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- From: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>
- To: "Living on the Land" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Livingontheland] Spent Crop Removal
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:42:51 -0500
I don't believe I've seen this issue addressed
anywhere: When removing a "spent" crop, shouldn't we cut the plant at soil
level, leaving the roots, with their associated bacteria and fungi, in
place? I read that mycorrhizal fungi don't produce spores until the host
plant dies, so it seems advantageous to have those spores in the soil at the
appropriate depths to infect the next crop. Plus, the biomass of the roots
stays in the ground.
Any comments?
E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
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[Livingontheland] Spent Crop Removal,
E. E. Mitchamore Jr, 06/04/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] Spent Crop Removal, Dieter Brand, 06/05/2007
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Re: [Livingontheland] Spent Crop Removal,
Ken Hargesheimer, 06/05/2007
- Re: [Livingontheland] Spent Crop Removal, Norma Sutton, 06/06/2007
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