permaculture? Any cool books you recommend?
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You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77661007


Well, if you are not those are the best soils on the planet because...you can use the mix's as kind of like a sourdough, you start out with one of their bags and you compost with gumption and you can make as much new and awesome soil as you wish. Sometimes I wish I could just write on Permaculture but it doesn't go over well here...so ConspiraQy with gardening tips now and then will work.
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


What are some tips on permaculture? Any cool books you recommend?
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What's the scale you wish to work with? It is ALWAYS better to start at your doorstep. So, how big is that when it extrapolates out?
If you are not busy weaving your own magick, you are trapped in anothers spell.
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One thing is for sure, human remains are not acceptable in any form even sluge form.
The other one is humans excrement and other sewage.

Keeping these biowaste materials out of agriculture is the best thing we could do to prevent sickness and other ill affects from it.
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It has to be heated over 140 F, to kill CV but that would not kill prions.
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thanks so much! Never heard of fox farms
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You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77661007


Well, if you are not those are the best soils on the planet because...you can use the mix's as kind of like a sourdough, you start out with one of their bags and you compost with gumption and you can make as much new and awesome soil as you wish. Sometimes I wish I could just write on Permaculture but it doesn't go over well here...so ConspiraQy with gardening tips now and then will work.
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So you can start with some of their soil, then add my own compost to make soil?
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One thing is for sure, human remains are not acceptable in any form even sluge form.
The other one is humans excrement and other sewage.

Keeping these biowaste materials out of agriculture is the best thing we could do to prevent sickness and other ill affects from it.
 Quoting: Wondering Mind


It has to be heated over 140 F, to kill CV but that would not kill prions.
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Yes it’s kind of gross to use animal sewage and blood to grow our food. Aren’t there other sources of nitrogen and all the other nutrients?
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oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
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Well, if you are not those are the best soils on the planet because...you can use the mix's as kind of like a sourdough, you start out with one of their bags and you compost with gumption and you can make as much new and awesome soil as you wish. Sometimes I wish I could just write on Permaculture but it doesn't go over well here...so ConspiraQy with gardening tips now and then will work.
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


What are some tips on permaculture? Any cool books you recommend?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77661007


What's the scale you wish to work with? It is ALWAYS better to start at your doorstep. So, how big is that when it extrapolates out?
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


Not that big. I just have a large raised bed, and one side of the house, and some large pots. But when I get my own place next year, would like to expand.
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You would not have heard of fox arms if you are actually in Canada because we are not allowed to import the soil. The guy bought up all of these pretty much defunct cement mixing trucks and does a large scale tumbler compost system. 'Too bioactive' to ship to Canada...idiots...
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


oh wow that's interesting. I'm actually not in Canada.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77661007


Well, if you are not those are the best soils on the planet because...you can use the mix's as kind of like a sourdough, you start out with one of their bags and you compost with gumption and you can make as much new and awesome soil as you wish. Sometimes I wish I could just write on Permaculture but it doesn't go over well here...so ConspiraQy with gardening tips now and then will work.
 Quoting: Lance Roseman From BC


So you can start with some of their soil, then add my own compost to make soil?
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Yes. think of their (Fox Fire) as sourdough starters for all sorts of uniQue soils. All really good soils and you just get the bonus of using them as starters. A very fine person (I only tell stories now and then) is in charge of making the soils there. Yoy just buy it and mimic it at home.
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Neem, you can eat it, bugs not :)
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I make fermented garden tea. Lots of ways to make it. I use ground up vegetable matter, some chicken and deer droppings, ground fish scraps, some urine, a bit of sugar, some form of grain scraps, some compost and keep it warm, pouring from bucket to bucket to keep full of air and bubbles for a few days to a week. Dilute with water for feeding the soil. Leave out the fish, urine and droppings to make a well diluted leaf wash.

Your plants will grow like crazy.
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deer hate eggs. Blend up a half a dozen and mix it with twice as much warm water. spray it around your garden, down the rows etc etc. I don't use it directly on any plants i expect to eat. it smells like death to them. replenish after a hard rain. Ive used it for MANY years now and I garden extensively.
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deer hate eggs. Blend up a half a dozen and mix it with twice as much warm water. spray it around your garden, down the rows etc etc. I don't use it directly on any plants i expect to eat. it smells like death to them. replenish after a hard rain. Ive used it for MANY years now and I garden extensively.
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Thank you, I have not tried that yet. They do not like bones, but the bones do not last long other things drag them off. Human urine does not deter my deer, neither does used cat litter, not even bob cat spray.

A good 7 1/2 ft fence with an elc wire or two helps.
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I bought some land and I'm building a perma-home there. Pretty close to get fully independent in there. In one or two years, I'll move there and never come back.
 Quoting: MaybeTrollingUAgain


that is awesome. So you're into permaculture?
 Quoting: StrongLion


Totally! Allow me to describe what I got done already:
The land is around 10 acres. Parts of plain land, parts with some elevations. Lots of native Atlantic forest.
There is a medium sized creek. From it, I dug a "trench" canalizing the water to a small hydro generator. It generates around 3Kwa/hour, more than enough for like 4 regular houses. I still need to make some safety circuits and a better inverter, but its already usable. The river runs the whole year with not much of a difference in the flow, so power is guaranteed.
I built 6 greenhouses 6x30 meters. Inside them, still building aquaponics systems. This part needs a lot of work yet, but I'll get there, I got only one working fully.
I raise, chickens and bought a miniature cow that, believe it or not, produces milk. Around 1 and a half gallon/day, but I don't need more than that. There's also a small pond where the ducks and geese love to hang out and I got some tilapia growing in there.
There is plenty of land for crops. For now, I got cassava, corn and sugar cane growing in permaculture(harvest some, plant it back).
Lots(really LOTS) of fruit trees. I could go live there right now if I really wanted or needed and I would be somewhat ok, but I still need some money to finish the barn, build bigger chicken coup, buy a bigger tractor and its implements, plain some more land for rice crops and various tools/machinery.

As soon as I got it all, you'll not be seeing me here so much(maybe never again, which some will like)
 Quoting: MaybeTrollingUAgain


Wow, that's amazing! That sounds like a lot of work, but completely satisfying to be self sustainable. Do you have a farming background? Are you planning a business or just farming for yourself. Congrats, I would like to do this one day. Don't know about South America though. Fruit trees are amazing I guess they would grow better there.
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Thanks!
It is a lot of work indeed, but I grew up in a farm, so I have a good background for some shortcuts. I'm planning to go and live there, forever. As soon as I get everything done. Selling only the excess production to be able to buy things I can't produce.
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