{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 183 Old-time garden remedies | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2608,"description":"There are a lot of garden remedies that have been used throughout the years, and some of them are still recommended today. Do they work? Should we still be using them? On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss some of these old-time remedies like vinegar, pruning paint, dynamite, pesticide concoctions, and more. \n \nWatch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/v64wU2PINS8 \n \nSkip to what you want to know:  \n  00:45 – Welcome, Ken! Pest control in the past.\n  03:10 – Vinegar \n  06:22 – Pruning tars and paints\n  08:12 – Epsom salt\n  10:22 – Eggshells\n  16:05 – Dynamite!\n  27:55 – Old-timey pesticides\n    28:25 – Tobacco\n    30:45 - Forsyth’s Composition  \n    33:00 – 1849 concoction for mildew on peaches\n    35:30 – Heavy metals\n  37:40 – Dish soap\n  38:40 – Oils \n  40:00 – Can water burn plants?\n  41:03 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!\n  \n \nGillman, Jeff. 2008. The Truth about Garden Remedies : What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why. Portland: Timber Press.\n \nAbscisic acid triggers whole-plant and fruit-specific mechanisms to increase fruit calcium uptake and prevent blossom end rot development in tomato fruit\n \nLandscape Architecture Magazine – Planting with Dynamite\n \n \nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \n \n \nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\nSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe\n \nAny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.\n \nBarnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk \n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   \nStitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   \nTunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ \nSpotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR   \nVurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/   \nListen notes...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}