<div dir="ltr">Another thing, timely!<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span title="qreply">--<br></span><i>In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model /</i>
<i>You create a new model and make the old one obsolete /</i>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Soil Learning Center</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@soillearningcenter.com">info@soillearningcenter.com</a>></span><br>Date: 6 November 2015 at 12:54<br>Subject: [48 Hour Free Webinar Access] Growing Plants in Containers with Dr Elaine Ingham<br>To: <a href="mailto:ormus23@gmail.com">ormus23@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">Hi!</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">This is for all growers!</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">If you are interested in how you
can keep your soil healthy when</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">your growing is confined to pots
and confined spaces this will be</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">exciting news for you!</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">We have arranged for Free Access
to a comprehensive webinar:</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">Growing Plants in Containers led
by world renowned Dr. Elaine Ingham </font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">We're indeed privileged that we are
able to share with you one of the popular</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">Q&A Webinars from Dr. Ingham's
popular <b>Soil Food Web Course</b> </font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4"><b>Topic: "Growing Plants
In Containers"</b></font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4"><b>Here is your free access
link:</b></font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">NOTE: You only have 48 hours to
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">So watch it now!</font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4"><b>Here are the questions that
were answered in the Webinar:</b></font>
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<font face="times new roman,times" size="4">1. What are the
basic requirements to permanently
<br>
grow plants in containers?
<br>
<br>
<i>2. What is the ideal container to plant in?</i>
<br>
<i>Size</i>
<br>
<i>Material </i>
<br>
<i>Are there certain guidelines to what containers are able to be
used?</i>
<br>
<i>What containers do you recommend?</i>
<br>
<br>
3. Fertilizing Your Plants (When to feed? What to feed?
<br>
– compost, compost teas/extracts, Do the plants need extra
minerals?)
<br>
<br>
<i>4. Since the roots of plants in containers cannot go
down
<br>
deep to access minerals, do we have to or would it be a
<br>
good idea to add minerals at intervals, especially to
perennials? </i>
<br>
<i>If so, what forms...rock dusts? </i>
<br>
<i>If so, by what techniques? Soluble minerals? Some other form? </i>
<br>
<i>What are the guidelines about how often?</i>
<br>
<br>
5. What are the options for growing mediums?
<br>
Soil
<br>
Soil Mixes
<br>
Compost
<br>
Vermicompost
<br>
Mulch
<br>
<br>
<i>6. Some people recommend using various inert gels and
<br>
granules for their water holding capacity - vermiculite as an
<br>
example - within the compost/peat/soil mix. </i>
<br>
<i>Do these substances have a place in container gardening?</i>
<br>
<br>
7. We are using and suggesting a mix of 1:1 ratio of
<br>
coco-coir and vermicompost and a handful of soil as a
<br>
base mix for container gardening and a supplement of compost,
<br>
aerated manure, water as regular additions.
<br>
Coming from India, is this a good base soil mix
<br>
for rooftop container gardening?
<br>
Any corrections and improvements in this?
<br>
<br>
<i>8. How can we get maximum soil biological diversity
<br>
in our vermicompost bins?
<br>
We suggest small scale (literally a paint bucket size)
<br>
vermicompost bins with red wigglers, and what we suggest
<br>
is working on hundreds of rooftops already here in India.
<br>
That said, I am constantly thinking about
<br>
increasing the diversity of soil biology in those bins. </i>
<br>
<i>Any suggestions regarding that since hot composting
<br>
is not an option on home scale in the ultra dense
<br>
urban situations here in India? </i>
<br>
<br>
<i>9. Watering systems</i>
<br>
<i>Spray</i>
<br>
<i>Drip </i>
<br>
<i>Water trays</i>
<br>
<i>Any comments on self watering types?</i>
<br>
<br>
10. Is there potential for making the soil of container
plants
<br>
go anaerobic with some watering techniques?
<br>
If so how must we water container plants to make sure they do not go
anaerobic?
<br>
<br>
<i>11. If we have water coming out of our potted
<br>
plant containers, does that mean that the soil is anaerobic?
<br>
I was always told to water the containers until water starts
<br>
coming out of the bottom. Would that be correct? </i>
<br>
<i>What should be the moisture levels of the soil for potted
plants?</i>
<br>
<br>
12. In 55 GAL. drums, garden walls, vertical gardens and
<br>
small containers how does heat affect biological life and moisture
<br>
evaporation when sun hits the top of the containers and sides all day?
<br>
How often should the plant be watered?
<br>
And when to add tea (fertilizer) to reduce the confined
<br>
root space and heat stress and keep it alive and
<br>
producing it's life cycle? ( NFT like system? )
<br>
<br>
<i>13. Where I live in Brazil, borderline tropics (22°
S) with
<br>
800m altitude, there are at least 2 periods per year
<br>
(one in late spring, and another in mid summer),
<br>
when it rains almost straight for two weeks
<br>
(sometimes drizzly, sometimes harder).
