My garden is doing good. Thank you for the mental health advice.
One of my tomato plants fucking died. I wish gardening took longer. I wish I could spend hours here in nature. But no money.
How do you cheaply add more to the garden?
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JerryCan121 on scored.co
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If you can get charcoal to 1100 - 1800°F it activates it. Past this temp it absorbency actually decreases. Havn't tried it yet but would give your bacteria even more space to play if it worked.
I wonder if you mixed your ash and manure and left it alone for a few weeks if it would still raise the ph or would the nitrogen fixers neutralize the ash. Your charcoal would probably speed the process up as well.
Edit: I suppose it depends on what you are growing as well. Probably not every plant needs a potassium rich enviroment from the ash
I didnt know charcoal was activated at a certain temperature, I thought it was by adding an acid like lemon juice. I probably wouldnt bother with that process unless I was using it to filter drinking water.
Looks like both ways work. Can also use calcium chloride or zinc chloride. Calcium chloride is cheap and readily available. No idea about the zinc chloride.
I wonder if you mixed your ash and manure and left it alone for a few weeks if it would still raise the ph or would the nitrogen fixers neutralize the ash. Your charcoal would probably speed the process up as well.
Edit: I suppose it depends on what you are growing as well. Probably not every plant needs a potassium rich enviroment from the ash