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Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?)
- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?)
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 08:03:55 -0500
Bill - How are you doing buckwheat with cucumbers? -Allan
It's a research project headed up by someone else. I'm providing on-site support for it. The objective is to determine the best time to kill the buckwheat before planting the cukes, specifically at what stage of plant development. Second, at what stage do you get the best suppression of weeds by the buckwheat cover?
The buckwheat will be grown out and killed by mowing or tilling at two different timings. Row widths will be 10'. There will be bare-ground controls (comparisons) to measure weed control differences. Pickling cucumbers will be sown into the plots 4-5 days after killing the buckwheat.
That's it in a nutshell. It'll be replicated (repeated geographically) 3 times. An off-campus grad student will be working half-time on it and I'll work with her to address problems as they arise. A campus professor, Dr. John Masiunas, designed the study. We'll probably have it done by the end of August.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
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Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes and economicalNEEM (?),
clearviewfarm, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?),
Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?),
Allan Balliett, 05/09/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?), Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?),
Allan Balliett, 05/09/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Sources for BT for potatoes andeconomicalNEEM (?),
Bill Shoemaker, 05/09/2008
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