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Bill Scheffler started the discussion Can high humidity diseases overwhelm nutritionally well fed plants (fruit)? in the forum Fruit and Nuts 4 years ago
Can high humidity diseases overwhelm nutritionally well fed plants (fruit)?
Traverse City, Michigan gets moisture and humidity that plagues the tart cherries; powdery mildew, brown rot, leaf spot, etc. Locals swear that nutrition can help but not 100%. Temperatures are perfect (70s-80s) during the growing season but moisture is high because of Lake Michigan. All crops grow off rainfall; no irrigation. What has been…
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KindHarvest posted a new post. 4 years ago
Why two growers want to make more of beneficial insectsInstead of spraying insecticides, growers would farm beneficial insects as livestock to feast on pests such as aphids carrying barley yellow dwarf virus.
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KindHarvest posted a new post. 4 years ago
The Impact of Grazing Cover Crops on Soil PropertiesProducers may be able to realize some income from cover crops by grazing or haying them. But is this a good idea or will it cancel out any benefit the cover crops would otherwise have on soil properties and residue cover?
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KindHarvest posted a new post. 4 years ago
Biological Nutrient Uptake Observed in Regen SoilsBefore commercial synthetic fertilizer, historically, soil microbes provided about 80% of soil nitrogen (N) through the efficient process of microbial N fixation.
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Erratum! I would like to correct a “spello” – I have now looked again at the original quick returin compost booklet and I have to correct the name of the author that I had found and remembered misspelled elsewhere – it is Maye Bruce, NOT Mary!
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