Too Late to Start Next Year's Garden? + Using Worm Compost in the Soil Mix
13 November 2025

Too Late to Start Next Year's Garden? + Using Worm Compost in the Soil Mix

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Welcome to episode 280 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Kaolin clay for things like squash bugs, is it too late to start next year's garden (and would there be any value to tarping under snow), plus we look at vermicompost in a seed starting mix. 

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Kaolin Clay and tomatoes: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0098847209000641#:~:text=At%20leaf%20scale%2C%20net%20assimilation,arid%20and%20semi%2Darid%20conditions.

 

Kaolon Clay and Grapfruit trees under heat stress study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279544868_Kaolin_Particle_Film_Applications_Can_Increase_Photosynthesis_and_Water_Use_Efficiency_of_'Ruby_Red'_Grapefruit_Leaves

 

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