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  • From: yarrow@sfo.com
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] University tests show radishes good choice for cover crops
  • Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:47:35 -0800

At 5:22 AM -0400 10/14/09, Harvey Ussery wrote:
...>One benefit not mentioned in the article: I've read in many sources that
radishes (this can be true of other crucifers as well) have a
"cleansing" effect on the soil, i.e. help discourage soil pathogens
including fungal....


Brassicas are one of the very few plant families that are nonmycorrhizal.

But the past couple years, when I've had brassicas growing next to tomato plants, ot tomato plants growing where I'd recently removed brassicas, the tomatoes have been stunted and did not produce well compared to the rest of the garden. Totally anecdotal, small sample, but still...

This year I'm putting in leguminous cover crops and planning ahead so I don't plant tomatoes where brassicas were grown.




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