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What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?

 
MaybeTrollingUAgain

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02/14/2020 10:43 AM
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I bought some land and I'm building a perma-home there. Pretty close to get fully independent in there. In one or two years, I'll move there and never come back.
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that is awesome. So you're into permaculture?
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Totally! Allow me to describe what I got done already:
The land is around 10 acres. Parts of plain land, parts with some elevations. Lots of native Atlantic forest.
There is a medium sized creek. From it, I dug a "trench" canalizing the water to a small hydro generator. It generates around 3Kwa/hour, more than enough for like 4 regular houses. I still need to make some safety circuits and a better inverter, but its already usable. The river runs the whole year with not much of a difference in the flow, so power is guaranteed.
I built 6 greenhouses 6x30 meters. Inside them, still building aquaponics systems. This part needs a lot of work yet, but I'll get there, I got only one working fully.
I raise, chickens and bought a miniature cow that, believe it or not, produces milk. Around 1 and a half gallon/day, but I don't need more than that. There's also a small pond where the ducks and geese love to hang out and I got some tilapia growing in there.
There is plenty of land for crops. For now, I got cassava, corn and sugar cane growing in permaculture(harvest some, plant it back).
Lots(really LOTS) of fruit trees. I could go live there right now if I really wanted or needed and I would be somewhat ok, but I still need some money to finish the barn, build bigger chicken coup, buy a bigger tractor and its implements, plain some more land for rice crops and various tools/machinery.

As soon as I got it all, you'll not be seeing me here so much(maybe never again, which some will like)
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That's actually a lot of work, 6 greenhouses? Are you going to take in Woofers? Or volunteers/part time workers?
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There are a couple people(very good friends) that would gladly join me in a near future. Each greenhouse is able to produce tons of food.
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02/14/2020 10:53 AM
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Things always work better in theory and on paper than in practical application. Start small, make small mistakes and small improvements with only tried and true methods that work for you, your climate and area. It will take a lot of experimenting and weeding out bad advice. It takes a lot of experience, practice, time and hard work from starting seeds to the finished harvest. There will be many unexpected, often unpreventable losses.
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02/14/2020 11:02 AM
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Things always work better in theory and on paper than in practical application. Start small, make small mistakes and small improvements with only tried and true methods that work for you, your climate and area. It will take a lot of experimenting and weeding out bad advice. It takes a lot of experience, practice, time and hard work from starting seeds to the finished harvest. There will be many unexpected, often unpreventable losses.
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02/14/2020 11:14 AM
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It takes a lot of experience and practice because it is always changing. One year you will have an over growth of one bad weed, disease and battle an insect problem, the next year it will be another kind of weed, disease or a new insect. Some years you get early frost, others you get late frost. Some years it is too cold, others too hot. Hail storms, wind storms, too much rain, not enough rain. Just when you think you overcome one problem you have a new problem. No two years the same.
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02/14/2020 11:15 AM
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02/14/2020 11:30 AM
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Raised beds do not work well for me in my area, they are more subject to freezing and overheating, drying out with limited growing space. More work and materials, wasted time with less harvest.
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02/14/2020 12:17 PM
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Raised beds do not work well for me in my area, they are more subject to freezing and overheating, drying out with limited growing space. More work and materials, wasted time with less harvest.
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One of the advantages of living in a tropical country. No freezing at all. The lower the temperatures go here is a little bit above 0C(compensated with a serpentine in a regular wood stove). In the summer, rarely above 35(compensaged by raising the water higher and let it fall inside the barrels, makes the water cooler).
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02/14/2020 12:23 PM
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I have a three month growing season. Often -20 below 0 F in the winter and over 102 in the summer.
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02/14/2020 03:49 PM
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I have a three month growing season. Often -20 below 0 F in the winter and over 102 in the summer.
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Montana?
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02/16/2020 12:56 AM
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I have a three month growing season. Often -20 below 0 F in the winter and over 102 in the summer.
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Montana?
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Good guess, close.
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02/16/2020 01:03 AM
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Re: What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?
soak some used cigarette butts in water, leave for a couple of days, strain, put in spray bottle.

Always wash your fruit and vegetables before consuming....doesn't matter where it comes from.
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02/16/2020 01:59 AM
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Worm Castings.

I buy mine on Amazon.

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02/16/2020 03:21 PM
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Any tips for moles, ground rodents?
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02/16/2020 03:25 PM
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How to eliminate flea beetle infestation? Spraying soap the 5th day of 50 deg helps but not enough.
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02/16/2020 03:29 PM
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I do not need to buy wasp spray anymore. Bleach water in the pump sprayer works even better. (thank you glp'er, that was great advice)
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02/16/2020 04:37 PM

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One thing is for sure, human remains are not acceptable in any form even sluge form.
The other one is humans excrement and other sewage.

Keeping these biowaste materials out of agriculture is the best thing we could do to prevent sickness and other ill affects from it.
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It has to be heated over 140 F, to kill CV but that would not kill prions.
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Yes it’s kind of gross to use animal sewage and blood to grow our food. Aren’t there other sources of nitrogen and all the other nutrients?
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One thing is for sure, human remains are not acceptable in any form even sluge form.
The other one is humans excrement and other sewage.

Keeping these biowaste materials out of agriculture is the best thing we could do to prevent sickness and other ill affects from it.
 Quoting: Wondering Mind


It has to be heated over 140 F, to kill CV but that would not kill prions.
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Yes it’s kind of gross to use animal sewage and blood to grow our food. Aren’t there other sources of nitrogen and all the other nutrients?
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You could grow nitrogen fixing plants such as Beans, peas, clover etc then let them decompose in the garden and you will get nitrogen from the air.
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02/16/2020 06:34 PM
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BUMP for an important thread.
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02/17/2020 11:23 PM
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Re: What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?
Any tricks for ridding the house of mice during long winters?
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02/17/2020 11:24 PM
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Re: What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?
I know of Diatomaceous Earth.

Anything else?
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Spinosad. Fertilizers? Organic nutrients, supplementing soil, worm compost tea, mycorrhizae.. etc.
Lance Roseman From BC

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02/17/2020 11:40 PM
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02/17/2020 11:51 PM
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Re: What are some environmentally safe pesticides and fertilizers?
I know of Diatomaceous Earth.

Anything else?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77661007


Spinosad and neem oil. Both can be found at any hardware or garden store. The product should say for organic use....get the concentrate and mix your own.
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02/17/2020 11:52 PM
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Any tricks for ridding the house of mice during long winters?
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Cats. The best thing I ever did was taken in a few!!
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Any tips for moles, ground rodents?
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Cats.
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02/17/2020 11:53 PM
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5G
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02/17/2020 11:55 PM
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lance is 100% correct but you can buy their liquid fert solution on amazon.... pretty sure it can go to canada.
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Just compost. Cheaper and it'll provide unlimited liquid gold!
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02/18/2020 02:03 AM
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lance is 100% correct but you can buy their liquid fert solution on amazon.... pretty sure it can go to canada.
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Just compost. Cheaper and it'll provide unlimited liquid gold!
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No they are liquid nutrients
Big bloom, tiger bloom, and grow big. You measure it in dropper and add to water.
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02/18/2020 01:56 PM
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bump
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03/18/2020 07:24 PM
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Artemisia plant is said to be a good pesticide. I am planting some this year, I will let you know.
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Artemisia plant is said to be a good pesticide. I am planting some this year, I will let you know.
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