Monday, July 18, 2011

New Crop on the way...

As may be remembered, I dehydrated about a kilo of reds, chocolates, and orange Habaneros. I gleaned seeds from those pods and to my surprise they are germinating. There are 4 reds in the garden and they are doing well so far.
My wife has been making compost for almost 2 years now and we've added it into 3 large beds as well as individual plantings.
I recently met an Aqua-culture scientist who told me about a product which is a bio-cide/fungicide soil treatment made from the waste of ocean products (fish, etc.) and I will post more information as I can get it as well as a product name.
I'll post pics as appropriate and try to update on a regular basis. Cheers and Happy Trails...

Update (07-23-11): re: my previous post in April, Dang (the scientist) indicated the soil was the problem in-so-much as harmful bacteria and nematodes in the soil are the problem with my plants. Chitosan is the treatment he gave me for the problem; time will tell if he's correct, but it's certainly worth a try. More later as things develope.