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It is time to set up the Trial Beds for the 2014 Rock Dust and Biochar Home garden field trial. This video shows the process to set them up in my garden! Let me know how your set up went! I would like to draw participants attention to a key point. If you are participating…
This year we we are completing a trial to test the effectiveness of Rock Dust and Bichar on the Home Vegetable Garden. This weeks video outlines the trial design! Rock Dust and Biochar both claim to have an positive effect on your home garden plants. As such our Hypothesis is that the Rock Dust and…
After 11 weeks the results are in and you are going to be in for a surprise. Our hypothesis 2 is that Rock Dust would have a positive effect on plant growth. In order to figure out if the Rock Dust did have a positive effect I measured the following things on my tomatoes and…
4 weeks ago I started the indoor rock dust field trial. The two hypothesis are that the rock dust will have no impact on the germination rate and that the seedlings will do better with rock dust included in the soil mixture. The base soil mix is equal parts cocunut core, peat based potting mix,…
This year I am going to participate in both the Rock Dust and Biochar field trials. The idea here is to use 4 different plants and test the effects of these products on their health and production to see if they are beneficial for the home gardener. I plan on using tomatoes, peppers, kale and…