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Nice, dice! Mucho gracias! (Thank you very much!)
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Thanks Dice Thats info I needed most likely would have bought some kitchen product
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[essential oils]
Handle with care. Many essential oils are "sensitizing" (cause a local allergic reaction) to the skin, and they can burn the heck out of you in their undiluted form (cinnamon oil and oregano oil come immediately to mind in that context; get a drop of cinnamon oil on you and it feels like someone touched you with a red-hot poker). They are not water soluble, so they need to be mixed with some kind of solvent or surfactant to mix up well. Castille soap and Murphy's Oil Soap both work to let the oil disperse evenly in solution so that you can spray it. Cheap liquid dish soap probably works, too, but what all is in it? Castille and Murphy's are both vegetable-derived soaps. One formula for neem oil, for example, is 1 tablespoon of raw Neem Oil and 1 tablespoon of Murphy's in a gallon of water, mix well, spray on for bug repellent. Neem oil needs to be at 80F/27C temperature for the fats in it to stay liquid, by the way. It is not distilled like an essential oil, it is simply pressed out of neem seeds. Unlike many essential oils, neem oil will not burn on contact with your skin (in fact it is a pretty good skin conditioner). Edit: Completely off-topic, but Vetiver is one of the best essential oils around simply for the scent. It is expensive as essential oils go, and its anti-bacterial properties cited in one study are a fiction, but as an aroma it is wonderful. Not sensitizing to the skin (does not burn).
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Now I see that some are experimenting with Thymol...the essential oil from thyme.. to fight virus diseases on plants. Wonder how a solution of Thyme, Rosemary, and Oregano oil would work as a spray...but then again, how much? |
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are all sensitizing to my skin undiluted, with rosemary oil the most tolerable. The scents of thyme and rosemary oils are wonderful, though (what I think of as a "sweet, bright green" scent, like eucalyptus). For a spray, I would probably try 1/4 teaspoon of each with a teaspoon of liquid soap in a gallon of water.
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For you folks in Europe here is a online store where you can buy molasses and EM (Effective Microorganisms) products. Ami
http://www.em-chiemgau.de/php/produk...ail.php?id=143
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I'm bumping this thread as there has been interest of late concerning molasses. The link in my initial post is a good one explaining the the how and whys for using molasses. Ami
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April 27, 2012 | #39 |
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Thanks Ami! Been following the new threads, but I hadn't seen this thread. A good read.
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I have been making compost tea for years with dried molasses inoculated with beneficial fungi. All my seedlings are thus fed. It is great stuff. Buy it in bulk (dried) for best value for money.
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ami
are you still using biobizz biogrow or have you switched over to plain old molasses? i saw great results with the biogrow on my seedlings and plan to use as a fert every once in a while during the season. im also using the biogrow as my sticker. any idea what the difference is between biogrow and regular molasses? |
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Has anyone used feed-store alfalfa that includes molasses? Or is it better to buy them separately?
I asked a friend who's in the MG program why they caution people to buy only alfalfa and avoid the one with added molasses. She said the molasses attracts ants! |
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Jeff, they be two different animals. BioGrow is a complete fertilizer used as my primary feed and molasses is used as a spreader sticker/foliar and with inorganic ferts (when I use them) as a supplement for the soil organisms. Ami
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in your opinion is there any reason i shouldnt be using biogrow as a sticker?
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Actually we are talking two different animals with "Spreader/Stickers.
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Stickers would be your Molasses and Yucca that make the product stick to the plants surface. I have used all of the above and found molasses works best for me which I also add to my soil drenches as I said in my last post. The only reason I can see in not using BioGrow for a sticker is it's viscosity is lower than that of molasses which makes it more suited for the job. Otherwise use the BioGrow if you prefer. Ami
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