Bruno M. wrote:
Hi Robert,
you wrote: My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish
That is not compost then.
After three weeks it's very dark, moist, crumbly and smells like a
forest floor. What ELSE would you call it?
When you put up a pile, with brown = woody material,
Hi Bruno
It's difficult to say how long compost takes. Certainly it can be
finished in three weeks, or three months. It can be finished in 10
days too. I've read warnings from professional composters that it
shouldn't take less than seven days because some of the important
types of
Hi Robert
As far as composting is concerned, perhaps I've not put ENOUGH
around the drip line.
With compost enough probably means more. No such thing as too
much compost (as long as it is real compost).
If I dig in that area I find many rootlets, but
the soil is not nearly as deep as it is
problem, you need something
like 300 hours of cold weather or so for plums.
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From: robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees
Ok everyone, here's a bit more
Keith Addison wrote:
Hi Robert
With compost enough probably means more. No such thing as too
much compost (as long as it is real compost).
My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish, and the bin
IS doing better now that the weather is warmer and a bit less rainy.
The
Ok, I'm feeling REALLY stupid now . . .
I took a sample of the insect I've seen all over my trees in the last
day or so to a local nursery. One of the women who works there said:
DON'T kill those! Those are lady beetle larvae, and they're feasting
on your aphid infestation!
So I've been
Hi Robert,
you wrote: My compost runs about three weeks from start to finish
That is not compost then.
When you put up a pile, with brown = woody material, mixed with green
stuff grassclipings and leafy material,
and enough water, within 3 day's it will heat up, and be hot for 3 weeks,
( no
Hi Robert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Robert and Benita,
You might get some ideas from this guy:
http://www.youbetyourgarden.com
Wow! A veritable treasure trove of information!
I guess I shouldn't have used the horse manure compost on the cherry
tree last fall . . .
Subject: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees
Why is it so hard to grow fruit trees?
I grew up in a place where oranges, avocados, lemons and grapefruit trees
thrived. I have fond memories of climbing the mango tree in my grandmother's
back yard (this in Minas Gerais, Brasil) with my friend, Marcos, and eating
Gotta spray with something. Wonder if that link to non poisonous stuff has
something that would work
robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk McLoren wrote:
Blistered?
Yes.
Fungal infection?
I suspect Taphrina deformans, which thrives in this cool, wet climate.
Ok everyone, here's a bit more info . . .
This evening I noticed dozens of dark, soft bodied insects crawling up
the trunks of my plum trees. They're grey on the undersides, with
segmented abdomens, and have rather pretty orange stripes on either side
of their bodies. I watched some of these
Why is it so hard to grow fruit trees?
I grew up in a place where oranges, avocados, lemons and grapefruit
trees thrived. I have fond memories of climbing the mango tree in my
grandmother's back yard (this in Minas Gerais, Brasil) with my friend,
Marcos, and eating mangos until we were
Blistered?
Fungal infection?
Take some leaves to your local nurseryman and ask.
robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is it so hard to grow fruit trees?
I grew up in a place where oranges, avocados, lemons and grapefruit trees
thrived. I have fond memories of climbing
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:55 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees
Why is it so hard to grow fruit trees?
I grew up in a place where oranges, avocados, lemons and grapefruit trees
thrived. I have fond memories of climbing the mango tree in my grandmother's
Kirk McLoren wrote:
Blistered?
Yes.
Fungal infection?
I suspect Taphrina deformans, which thrives in this cool, wet
climate. If I'm right, then I'm supposed to spray my trees with lime
sulfur in order to treat the problem. How does this impact the trees,
their fruit and the
Andres Secco wrote:
I think it is because you need a number of hours of the complete tree
at cold temperatures. The average temperature an the temperature range
are important. How many hours at the range below 5 ºC you have in your
place?
Peach and cherry needs many days at temperatures
Dear Robert and Benita,
You might get some ideas from this guy:
http://www.youbetyourgarden.com
Good luck !!!
Regards,
Wendell
From: robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/06/06 Wed PM 02:55:37 CDT
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Robert and Benita,
You might get some ideas from this guy:
http://www.youbetyourgarden.com
Wow! A veritable treasure trove of information!
I guess I shouldn't have used the horse manure compost on the cherry
tree last fall . . .
robert luis
Hello Everyone!
Although the weather around here has been warmer than it was a
couple of months ago, it's still quite cool, rather cloudy and we've had
a lot of rain. It's warm enough, however, to warrant selection of
desired plants over Keith's beloved deep rooting herbs--a task I
Robert, is this really supposed to be an insecticide or is it an
anti-fungal agent?
By the way, I think the word you're looking for is surfactant.
Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario
On Wed, 2 May 2007, robert and benita rabello wrote:
Mr. Lunan told me to mix a concoction of baking
soda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert, is this really supposed to be an insecticide or is it an
anti-fungal agent?
He said it would kill aphids. I've used ordinary dish soap for this
in the past, and it works, but I worry about my friends, the wasps.
By the way, I think the word you're
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