Amazing size blooms!! Are you going to use the berries for tea or other things?
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Amazing size blooms!! Are you going to use the berries for tea or other things?
I have Amaranth planted for my chickens and rabbits and people. I think I'll plant Comfrey.
Picking them to dry for tea. Later some of the berries for making syrup....
I’ve got Comfrey planted, but no Amaranth. Comfrey grows like a weed!! Which is great for feed! A bit afraid of it for animals as it is a said to be poisonous until cooked. I know folks give it to their chickens. I’ve just been leery of it.
Comfrey is wild here and the chickens love it too.
For information only. Here is a tidbit about how to make Amaranth safe for chickens.
Dried amaranth leaves can also be fed to chickens. The leaves are relatively high in protein (25%) and methionine. The leaves must be dried before they can be used, to destroy any heat-labile antinutritional factors that might be present.”
Perhaps I will grow some and use the seeds for humans and leaves for the chickens?!
Which type of Amaranth are you growing PP?
“FEEDING AMARANTH
Because of the antinutritional factors in amaranth, the seeds must be treated before they can be included in poultry diets in significant amounts. Raw amaranth cannot be included in broiler diets at proportions above 20%. Heat treated amaranth, however, can comprise up to 40% of a broiler diet. Treated amaranth can also be included in the diets of laying hens at proportions up to 40% without adversely affecting production performance.Dried amaranth leaves can also be fed to chickens. The leaves are relatively high in protein (25%) and methionine. The leaves must be dried before they can be used, to destroy any heat-labile antinutritional factors that might be present.”
Perhaps I will grow some and use the seeds for humans and leaves for the chickens?!
Which type of Amaranth are you growing PP?
green amaranth Amaranthus hybridus, only about 10% of there diet.
I had great hopes for this year. The business only 2 years old. Worms had different idea
Army worms have moved to mock orange.
I did not know it was the worms that could destroy a lawn. I saw some pics on Internet. I always thought the damage was caused by too much shade and too hot tennessee summers.
I did not know it was the worms that could destroy a lawn. I saw some pics on Internet. I always thought the damage was caused by too much shade and too hot tennessee summers.
Love the syrup!
Today I got some of my lemon and mandarin orange trees replanted in larger pots. They all need done. Going to finish the others tomorrow. The new pots are 40 gallon ones, so those should be good for awhile. Anyone else had these dwarf fruit trees in pots for many years? This is the 5th year for 2 of them. Going to pick up one more mandarin orange tree. Just have a feeling we will need it. Also got almost all my sweet potato slips planted in cloth 30 gallon grow bags. Have 2 more to do. My planting is delayed because of all the rain, so it frustrates me a bit.
Took my Meyer lemon out Monday and yesterday I noticed it is being chewed on. I'm watching it closely
Put some fine netting around it to keep the cicadas off of it! Those lemon trees are too precious! My Meyer lemons already have time fruit on them. As do my mandarin oranges. Took them out a couple of weeks ago so the bees could do their thing! LOL
This wasn't cicada damage. It was those pesky Army worms. Netting won't help them. I wish.
I couldn't get Meyer lemons here past cple years...said prohibited to my location. Don't care for mandarin oranges, but wouldn't mind having a cple anyway. I've got some other orange trees we got a few pickings from this past year...were good n sweet....going to be adding more of those n peach this weekend. Got 1 measley peach tree showing fruit...other one is blooming though...just got it few weeks ago and planted.
We can’t grow in ground orange trees here. Good thing we love the Mandarin oranges! My peach trees and cherry trees are bursting with fruit!! I’m thrilled!
Danil54grl
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A couple videos I watched this morning before work.
https://www.brighteon.com/5ac1e620-6576-48d1-a4ef-3f854e62012f
Simple way to grow hydroponics without pumps.
https://www.brighteon.com/e372375d-e2c0-4b4b-a785-7b057382f8e1
How to grow tomatoes cheap and easy in an old gallon water bottle.
https://www.brighteon.com/5ac1e620-6576-48d1-a4ef-3f854e62012f
Simple way to grow hydroponics without pumps.
https://www.brighteon.com/e372375d-e2c0-4b4b-a785-7b057382f8e1
How to grow tomatoes cheap and easy in an old gallon water bottle.
Amish Heart
A True Doomsday Prepper
We had army worms decimate all the grass in the pastures a few years ago. Bad for the sheep farmers. Thankfully, not last year or this year.
Did our treat the area? The come back to the same mock orange. I think for 4 years now. I cut them down to about 3 ft and then I treated around the base with DE, flour, baking soda, etc. Just stuff to hopefully kill them.
There arent as many on the mock orange this year.
Amish Heart
A True Doomsday Prepper
Monterey BT
I didn't have to use it, but had it ready
Our son manages a large plant nursery and he recommended it
I didn't have to use it, but had it ready
Our son manages a large plant nursery and he recommended it
