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  • From: <pbunch@cox.net>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Fava Beans as Chicken Feed
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 4:03:45 -0800

Thanks Kimberly:

I was thinking that if they turn out to be ok for feed I would leave part of
the crop to mature for that purpose. I guess I ned to do some web surfing to
find our about their usefulness for this purpose.

Phil
Piedras Blancas
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---- Kimberly Andrews <klandrews@msn.com> wrote:
>
> If you are growing a legume for nitrogen fixation into the soil, then you
> may not want to let it go to seed. The plant places a great amount of
> nitrogen from its roots into the seed. At the first sign of flowering, I
> break the stems just above the ground surface to keep the nitrogen in the
> roots and to start using the upper portion as a mulch. If the stems are
> not easily breakable (Austrain peas), then I cut them at the ground level.
>
> If you are not using the no-till approach, fava beans are great at
> firing-up a compost pile.
>
> I know nothing about chicken feed.
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:36:50 -0500> From: pbunch@cox.net> To:
> > livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: [Livingontheland] Fava Beans
> > as Chicken Feed> > Does anyone have input on using fava beans as chicken
> > feed? They are a good crop for us and as we will be using them for soil
> > improvement this would be a good way of getting multiple use out of the
> > crop.> _______________________________________________> Livingontheland
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