<br>
The soil in my plant containers gets and stays very very wet
<br>
during these periods. Should I be concerned about this?
<br>
I realize that good drainage is important, but if the drainage
<br>
is too good, the soil does not hold enough moisture and
<br>
dries up as soon as the rain stops and it gets hot again (25-30° C).
<br>
What do I need to consider, especially in terms of soil
<br>
composition and soil biology to manage this situation?</i>
<br>
<br>
14. It is possible to keep tubers producing up to the top of
a
<br>
drum adding layers of soil as long as the vine grows up or vice versa ?
<br>
<br>
<i>15. Does container growing cut down on water
use?</i>
<br>
<br>
16. The Bad Guys - Pests and Diseases
<br>
Are these a sign of a poorly managed soil?
<br>
<br>
<i>17. What to use or add to control aphids (almost
microscopic
<br>
spiders/net on myrrh leaves and snails on almost all trees specially on
papaya?</i>
<br>
<br>
18. Repotting Plant & Caring for Containers
<br>
Does the soil get exhausted?
<br>
Do you need to rotate your crops and practise fallowing?
<br>
<br>
<i>19. What do we need to do differently to manage the soil
<br>
used in rooftop gardens (plants in containers) vs. planting
<br>
in the ground, considering a borderline tropical climate
<br>
where temperatures rarely drop below 13ºC, but get up
<br>
to 30º in the summer (dry winter, wet summer)?</i>
<br>
<br>
20. Indoor Container Gardening
<br>
Can you permanently grow food crops inside?
<br>
<br>
<i>21. Could you please share your thoughts on Soil vs.
Hydroponic container growing? </i>
<br>
<br>
22. I am also very interested in knowing more about
hydroponic
<br>
growing and using the soil food web.
<br>
I would like to know whether the microbes will survive in
<br>
the system as it is at present – we grow our plants in sterile
<br>
rock wool, and we use a nutrient film technique for the system
<br>
where water is recirculated and a premixed fertiliser
<br>
normally used for lettuces is added in – chemical fertilizer that
is.
<br>
Could it still be beneficial to add compost tea as things are at
present?
<br>
<br>
<i>23. Is it good to mulch container plants? </i>
<br>
<i>Is there any down side to doing so, anything we should or should
<br>
not do with mulches of container plants? </i>
<br>
<i>Also, what do we need to do for container plants to take them
<br>
through freezes and bad winter weather?</i>
<br>
<br>
24. Everyone says you have to change the soil in the
containers
<br>
every 1-2 years. Is it possible to maintain the complete
<br>
soil food web in containers, prevent leaching
<br>
(and consequently prevent having to change the soil),
<br>
and have a year-round sustainable production of at least leaf greens and
vegetables?
<br>
<br>
<i>25. In vegetable container gardening on a balcony
<br>
(no contact with the earth), if you have red wrigglers and
<br>
don't have a litter layer in your containers, will they eat the
plants?</i>
<br>
<br>
26. Is there a species of worm especially well adapted to
containers?
<br>
<br>
<i>27. Could one keep those composting worms happy and
<br>
thriving with a mulch on top of the soil, which one refreshes
often?</i>
<br>
<br>
28. Is it bad for houseplants to have an earthworm in the
pot?
<br>
<br>
<i>29. Do you recommend sprouting seeds in compost?
<br>
If it’s nicely balanced does it ward off damping-off disease? </i>
<br>
<br>
30. These plants require a well balanced nutrition scheme
<br>
from the beginning, and have a higher Ca and Mg demand
<br>
at the early to mid flowering stage.
<br>
How should the biology be applied to guarantee that all
<br>
nutritional requirements are present from the beginning
<br>
of the transplant stage? Also, what strategy should be used
<br>
to make extra Ca, Mg, P, and K available to the plant during
<br>
the pre-flower to the flowering phase?
<br>
<br>
<i>31. Could you talk to us about the F:B ratio, the type
of nitrogen
<br>
and biology required to grow this crop in containers.</i>
<br>
<br>
32. Here in Mexico a lot of creeks and tiny rivers are
<br>
contaminated with Colibacteria or toxic chemicals,
<br>
so you can imagine that kills everything.
<br>
How can we built a "plant container" as a bio-filter for
<br>
contaminated rivers, creeks, or water stream in order to
<br>
clean the water or to reduce the contamination?
<br>
<br>
<i>33. What tips do you have for growing in green
houses?</i>
<br>
<br>
34. Could you also point me to any good reference
<br>
materials on this topic that you know of?
<br>
<br>
<i>35. What are further considerations for producing
nutrient dense food?</i>
<br>
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