[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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