[Market-farming] alternative to fish

Elaine Granata elainegranata at msn.com
Thu Apr 2 13:56:55 EDT 2009


Joel and All:  Corn gluten is pure N with no P or K.  Pricey and not sure if you can find it GMO free.  I did lots of calling and no one could answer my question about the GMO status of the corn gluten.

Elaine
Denver
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Road's End Farm 
  To: aughinbaugh ; Market Farming 
  Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:22 AM
  Subject: Re: [Market-farming] alternative to fish



  On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:22 AM, aughinbaugh wrote:


    Worm castings are not the worm itself, but their product of elimination.  The world has an innate 'order' and imitating that, or trying to, in your farming decisions will give you a 'leg up'.  If it is according to the natural order already in place, it works so well. . . because it was created to do so.  Worms already fertilize the earth this way without any 'help' from man.





  So do animal carcasses, including in some cases fish (which are pulled onto land by bears, among others). Death is part of the natural system, and essential to its fertility.

  However, Joel might be able to find soybean meal; which does have some P and K, but is significantly higher in N than in either. I don't know whether there are GMO-free sources, if that's also an issue.

  If the land and time are available, I second growing nitrogen-fixing cover crops.

  -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
  Fresh-market organic produce, small scale


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