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  • From: Etienne Goyer <etienne.goyer AT outlands.ca>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers and Planting Advice
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:12:47 -0400

On 10-06-23 09:10 AM, clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com wrote:
> Jay,
>
> Have you ever used Surround WP on your cucurbits? It is fine kaolin clay
> powder that you mix with water and spray on your plants to ward off the
> bugs, either through light reflection or making it uncomfortable for the
> bugs to be on your plants. It is OMRI approved (okay for organic use).

It works apparently fairly well. Never used it myself, but it is used
at a place when I am interning. Some research claim it even increase
Brix and yeld, supposedly by making photosyntethisis more efficient.




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