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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #30 - Jul 5^th, 2024 at 5:01pm Salinity of the soil?
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25166 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #31 - Jul 6^th, 2024 at 2:07pm Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 5^th, 2024 at 5:01pm: Salinity of the soil? I made a real dick up of the soil when I was undergoing a schizophrenic episode. What it was I will not go into detail. I do blame the company for lying to me about their product, though.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #32 - Jul 6^th, 2024 at 3:35pm Only thing can make a soil saline is salt.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25166 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #33 - Jul 7^th, 2024 at 2:45am Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 6^th, 2024 at 3:35pm: Only thing can make a soil saline is salt. Yup. And that is where I messed up.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #34 - Jul 7^th, 2024 at 6:41am Dig in compost, water well to flush out the salt. The compost makes the soil lighter, more permeable.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25166 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #35 - Jul 7^th, 2024 at 1:40pm I was thinking about just mowing the lawn today without the catcher on. Let the grass clippings act to 'mulch' the ground. Is that advisable? My neighbour told me that its a good way to get the soil to be protected and somewhat regenerate during winter months.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #36 - Jul 7^th, 2024 at 2:07pm To me, sounds more like a case of dig it up, add compost, dig it in, water it well to flush out the salt.
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Reply #37 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 12:30am

A few years ago, I did a considerable effort fixing up my error. I went right around the yard and dug up areas of grass that looked "dead". By the end of my efforts, the whole yard looked very patchy (free of yellow grass) lawn. I laid down some potting mix over the patches. A week later, I laid down some lawn seeds -- which might have been a waste, until the lawn got better. The yard did look better after a month.

Lawn care experts have told me to put gypsum over the lawn, which should draw out the salt -- or whatever it was that the guy said. Given that this year is expected to be very wet, I should have the yard done over with gypsum again. When the rains come, salt contents should be washed out to the street. Then I can try and golf green the front yard, and let it look presentable.

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 78311 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #38 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 6:23am John Smith wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2024 at 6:42pm: Customer just bought in a bucket of freshly picked raspberries today as well as a few kgs of cucumbers. I like living in a more rural area. About half were turned into jam another kg to go. Wife will probably make that into jam today as well as they're a bit over ripe now.
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Reply #39 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 9:11am

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 8^th, 2024 at 12:30am:

A few years ago, I did a considerable effort fixing up my error. I went right around the yard and dug up areas of grass that looked "dead". By the end of my efforts, the whole yard looked very patchy (free of yellow grass) lawn. I laid down some potting mix over the patches. A week later, I laid down some lawn seeds -- which might have been a waste, until the lawn got better. The yard did look better after a month.

Lawn care experts have told me to put gypsum over the lawn, which should draw out the salt -- or whatever it was that the guy said. Given that this year is expected to be very wet, I should have the yard done over with gypsum again. When the rains come, salt contents should be washed out to the street. Then I can try and golf green the front yard, and let it look presentable.

OK, if that is the expert advice you got.

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Reply #40 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 9:12am

Seems to be correct:

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Gypsum is composed of fine particles with low water content, which could reduce soil salinity and alkalinity, enhance soil structure and permeability when applied to saline-alkali lands (Liu et al., 2021; Zhang et al., 2021a).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653523003946#:~:text=...

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41330 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #41 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 12:28pm I collect a few tomatoes and the odd passionfruit most days from the wicking buckets.
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9487	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #42 - Jul 19^th, 2024 at 12:49pm I’ve been finishing off cooking all the Bishops Crown chillies and saved some seeds to sow. Not that I’m any good at growing anything! But hope to!
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9487	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #43 - Jul 19^th, 2024 at 12:51pm I was lucky to find a local selling it so cheap … a kg for $10 Normally chillies are about $4 for 80 grams All cooked in olive oil and jarred. Sprinkle a bit in food or pasta, or on crusty bread with sliced tomatoes. Good for keeping winter bugs away.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Freshly picked… Reply #44 - Jul 19^th, 2024 at 1:11pm You recycle your jars too! Problem is the lids do wear out.
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