[Market-farming] Growing Tomatoes
road's end farm
organic101 at linkny.com
Mon Jan 14 13:22:09 EST 2008
Check with your particular certifier before using. Last I heard NOFA-NY
was not permitting any of the biodegradables (due I think to lack of
information about what might be in the residue); though don't know yet
if this has changed since last year.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
On Jan 14, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Ken Bezilla wrote:
> Ah! That sounds promising, the stuff we used was largely intact 4-5
> months later (which seemed to confirm our certifier's suspicions about
> it). Thanks Alison!
>
> Ken Bezilla
> Acorn
> central VA
>> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:55:50 -0600
>> From: alison.wiediger at hart.kyschools.us
>> To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Growing Tomatoes
>>
>> Don’t know about OMRI listing. The certified organic program at the
>> University of Kentucky used it in 2006, so some certifiers must allow
>> it. Since we are not certified, I haven’t looked into it. You would
>> not be able to pick this up at the end of the season – it is mostly
>> gone in 90 days or less.
>>
>> Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
>>
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