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Dan Lefever replied to the discussion Oat Cover Crop – Which Variety for Reducing Properties? in the forum Cover Crops 3 years ago
Reply to Oat Cover Crop - Which Variety for Reducing Properties?
Just started to explore the dsv-seeds website. they have a breakout and description of each, with its attributes; for every component of their cover crop mixes. multiple oat species and many other unusual covers, 10% of which I’ve not even heard of with 50 years of organic horticulture experience.
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Dan Lefever replied to the discussion Oat Cover Crop – Which Variety for Reducing Properties? in the forum Cover Crops 3 years ago
Reply to Oat Cover Crop - Which Variety for Reducing Properties?
Some cover crop mixes use a black oat. Maybe a more effective reducer. You Can research/ ask more questions to Kings AgriSeeds, the US supplier of TerraLife cover crop mixes, developed by <www.dsv-seeds.com> (a German firm) which were based on cover crop trials at Max Plank Institute.
Can you report back what you discover? Thanks.
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Benny Thompson replied to the discussion Dissolved nutrients vs Total nutrients in compost teas in the forum Soil Health 3 years ago
Reply to Dissolved nutrients vs Total nutrients in compost teas
We use the compost tea as hydroponic nutrient solution. our farm is about 70% hydroponic and 30% soil. We only give the compost tea to the soil a few times/year. We use a different formula for the soil, and I’m not going to share the formula because it’s not working well….in short I’m sure weekly application of properly formulated compost…
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Eric Benmeir Kozakow replied to the discussion Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
Reply to Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora)
thanks Trent and sorry for the very late reply
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Christopher Whitehorn posted an update 3 years ago
Barley and oats under vine for winter cover cropping, 1 year apart (November 2021, November 2022). The difference in soil organic matter and understory development in only 1 year of trials is astounding! Outside of getting germinated these understory plants were growing on rains and water/nutrient cycling and rain with no inputs. we’re…
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