growing grass outdoors and mold 
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Has anyone grow grass outdoors?
Also, has anyone ever grown grass in deep pots or trays and what's the solution to mold?- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold finallyfaith
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This is a reply to # 98,658yes, yes, and i don't know.
yes i have grown grass outdoors and it is very easy to do. in fact it thrives outside and is quite easy to care for. the only problem is that in the infancy stage the birds absolutely love the just sprouted seeds. you have to cover them up with wire or something or just deal with the birds thieving some of your grass. but once they take root they grow like weeds. just make sure they are watered. outside wheatgrass is heartier and greener than inside grown.
also as i have said before add these to soil
1. worm castings.
2. azomite
3. seaeweed based fertilizer
4. earth worms
5 mulch
if so you will have awesome WG!!
i grow wg is 6 in deep trays. it is grows long and healthy grass, but it is a b-- to change the soil after two clippings. it is more work than the shallow trays, but it grows a better grass.
mold? i don't know why but i never have mold problems. i know lots of people complain, but my grass never gets moldy. i don't know why. maybe due to keeping the right amount of moisture in soil. too much moisture and/or poor drainage leads to mold. do you have proper drainage in you system?
ff
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- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold #41644
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MoreThis is a reply to # 98,659I am sure I watered it too much. I'll try a spray bottle and less watering this time around and keep farther away from the radiator. I have a bag of azomite to use also.
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- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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MoreThis is a reply to # 98,658like i said above it is strange but i never have any mold problems. i wonder if the caf trays you are using are creating mold. the two things that create mold are standing water and heat. with no drainage there is bound to be standing water in those trays. i would switch to something with drainage and see if that helps with the mold. you can get 5 reusable trays for $7 at SSKI ts.com">http://www.wheatgra SSKI ts.com just make sure they are the ones with the holes in the bottom. that same website also sells a mold retardant based on grapefruit juice, you might want to give that a try too if the H2O2 (Hydrogen-Peroxid) doesn't work well enough.
i would be interested in hearing other people's mold issues though.
ff- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold finallyfaith
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This is a reply to # 98,661yes this is true it helps. but large amounts of nitrogen added to the soil creates imbalcne and the soil becomes addicted to it so to speak. the best thing is to encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the soil. these bacteria are what fix the nitrogen and carbon in the soil and create healthy balance of nitrogen, oxygen phosphorous etc. a good rotting mulch is a source of healthy soil organisms.
i have never used nitrogen indoors in the shallow trays that most grow wheatgrass in, have you? does it work to defeat mold?
personally i think the answer to mold is good drainage, moist but not wet soil, and a healthy growing medium. i wonder if the shallow trays encourage mold growth due to short roots that have no where to go so they grow in on each other in big wads and that traps moisture which eventually causes mold. i don't know just a thought.
ff- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold Andy2
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This is a reply to # 98,663Somebody told me that the intimated tiny white "mold" around the roots is not actually mold, but part of the wheatgrass root system. I found mold (green) many days after cutting the grass. Are we talking about the same mold?
Thanks,
Andy
- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
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- very interesting article there finallyfaith
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This is a reply to # 98,665hi,
first off thanks rikki for the link. you are a good researcher and i appreciate the time you put in to give the valuable links you do on many forums on curezone, so thanks for the effort it is appreciated.
i agree that the winter wheat that spent the winter in the ground is really a superior product. the wheatgrass that i have wildcrafted is the most powerful thing i have ever put into my body, ever, nothing comes close.
the part about mold in the trays from unsprouted seeds is interesting. i wonder if they are saying that the mold is not visible? maybe its possible i have mold and do not realize it?
still i don't think that this same problem would arise with grass planted outdoors in raised beds in the spring as northstar was talking about. i don't think the unplanted seed would mold outside in the ground do you?
this entire discussion is making me want to start wildcrafting again and forget about the indoor thing which is such a pain but of course it is the dead of winter here and no grass is growing, so that is not an option.
but the things is that if you only planted the seeds that sprouted, then how could mold grow? if you inspected every seed before planting it and made sure it was sprouted, then wouldn't that solve the problem? or maybe that is only one source of the mold and there are other sources that would still infect the process.
hhhmmmmmmmmmmm..... having a body is a lot of work aint it?
ff
- very interesting article there finallyfaith
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- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold Andy2
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- Re: growing grass outdoors and mold finallyfaith
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