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Christopher Whitehorn posted an update 3 years ago
Johnson-Su's popping up some nice diversity in January!
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It is a lot of fun to see what starts growing in your compost. Never gets old!
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What are the outdoor temps where this is occurring?
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Kim Gibson started the discussion Oat Cover Crop – Which Variety for Reducing Properties? in the forum Cover Crops 3 years ago
Oat Cover Crop - Which Variety for Reducing Properties?
I am looking to order Oats to use for a cover crop, and have different varieties to choose from.
John Kempf recommends Oats as one of the better crops to use due to its reducing abilities in the soil, and describes how Oat varieties previously did not have this ability. If I order Avena Sativa ( heirloom variety ), will this variety have…
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Christopher Whitehorn replied to the discussion Grafted vs Own-rooted Vinifera in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
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Rootstocks are a big factor mostly for soil types/conditions as well as vigor and fruit vs. wood development. Phylloxera resistance mostly comes from the fact that rootstocks aren’t vitis vinifera, but from v. rupestris or v. riparia. If you can do own-rooted, go for it, but there’s a reason grafting is common as Phylloxera wiped out most of…
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Jaylin Nickel replied to the discussion Dissolved nutrients vs Total nutrients in compost teas in the forum Soil Health 3 years ago
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I would think that Apical Lab would do those tests if you called them
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Kim Gibson started the discussion Cover Crops Seeds – Organic or Conventional? in the forum Cover Crops 3 years ago
Cover Crops Seeds - Organic or Conventional?
How important is the quality of the seed used for cover crops? I wonder about the downside of using seeds raised with chemical fertilizers, fungicides, glyphosate, etc. if organic seeds are not available.
I’m trying to keep all my inputs clean if possible but not sure how thorough I need to be.
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