Comments on: Soil Preparation https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: anna https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-567922 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:41:38 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-567922 Ciao
vi scrivo dall’Italia , precisamente dall’isola d’Elba una piccola isola di fronte alla Toscana e mi sto organizzando per una coltivazione di fiori all’aria aperta grazie al nostro buon clima .
La mia domanda riguarda il compost di thè che immagino sia il risultato di una macerazione ….
potresti spiegare meglio come lo producete ?
grazie e un grande abbra ccio
siete bravissimi e anche molto generosi nel condividere le vostre esperienze sul campo
grazie
Anna

]]> By: Donna https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-563004 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:23:34 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-563004 Hello. So inspired by you guys. I am trying to raise some Zinnia seeds in trays. Should I fertilise them with anything in these trays to help them along a little.

]]> By: Matt Carlsen https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-559811 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:04:06 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-559811 The trend here is no till planting so the soil infrastructure is not disturbed. I would like to hear your opinion on this. We have been growing Zinnias, Peonies, and Irises for a couple of years now. We are taking the plunge next year and turning our back yard into a flower garden. The back yard used to be a vegetable garden. It has been eight years since we grew veggies. Getting close to retirement, we want more beauty. We are in the high desert with very sandy soil. Since New Mexico legalized cannabis, all of the garden stores cater to that industry. Our city makes compost at the waste collection site. I do not know the make up, but we do use it on our school landscaping, it seems to do very well. We have a growing Seed and Sprout community here and I would like to use my back as a community garden, for our members. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bringing beauty and pollinators, we are losing bees at an alarming rate, to Carlsbad, NM.

]]> By: YoungSook Beausoleil https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-559743 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:49:50 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-559743 Hi Team of Floret!
I so appreciate your time and for all hat you all do, and so admire your passion for all the hard work. I live in about 45 minutes away from Portland Maine. I have opportunity to work on farm land, which has many acres of land to utilize,, and I so desire to grow many flowers. However, the land is infested with invasive weeds. And one of them is Thistle, vine weeds and more. If I may, I want to ask you what must I do this Fall to kill the invasive weeds with organically so that I may be able to plant new Spring Season, 2025
I am thinking that I sure tarped this fall, also spend time to do some reach to find founding, if there is an opportunities I have not know it about it yet. Thank you SO very much for your time. YoungSook Beausoleil

]]> By: Team Floret https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-559304 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:51:06 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-559304 In reply to Vicky.

Hi Vicky,
How exciting that you’re setting up your first flower garden! We don’t let the soil rest during the preparation phase- just go for it and be sure to use plenty of fertilizer and compost. Good luck!

]]> By: Vicky https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-559266 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:52:42 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-559266 I want to prepare my ground to set up my first mini flower garden. 15x15m is quite large for Belgium. The ground is poor and hard (clay). I will start with turning the grass down and add compost. Do I have to wait or let the ground rest in between the turning and the compost? And how long after adding the compost, can I go on with the fabric and the driplines?
I want grass in between my beds to have a nicer look, does the landscape fabric causes problems when mowing the grass?

]]> By: Traci Isaly https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-555444 Tue, 07 May 2024 03:59:55 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-555444 Do you think that comfy leaf/ mixed with manure would make a good compost tea?

]]> By: Sally https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-555413 Mon, 06 May 2024 05:06:51 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-555413 ]]> I actually live in Australia in south east Queensland where the climate is very different to your farm and only have a small bed for flowers for now but always add some compost as well as soil biology (Endomycorrhizae and Trichoderma fungi along with Bacillus bacteria) then use a carbon and seaweed product which helps stimulate the microbial activity. It’s freeze dried so retains very high numbers of microbes compared to teas. 💖

]]> By: Maureen https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-555222 Wed, 01 May 2024 15:08:46 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-555222 Receipe for compost tea please.

]]> By: BriAnn, Team Floret https://www.floretflowers.com/soil-preparation/#comment-555160 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:33:48 +0000 https://www.floretflowers.com/?p=18863#comment-555160 In reply to Sarah.

Yes we do!

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