it is so refreshing to listen to someone who can relate to on the farm experiences. being a by the seat of my pants gardener with nothing to back up my ...
lataa8@...
Nov 1, 2006 1:44 pm
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Mr. Harrill, I have never observed how grapes turn to raisins. When I stored Madinah grapes (Green colored as original) in refrigerator, they started turning...
Hasan Mahmood Shami
nahdigr@...
Nov 1, 2006 10:25 pm
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On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:44:54 -0500, Hasan Mahmood Shami ... Here is a link to a photo of grapes lying in a California field. The sun is drying them into...
Rex, ... dehydrate into raisins. Please talk more about this so we can perhaps get an answer. For instance, what type of rot or mold did you get? What you ...
3% ocean water? Does this seem to be the right ratio? Would urine work just as well? Bob Avery ... Subject: Sea water agriculture Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006...
Tom, ... have negligible effect in subsequent seasons. Do you inoculate your grape roots every season, or is once enough for a particular plant? Bob Avery...
Mr. Thomas, You are true, it is not the name of grape variety. Unfortunately, I do not have the URL, these grapes are grown at some very small local farms &...
Hasan M. Shami
nahdigr@...
Nov 2, 2006 10:20 am
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I think (1) gallon of ocean water to (150)gallons of fresh water gives you 1000ppm, as sea water is somewhere around 30-35ppt... John, do you have a source for...
Mr. Harrill, How long does it take to completely dry the grapes under the sun? I shall try to bring some grapes again from Madinah (430 km from Jeddah) & to...
Hasan M. Shami
nahdigr@...
Nov 2, 2006 4:57 pm
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On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:17:19 -0500, Evan <evan@...> ... The magical world of "Ormus" is related to medieval alchemy and is currently based...
Tom, Thank you for the comprehensive answer. I think I'm starting to get the picture. I've noticed with grape plants, the roots meander all over the place ...
Bob, You may want to check out a Wriggly Wranch for a worm bin. We gave our Can O Worms away to a fellow gardener as the Wranch works more efficiently for us...
Darn, I'd like to get a Wriggly Wranch, but it looks like they're only available if your municipality sells them through a composting initiative, and that...
Robert, You really don't need to use worm bins unless you want to harvest and spread castings. For any large planting area that can be impractical. It's also ...
I'm new to this group. It seems to me that seawater would be the ideal input to enhance brix. Has anyone experimented with this? evan ... tree ... David ... ...
Here's a link to the manufacturer, RELN Plastics, in Australia. It looks like they are the same folks that manufacture the Can O Worms. If you send them an...
Mr. Harrill, Thanks for the details. I suppose that Saudi dates should be available in US. You can also check the varieties at www.tomoor.com Hasan Shami ... ...
Hasan Mahmood Shami
nahdigr@...
Nov 3, 2006 9:04 pm
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Hi Evan, Sea water and or sea solids are not a silver bullet. Rather they are just one tool in a toolshed. Seawater by itself has consistenly proven to ...
My Can-o-Worms is in a protected spot (a closet), but I never thought of it as being unstable. I'm quite happy with it. The COW has a tight lid with very small...
Tom, I'm curious about your 18 gallon tubs. Do you have some way of protecting them from the cold? Are they something like a small children's wading pool? It...
It's hard to do that in the dead of winter. ... From: "ROBERT HARTMAN" <rhartman2003@...> To: <BrixTalk@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006...
Robert, ... population of worms in the soil around your plantings is to increase the amount of organic matter in the soil. Thanks, but for whatever reason that...
Susanna, ... http://tinyurl.com/yd3nw8 Thanks! Too bad I don't live in Alameda county. How well do they do at keeping fruit flies out? I hear that's one of the...
The Wriggly Wranch lid has a screen on it that seals off the open handle areas when the lid is on. It's pretty much a larger, rectangular Can O Worms from the...
Mr. Rax Harrill, The reason for rotting of these grapes is probably (as I understood from your replies) the hot climate of Madinah. Temperature in Madinah is...
Hasan Mahmood Shami
nahdigr@...
Nov 4, 2006 10:12 pm
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Tom, Interesting pictures and concept. Your recipe led me to look up zeolites, which led me to this site which had some interesting info about zeolite and ...
... Joan, I'm cross-posting this over to BrixTalk to see if anyone there cares to comment. If so, I'll copy the response back to you. I was taught that lack...
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:39:26 -0500, Hasan Mahmood Shami ... No, no---the heat has nothing to do with it. I have seen so many examples of high brix fruit...
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