Nostr notes by LA Plant Genetics

If you want to plant something evenly, you can pour the seeds. ...

2025-03-04T02:49:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…3zds
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If you want to plant something evenly, you can pour the seeds. Add 0.05 grams agar. (from grocery, derived from seaweed, usually near gelatin products) to 100 ml water, microwave 1 minute, then cool. Add your seeds, swirl to mix, then pour to plant. This method allows even planting in a line, or spread over a smooth surface (like spreading cake frosting on soil). No seed tape or coating needed.

Just finished a two day seminar in which #compost is only ...

2024-10-12T23:19:44Z

Just finished a two day seminar in which #compost is only mentioned in passing as something impossible or only to be done with black solder flies or earthworms, but more openness to a diversity of composting processes would solve 90% of the research problems being discussed. Oh well, I guess AI hasn't thought of it yet, so it doesn't exist.
#compostodon

We have a lot of #tunas this year, and for the first time they ...

2024-09-22T23:39:59Z

We have a lot of #tunas this year, and for the first time they are growing in clusters. I expect several hundred pounds of fruit by the time we finish harvesting. Not bad for a 25 cent purchase.

#FruitScolling #CactusPears #DroughtTolerant

Why not make compost that is more soil-like? Especially ...

2024-09-04T15:00:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…7vrx
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Why not make compost that is more soil-like? Especially topsoil-like, which is the thin, nutrient rich layer on good soil? If you add enough "forbidden" stuff like bones, you can get plenty of minerals in your compost.

To me, a good compost should be able to grow plants on its own. But I am an unusual #compost maker.

#compostodon

The most important thing is to keep as much organic matter on ...

2024-08-25T01:28:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…9zyy
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The most important thing is to keep as much organic matter on site as possible. If you need to prepare a bed, but the compost isn't "done", you can bury it in the bed (with about a foot of soil on top), but the plants will need extra water. This method is great in swampy areas, or places with plenty of rain as it will keep the plants from waterlogging.

Instead of maximizing compost, focus on maximizing retained organic matter.

Otherwise, it sounds great.

#compostodon

I would 100% not compost the way he shows. It is very sus that he ...

2024-08-13T15:54:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…ac65
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I would 100% not compost the way he shows. It is very sus that he builds the pile but doesn't show the finished compost, especially after adding a bunch of non-traditional ingredients.

CSI composting isn't hard, but beginners should put those ingredients in trenches and skip the broken pottery. It is fine to have broken pottery in your compost, but I would not recommend deliberately adding it. 🤣

Burying trash in trenches is an ancient technique that isn't unique to the Amazon.🤦

Yesterday's #compost haul. Almost done with cleanup & ...

2024-08-09T17:05:49Z

Yesterday's #compost haul. Almost done with cleanup & emptying composters in preparation for the fall rains.
#Compostodon

#Compost haul for today. #Compostodon ...

2024-08-04T03:08:14Z

#Compost haul for today.

#Compostodon

I have a very interesting method for aerating my piles that works ...

2024-06-29T23:42:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…vhjf
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I have a very interesting method for aerating my piles that works extremely well. Adding air pipes/pumping heated air in would be very bad.

My setup passively prevents excessive moisture (e.g. from rain) and otherwise is pretty good at retaining moisture. I spent decades working out how to get everything to work without manure and with minimal added water. I have tried almost every composting method there is and designed something better.

I usually have 20-30 composters going at once. I never check ...

2024-06-29T23:03:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…msvv
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I usually have 20-30 composters going at once. I never check moisture levels or temperature or turn it. I definitely don't want it going into the thermophilic stage (that was very hard to design out).

I have a custom setup that is fix it & forgot it because I don't have time for other methods. I can visually tell when it needs more water (usually only in summer) and I get better quality compost than I have seen come out of other systems, with more possible inputs & better outputs.

Well, the plastic is going somewhere, and if it went to ...

2024-06-29T22:24:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…xfdg
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Well, the plastic is going somewhere, and if it went to commercial facilities, there might be more incentive to reduce the volume (as opposed to just sending them to a landfill).

Also, you can compost some plastics, as the article you linked noted. I feel like the more barriers to composting (must be free of x, balanced ratios of y & z, etc.), the less of a climate solution composting becomes.

Composting should be just set it up & forget it until it is done.

Why not compost everything first, then sort it out after ...

2024-06-29T20:10:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…kgws
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Why not compost everything first, then sort it out after composting is done? So many large composters are already pulling trash out of the finished compost.

(Plastic is very hard to compost unfortunately).