Hey all its been awhile since I’v thrown up a thread but I thought it might be cool to start something like this. IV been recently reading( well not all of it) a library book called " Giant book of Garden Solutions " written by Jerry Baker Americas Master gardener!
Some of the recipes are directly from this book If others have some Harry Potter Potions please feel free to post here with ingredients and amounts used for the desired volumes
This might be fun so all participants are welcome’
P3
SINK OR SWIM
Most of us probably already know this but for checking viability pour the seeds in a small glass of water! Ones that float are the no-goes get rid of them the sinkers will be the ones you want to plant!
P4
SEED STARTER TONIC
1tsp baby shampoo
1tsp Empsom salts
1 quart of week tea water*
*soak a used tea bag in a mix of 1 gallon of warm water and 1 tsp of liquid dish soap until mix is light brown
Mix shampoo and salts in tea ,soak seeds in frig for 24 hours then plant!
P6
Super solution MILLER KILLER!
The parents of cutworms the dark color moths that fly at night can be taken care of by filling a shallow pan of milk in the garden and place a light to shine on the milk. The moths zero in on the target and end up drowning !
Wow awesome dude I’m checking this out first thing I’m the morning when I’m not so stoned 
great new thread my man! Love it:heart_eyes:
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DAMPING -OFF PREVENTION TONIC
need to get rid of this fungus fast?
4 Tsp of chamomile tea
1 tsp of liquid dish soap
1 QT of boiling water
Mix the tea and soap with the water and let the mixture steep for at least an hour (the longer the better )let it cool to room temperature then Mist spray your seedlings as soon as their little heads at pop about the starter mix .
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LEGGY SEEDLINGS/PLANTS
most of us probably know solution 1
adjust the lights , with florescence try keeping those lights about 3" from the top of the seedlings, pick up some adjust light fixtures and you’ll be good to grow
SOLUTION 2
boost calcium levels
Two little calcium tend to make seedlings grow long and spindly. To boost calcium levels give them an eggshell tea! Almost fill a 1 gallon container with water and every time you break in a egg and crush the shell and tossed into the jug don’t even bother rinsing it you know it’s ready when it smells like rotten eggs… then dilute 1:1 and water in!
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VINEGAR FUNGUS FIGHTER
The simple to make elixir will help keep your plants fungus free all summer long
3 tsp of apple cider vinegar
1 gallon of water
Mixed vinegar and water pour the solution to a spray bottle and let her rip it’s that easy just be sure to spray your plans in the morning so they have time to dry off before nightfall fungal spores love dark damp flowerbeds
p25
Great -guns garlic spray
Have aphids? This solution will halt then right in there tracks!
1 Tbsp of garlic oil*
3 drops of liquid dish soap
1 qt of water
Garlic oil: mince one whole bulb of garlic and mix it in 1 cup of vegetable oil. Put the garlic oil in a glass jar with a tight lid and place it in the refrigerator to steep for one or two days. To test for doneness open the lid and take a sniff. If the Aroma is so strong that you take a step you’re good. If the scene isn’t so strong at half a bulb of garlic and wait another day. Then strain out the solids and pour the oil into a fresh jar. Keep in the fridge, can use it in any miracle mixed it calls for a garlic oil.
Mix these ingredients together in a blender and pour the solution into a handheld miss sprayer. Then take aim and fire, within seconds those bugs will be history !
Repellant plants:
Catnip, chives ,dill ,fennel ,mint all send aphids away plant catnip and mint in pots for containment.
Dampening off prevention (tested on 100s of seedlings)
1 cup of hydrogen peroxide in a gallon of water
Spray once a day, keeps the fungus away
cost is $0.22 cents a gallon
Proven spider mite killer
in one gallon of water add
1 cup hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup Listerine (the old gold stuff with 30% ethanol)
1/2 tsp agricultural soap concentrate (spreader/sticker) or dish soap (not detergent)
Spray liberally. Will kill mites and eggs on contact.
All around cheapest high nitrogen fertilizer ever
1 part human pee to 12 parts water
Pee is very good fertilizer and costs nothing. Pee typically has an N-P-K ratio around 11–1–2.5
Beat that!
You have to use it immediately though or it turns toxic
Sorry, that is simply not true. Urine will stay fine in a sealed jar for months. Over time the urea (CH4N2O) breaks down into ammonia and ammonium which are two of the most common fertilizers used worldwide. I use pee that is fresh, and pee that has been stored for months. Plants can take up and use urea, ammonium (NH4) and nitrates (NO3) all as nitrogen fertilizer. In soils, unused applied urea breaks down (hydrolyses) into ammonium and ammonia. Ammonia generally volatilizes (wafts off). The ammonium can be used by plants. Any unused ammonium will break down into nitrites (NO2) which are not available to plants. Nitrites are then broken down into nitrates by soil bacteria, and the nitrates are then again available to use by plants. This is called the nitrogen cycle. Nothing toxic here. Maybe to you and me, but I do not advise that anyone drink this stuff. Its for your plants.
Just don’t use it as a foliar spray right @PanchoVilla 
I leave that up to the reader…
Interesting, I read that the ammonia would kill them. Regardless, There’s no way in hell I’m peeing on my plants! Ew! 
I pee in my res lol… great nitrogen source!! And I’m vegetarian and don’t do any processed food. . In fact most of what I eat is grown on the farm so it’s good pee believe me hahahaha
Yup, it is the ammonia-nitrite-nitrate process. It is how aquaponics works.
Nothing weird there.
Anyone have the recipe for LITFA?
