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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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RyanH
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Eganville, Ontario
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Here's an under shot of my 1803. I can finally take vine shots after hand weeding 2 of 3 plants on the inside where I didn't round up. 1 hour per plant and a screaming back. Couldn't believe how many weeds there were.
I've really worked on getting my tap roots. This is like a poor man's version to the Patons pot method. I just take 2 handfuls of damp mix and wrap each leaf node. Works well. This year I took a small shovel and loosened the soil at each node so the roots could drive down. I wear plywood shoes all year and never walk on soil and it's still really loose but I wanted to get the roots down quick. I've got most top roots dropped into the soil.
I never liked the science of trenching and like my vines high and dry. I can't trench with drip tape anyway so this works for me.
My vine burying mix: 1 wheel barrow load of promix. A couple shovel fulls of kelp granular mix, a shovel full of oyster shell, a shovel full of humic acid, a shovel full of greensand, shovel full of Spanish river carbonate, a coffee cup of GreenGro veg, coffee cup of GreenGro bloom, a good spread of GreenGro mychorizal that expired 2 years ago.
I mix that up DRY In the wheelbarrow. Then add about 5 pounds of worm castings. Mix that up DRY and then add water. The promix takes a lot of water so it's a bit of a process to get it consistent. It takes about 20 minutes to mix one wheelbarrow.
I figure on three plants I'll use at least 24 wheel barrow of mix. It's a lot but the rooting is strong and I figure it's a good area to feed.
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