Dave, a thread like this will perpetuate itself adnausim due to the fact that the experimenting is being done in reverse. Trying to get people to understand why you are doing this will be hard to do.
For instance we had jin fluid. Now we don't. People will begin the experimentation on how to come up with a reliable substitute using what ever means necessary. Concoctions using old hairspray cans as well as dried mayonaise flakes rehydrated in windshield washing fluid may be used in the near future. In the mean time....a once a year trip to the big box store or local nursery will have at leats a dozen prepared fertilizers with majors, minors, humates and micorriziah all ready in the box. Just open and sprinkle! There is no need to try and reinvent the wheel here.
So while you can do it.....based on replies here, you are definately in a minority and spend nearly as much time defending rather than passing along useful information.
From one guy who has spent nearly a decade on fertilizing with new products, good Luck. Al
Al, I don't really care if I'm in a minority here. I knew I would be when I made this thread. But even if I'm part of a minority, there's nothing wrong with sharing what I'm doing. This kind of simple, free, and open communication doesn't hurt you or anyone else here. Am I even making everyone else here read about this? Certainly not. You could have stopped reading at the first post.
I'm the sort of person who recycles. I save my cans, plastic bottles, and cardboard, because that's all I can recycle here in town. However, when I have something else that I can reuse, I prefer to reuse it. If I already have old brewed coffee, which I would otherwise pour down the sink, or spent grounds, which would otherwise end up filling a landfill, I would prefer to reuse those things than to throw them away and buy a product to fill that need. I'm sure there are others (and yes, maybe it's a minority) here who like to be made aware of this kind of idea. This is here for them and there's nothing wrong with that.
I didn't come here damning everyone for being wasteful, telling everyone else that this is the way they should do it from now on. Do things your own way; that's your right, and it's a fine solution. Contrary to what you might think, I completely understand the merit behind the majority point of view. But I don't agree that I should silence myself simply because what I wish to discuss doesn't fit with the groupthink of the community.
