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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Mango Leaf Color
« on: February 25, 2018, 06:17:57 PM »
I believe the color flush is a natural temporary sunscreen till leaves make chlorophyll.
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Hmm so concrete pillars seem to be the way to go. They look about three feet high? How deep into the ground do they need to go?
Thank you for your help!
I made concrete posts. They work very well. The roots adhere to the concrete very well. No burlap needed. I tried to make my posts not have something on top but realized that they needed something on top for support as the plants cascaded down. So I put a long piece of rebar inside the concrete as I made it and had that rebar protrude up through the top middle of the concrete which gave me an attachment point for A pressure-treated wooden post which I drove rebar through and put hog wire on the rebar.When casting concrete, you can provide a hole in the concrete for inserting rebars by embedding pieces of pvc pipe with an inner diameter large enough to later pass the rebar through. Before putting the pipes into the wet concrete, just run some tape over the ends to exclude concrete.
Brad
I am trying to keep our farm in compliance with Demeter organic farm standard. Which means at least 85% of all inputs/fertilizers, etc. need to be generated onsite. I am making a foliar spray from fresh mulched Albizia leaves and fresh cut clover, placing in cheesecloth and filling with water and let ferment for six weeks. You then mix with water 15 parts water to 1 part Albizia water. I plan on using this in combination with a homemade em1 and a fermented alfalfa foliar spray. Does anyone have any recipes they use?Is this 85% by weight, volume, or what metric?
pineislander why do your fish bones and scales not dissolve ??Scales are made of enamel and bones of hard tissue with calcium phosphate. I assume the bacteria cannot disintegrate those as well as the fleshy parts. I do see some flashy bits of scale in the settled water residue of the diluted mix, and have kept the leftover scale/bones in a drum to see if they dissolve some over time. I have read that the solution gets acidic as the lactic acid bacteria produce acid (like yogurt is acid) but that may not be strong enough to dissolve bone/scale.
Carlos from Miami recommended these rotor sprays, I put them on 18" risers one on each side of trees. It is very easy to see if they clog, usually it is ants or spiders coming in from outside, the orifices are large enough to not clog. With low pressure they still cover 4 ft. diameter, with max pressure they cover +10 ft diameter. I interplant smaller plants heavily around trees and this pattern covers the entire root zone. I feel that keeping the entire root zone moist helps maintain soil life and encourage roots across a larger area than drip or microsprays.This is the specific rotor I am using, but the variable valve is probably not necessary, I usually just adjust pressure to change spray diameter. These screw into an 18" riser which plugs into tubing. I support the riser using a 2 ft length of 1/8" heavy galvanized fence wire and tyrap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtn1_wfgqA4

I am leaning toward removing the tree and plant a new one (likely raised bed/pot approach and maybe also amend the soil below it too).