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John Kempf posted an update 3 years ago
A colleagues hot take today:
Contemporary farming = add a “synthetic” product
Organic farming = no “synthetic” products
Regenerative farming = add only what is needed when needed
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I see contemporary and organic as even more similar than that.
Organic farming = add a “not-synthetic” product
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John Kempf replied to the discussion How to boost Silicon In Plants in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
Reply to How to boost Silicon In Plants
As a preemptive sidebar, lots of modern melon and cucumber varieties have relatively small root systems and stem diameters, and are not great at feeding biology large quantities of sugars, thus developing a much smaller symbiotic microbiome, which is so important for releasing silicon. The reason seedless watermelon grafted on to gourd…
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John Kempf replied to the discussion Row covers on highbush Blueberries in the forum Berries 3 years ago
Reply to Row covers on highbush Blueberries
We have been able to prevent both Japanese beetles and SWD 100% in the first year of nutritional foliar treatments when sing sap analysis to balance.
SWD is just straight nutritional integrity. Balance the plants and SWD fails to arrive in your crop even when surrounded with other berry crops with severe SWD.
Japanese beetles seem to respond…
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Scott Maricle replied to the discussion Row covers on highbush Blueberries in the forum Berries 3 years ago
Reply to Row covers on highbush Blueberries
I know that AEA has really good results working with blue berries. I would see if they would help you. The sap analysis is expensive but if you could do it for one complete growing season I am pretty sure it would change your game.
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Scott Maricle replied to the discussion project in soil health in the forum Soil Health 3 years ago
Reply to project in soil health
I have been reading Nicole Masters book “For the love of Soil” She has given me a new understanding the power of the right biology for the desired out come. Any studies on soil biology and how it relateds to changes in the soil and plant health could be very beneficial. There is much to learn in this area. What systems (crops, plants,…
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