Why Urban Farm Grows Food in 100% Container Garden
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida to share with you a urban farm who grows food in 100% containers. In this episode, you will learn about Fort Lauderdale Vegetables who grow food in the city and teach about decentralized farming. You will learn some of the techniques they use to grow in a tropical environment that gets lots of rain. You will also discover why smoking is not a good idea around your garden and much, much more. Learn more about Fort Lauderdale Vegetables at http://www.fortlauderdalevegetables.com/
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fyi if you live in Canada you can buy the JackPot from the Canadian distributor www.westcoastmicrogreens.com. I bought 1000 for my 1/3 acre farm and they are highly productive and use a lot less water.
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owl spotted on the papaya tree
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Man I could have been in this video... BTW This farm is no longer there...
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My neighbour used to live next to a main road back in the day when there was a lot more lead in car exhaust fumes. She grew some peas and took it to a local lab to test it for contaminates. They refused her as they didn't deal with individuals, so she went to another lab to get her peas tested. They gave her some odd looks, but took it anyway. A few days later, she got a call asking her to come in as they discovered the lead had been absorbed into the peas.
I don't know what the current situation is with regards to car exhaust fumes, especially given the recent VW scandal, but I'd be wary of growing anything in a polluted environment. -
most of the plants look yellow and damaged
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How on earth is rock dust sustainable? That's a dumb thing to say. It's mined...
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I hate living in the UK, the weather is terrible.
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One suggestion. Use a mixture of limestone rock dust neutralized PH neutral powderd charcoal mixed with composite rock dusts remineralization powders and mixed a small amount of organic compost and/or peat innocculated with nitrogen-fixing bacterial rhizobial innoclants and nutrients sharing mychrorrizal fungi innoculants. Mix them while spraying a fine mist of water to moisten the mixture to activate the biogeochemical reaction process found in all fertile soil. Then use the mixture inside an air pruning container bag and lay a thick layer of water synthetizing humus over the top. It might create s surprise to those who might want to try it. The average food comes from a far away farm as far as 100 to 2,000 miles. That requires a lot of energy in terms of food transportation, food storage-handling, food processing, food production inputs, etc. Urban farming within the inner city or within the city limits will necessary for food security and human survival, especially banning the use of GMO seeds and crops which can be eliminated by propagating plants through rooting cutting techniques. Use perennial food crops that are also certified GMO-free. The oldest terra-preta charcoal powder enhanced soils in South American is 50,000 years old and is still highly productive and anyone living on crops grown on terra-preta charcoal powder enhanced soil are claimed to be never sick at all. And being almost self-contained, the food prices SHOULD AND MUST BE CHEAPER IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION COSTS, UNLESS SOME CORRUPT POLITICIAN(S) ARE IN CAHOOTS WITH BIG AGRICULTURE WILL TRY TO PASS LAWS KILL THE URBAN FARMING TREND AND THAT IS SOMETHING ALL OF YOU AMERICANS MUST BE AWARE AND BE ON THE ALERT AND BE WARY OF ALL AMERICAN POLITICIANS SINCE 99.99% OF THEM ARE SUPER EVIL!
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Congratulations, you managed to mention almost all the urban myths / marketing lies about air pots. They are only of benefit in situations where the plant is getting overwatered by owner ineptitude or excessive natural (rain).
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The sandy soil argument doesn't really hold water (pun intended) because all that vegetation year after year should easily compost into topsoil, let alone outside sources for compost. Potentially having to move perennial plants/trees at some point in the future is a much better reason, as would avoiding the expense of tearing up a paved area or if it's not your property so you don't have permission to do so.
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This is amazing! I aspire to this!
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Great video John.
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another great and inspiring episode, but a pity that he didn't filmed the pot container of that big papaya tree full of fruit, i was very interested, seeing is believing :)
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Lol, His body language when he says, "I smoke one cigarette a day", I'm no lie detection expert, but that's a doozie
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Thank you for the tour!
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Best video yet john! Very inspiring
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Lol luv this vid
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lol youtube is so late,ive already watched your shows even they bwfore they give up dates.
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